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iMessage for Mac beta showing one unread message

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Capex

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Aug 31, 2010
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Is this bug present with anyone else? I have no current conversations but it has a "1" badge on the dock icon. I understand its beta :p but is there a fix for this?
 

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Tons of people have reported this. I have the same issue. It's a bug I'm sure will be sorted out with the next release.
 
I have a similar issue, but on mine I get an unread count of 2 for every 1 message I receive. I'm sure it'll get ironed out in a future release.
 
iMessage Showing One Unread Message

I am having same issue showing one unread message on iMessage for Mac. Glad to know it's only a bug. But tried the restart of computer to see if it would fix as someone posted and that did NOT work in my case. Guess I'll just wait for the bug fix...:(
 
Yeah same here, glad to hear it is a common issue. It's the one bad thing with an otherwise brilliant programme. So I guess I can't complain.
 
Its gotten so annoying that I took Messages off of my dock because that (1) would annoy the crap out of me. Its a nice app, but it needs a lot of fixing. At least its a beta, and it was really nice of Apple to let us give it a try. I use it often when Im working on my computer and don't want to keep switching to my phone to talk to someone.
 
Well, I am not sure if iMessage is supposed to work with MSN live messenger. But I remember reading an article saying live messenger will be universally compatible with other chat clients...or it will be open source, something like that. I just tried iMessage with live messenger, no go. :(
 
Kill terminal

Open Terminal:
type "killall Dock"
(without the "")

Close terminal.
This should fix the problem.

You may need to repeat this anytime the badge gets "stuck"

Good luck! Hope this helps!!
 
Yes, thank you BSQRT!! Worked perfectly!

But just a question, what does this command technically do?
 
Re: KillAll Dock

the Command "killall Dock" ends the computer process that runs the Dock, and then restarts it.

Similar to Window's Task Manager-end process.
Glad it worked
 
BSQRT said:
Open Terminal:
type "killall Dock"
(without the "")

Close terminal.
This should fix the problem.

You may need to repeat this anytime the badge gets "stuck"

Good luck! Hope this helps!!
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Worked for me as well :D Thanks BSQRT, that unread message badge was really messing with my OCD!
 
brayhite said:
May be dumb question, but that does end everything running, does it not?
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Nope, it just restarts the Dock process, which only serves to display the dock. None of the running programs are affected.

Also, Big thanks to BSQRT as well! I've looked everywhere for a solution to this... My iMessages Dock Icon was stuck at 34 unread! ;)
 
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