Imessage There Was an Error Sending the Previous Message Would You Like to Try to Send It Again

Apple's myriad devices work together seamlessly — except when they don't.  I recently ran beyond an irritating problem in that my Mac quit allowing me to send messages in the Messages app. It took me a while to observe the solution, and, naturally, I'm happy to share it with our readers.


How to Send Messages From Your Mac

Messages App icon in macOS Big Sur

You can enable SMS and MMS correspondence on your Mac with Messages. You can read all about how to do this here.

Follow the steps in that article, and you'll generally have no issues. However, when I upgraded to an M1 Mac (the 13-inch MacBook Pro), my Messages app became ornery and wouldn't allow me to send letters, though I could receive them with no problem.

The first thing to do is what you should always (well, most always) do if yous're having issues. After quitting Messages, Restart your Mac.


Sign Out of Letters, So Sign in Again

If rebooting your Mac doesn't work, sign out of Messages, and so sign once more. There could be a trouble between the app and your Apple tree ID, and this could resolve it.

  • Go to Letters > Preferences > iMessage.
  • Across from your Apple ID account, click "Sign Out."
iMessage preferences
  • Ostend you want to sign out.
  • Wait about 30 seconds, then enter your Apple ID details, and sign in to iMessage once more.

Check Your Apple ID

While you're at information technology, make sure that your Apple ID details are the same on your Mac and your iPhone.

  • On your iPhone, become to "Settings > [Your Name]."
Example iPhone AppleId settings screen

Does the Apple ID account at the top of the folio match what you signed into on your Mac? Not bad!

If not…

  • Curl down and tap Sign Out.
  • Tap iCloud and so turn on the pick for Messages.
  • Go to "Settings > Messages."
  • Plough on iMessage at the height of the folio.
  • Bank check to make certain the contact details in Transport & Receive are correct.
  • Get into Text Message Forwarding and turn on the option for your Mac.
  • Turn on the choice to Send as SMS.
  • Effort sending an iMessage or text message from your Mac once more.

These steps did it for me. If you're still having issues, there are two last things to try.


Lock and Unlock the Keychain Access App

Apple tree'southward Keychain stores passwords and other vital info on your apps and certain processes. Information technology'southward very convenient, only some of its files can get corrupted, including those of Letters. It could help to lock and unlock Keychain on your Mac. Here's how:

  • Press Control + Space to open Spotlight and search for the Keychain Admission app. Striking enter to open up the Keychain Admission app.
  • From the menu bar, go to 'File > Lock Keychain "login."'
  • Expect a couple of minutes, then go to 'File > Unlock Keychain "login."'
  • Enter the administrator password on your Mac and click OK.
  • Try sending an iMessage or text message from your Mac again.

Notation: If the option to lock your "login" Keychain is grayed out, bank check its settings in 'Edit > Modify Settings for Keychain "login"…'


Reset Your Preferences for Messages

And here's 1 more than thing to endeavor before contacting Apple'southward tech support: delete some plist files. A plist file is a settings file, likewise known as a "properties file," used past macOS applications. It contains properties and configuration settings for diverse apps. Sometimes they tin can get glitchy and accept to be deleted, so a proper list can automatically replace them.

Quit Messages, then:

  • From the Finder, hit Command+Shift+G to bring upward Get To Folder and enter ~/Library/Preferences/.
    • If you don't run across iChat or Messages plists, change the display to sort by list, then click the "Date Modified" option to sort the plist files by when they alter.
    • Open up Letters and select "Messages > Preferences" from the menu bar.
    • Cheque and uncheck an option or two while watching the ~/Library/Preferences/ folder. It should change on the wing and iChat/Letters plists should bear witness up at or about the superlative of the listing.
  • Elevate and drib any Messages and/or iChat plists to your Desktop.
iChate and iMessage plist files in the mac library > preferences folder
  • Now try sending an iMessage or text message from Messages on your Mac.
  • If that works, drag the plist files from your Desktop to the Trash.
  • If that doesn't work, return the plist files to the Preferences folder.

If none of these steps piece of work, it's probably time to make it bear upon with Apple support.



Dennis Sellers

Dennis has over 40 years of journalism experience and has written hundreds of articles. For the past 20-plus years, he'due south been an online journalist, covering mainly Apple Inc. He'due south written for MacCentral, MacWorld, MacMinute, Macsimum News, Apple Daily Report, and is now contributing editor at Apple World Today.

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