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1. Re: Unable to activate iMessage in Mavericks VM
dlhotka Jul 4, 2014 4:15 PM (in response to NombreApellido)I recall this is a known problem - not sure if it's related to the machine type, or if it's because messages requires 3d acceleration.
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2. Re: Unable to activate iMessage in Mavericks VM
dariusd Jul 4, 2014 4:27 PM (in response to NombreApellido)We're aware of the problem. We are working on it, albeit at a relatively low priority since most users would just be able to use iMessage on the host. We've been in contact with Apple to try to understand the cause, and are hopeful that we will be able to resolve it soon.
(dlhotka: It's not related to 3D acceleration... it seems to be a consequence of the quirky way in which Mac hardware contains unique identifiers of make/model and serial number, which is a nontrivial problem once OS X virtual machines are in the picture...)
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Darius
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3. Re: Unable to activate iMessage in Mavericks VM
dlhotka Jul 7, 2014 11:36 AM (in response to dariusd)Thanks Darius! So many fiddly little bits of information...they get crossed sometimes!
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4. Re: Unable to activate iMessage in Mavericks VM
HPReg Sep 9, 2014 12:31 AM (in response to NombreApellido)This problem has been fixed in VMware Fusion 7 (which was released a few days ago). Login in to iMessage/iCloud/FaceTime should now work fine in OS X virtual machines.
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5. Re: Unable to activate iMessage in Mavericks VM
FScroggs Sep 18, 2014 8:25 AM (in response to HPReg)Just upgraded to 7 and then upgraded the 10.10 Beta. iMessage still not working....
Any ideas
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6. Re: Unable to activate iMessage in Mavericks VM
HPReg Sep 18, 2014 8:50 AM (in response to FScroggs)What is the failure like?
What is the physical hardware?
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7. Re: Unable to activate iMessage in Mavericks VM
HPReg Sep 18, 2014 8:57 AM (in response to HPReg)Can you download this executable and run it on the host, inside the VM, and send the VM's config file?
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8. Re: Unable to activate iMessage in Mavericks VM
FScroggs Sep 18, 2014 9:05 AM (in response to HPReg)An update. It IS working. For whatever reason, I had to go into settings and set it to OSX 10.10
iMessage is WORKING on 10.10 Beta 2 inside of a Fusion 7 VM.
I did not have to run the executable that you shared.
Thanks!!!
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9. Re: Unable to activate iMessage in Mavericks VM
HPReg Sep 18, 2014 9:35 AM (in response to FScroggs)> It IS working. For whatever reason, I had to go into settings and set it to OSX 10.10
If you are running 10.10 inside the VM, then yes you'd better set the guest OS to 10.10 in Virtual Machine > Settings > General
If iMessage did not work before, I suspect that is because your guest OS was (incorrectly) set strictly below 10.8.