Hi guys, I'm wondering if anyone can help, I haven't seen anyone else have this problem so I don't know what is going on, but whenever I open messages I just get stuck with a blank box, and this never goes away and messages never opens. So does anyone know what to do?
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Messages not opening, hasn't been since Mavericks
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What sort of Mac are you using?
Do a fresh Mavericks install and TM restore. Should solve most problems.
Do a fresh Mavericks install and TM restore. Should solve most problems.
I have a 1tb external drive and I backup through Time Machine, it's not a Time Capsule or anything though
Put anything you absolutely can't afford to lose in Dropbox (just in case) and boot from the recovery partition (Command-R). Format, reinstall and restore from the TM backup. If you're running Windows bootcamp that's a little trickier.
Nope. It's all built in. You will need a working (hopefully fast) internet connection as the reinstaller will download Mavericks ~3.5GB.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
It's stable 99% of the time haha, what will happen if it disconnects? Will it pick up from where it stops when it connects again. Also do I need to wipe anything or literally like turn it on and press command r?
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When it installs and stuff and turns back on, what is the first step to restore things? Are all my apps in my time machine backups?
There is a USB installer for Mavericks, it doesn't work on the late 2013 MBP's but will work on yours.
So go to the app store, download the Mavericks installer .dmg (you may already have it). The USB installer will also reinstall the recovery partition and IMO is the best way to upgrade. You will need an 8GB or larger USB flash.
After a time machine restore everything should be as it was, sometimes Adobe software might need re-activation but that's about it.
This should help.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/1...otable-os-x-10-9-mavericks-usb-install-drive/
So go to the app store, download the Mavericks installer .dmg (you may already have it). The USB installer will also reinstall the recovery partition and IMO is the best way to upgrade. You will need an 8GB or larger USB flash.
After a time machine restore everything should be as it was, sometimes Adobe software might need re-activation but that's about it.
This should help.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/1...otable-os-x-10-9-mavericks-usb-install-drive/
Just finished everything and restored from TM but Messages still won't load, is it something in the backup? Because before I restored my stuff it opened, but now it won't
Did you disable any fonts in Font Book? Some non-system fonts are needed in Messages and if disabled it won't open properly.