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#IMESSAGE NOT WORKING ON MAC KEEPS ASKING FOR PASSWORD PASSWORD#

Back in the menu bar, select Keychain Access > Keychain First Aid.

If the box marked Keep login keychain unlocked is not checked, check it.

From the menu bar go to Keychain Access > Preferences and click the First Aid tab.

If not, iMessage will not be able to work on your Mac. Mac users can check by navigating to Messages Preferences Select iMessage tab. Check which account you’re using on your iPhone or iPad. In the sheet that opens, uncheck both boxes, if not already unchecked. To check on iOS or iPadOS, head over to Settings Messages Send and Receive. From the menu that pops up, select Change Settings for Keychain "login".

Right-click the login entry in the list.

You'll be prompted for the keychain password, which is the same as your login password, unless you've changed it.

If the lock icon in the top-left corner of the window shows that the keychain is locked, click to unlock it.

If your default keychain has a different name, select that.

Select the login keychain from the list on the left-side of the Keychain Access window.

Open Keychain Access (the easiest way to do this is to press Cmd-Space to launch Spotlight and type “Keychain Access").

Be sure to backup your computer with Time Machine.

#IMESSAGE NOT WORKING ON MAC KEEPS ASKING FOR PASSWORD PASSWORD#

Sometimes, users will be asked for a keychain password from Apple apps that they are unsure of.

#IMESSAGE NOT WORKING ON MAC KEEPS ASKING FOR PASSWORD UPDATE#

If you’re getting popups suggesting you upgrade to the latest version of OS X and you don’t want to for whatever reason, you can right-click on the big update banner in App Store > Updates and click Hide Update.

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Unfortunately, there’s no sure-fire way to stop those “Updates Available” notifications from appearing in the top-right corner of your Mac other than just keeping your software up to date! Of course, you can always click and drag the notification out off of the right side of the desktop to temporarily get it off the screen. If you forgot your Apple ID password, go to to reset it. Sign out and sign in again with the same Apple ID and Password. Open FaceTime and select Preferences from the FaceTime Menu at the top of the screen.Sign In again using your Apple ID and Password.Click Sign Out in the bottom lefthand corner of the iCloud preferences window.If the popup occurs here, just click cancel.Usually, the reason this happens is that you changed your password or email address associated with your Apple ID recently (but it could be a variety of reasons).

The real confusing part is that these popups often occur even when the user is not trying to access anything related to iCloud. This also occurs with Messages and FaceTime. Occasionally, some users will report repeating popups asking for their iCloud Password. You need to make sure the Account is Off and Signed Out.

Many people report that they never set up Messages for iMessages but then report the app keeps asking for the Password. Also Untick the 'Enable this Account ' box so the Account is not On. Simply doing this solved the problem for me, please let us know in the comments below if this doesn’t do the trick! iCloud Password Go to the Preferences from the Messages app menu.