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Sometimes when an iMessage comes in and I switch to the Messages app, the conversation doesn't contain the new message.

I know the message was received because an alert banner popped up with the correct message text, but it doesn't show up in Messages. It also doesn't seem to be present in Notification Center, despite being set to show 5 recent items.

Sometimes if I quit and reopen Messages it will refresh the conversation with the new message included, but sometimes not. And they still don't show up in Notification Center.

Is there any reliable way to force Messages to refresh or reload the current conversation? Or make it receive messages reliably in the first place?

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Just chiming in to say that I've noticed this phenomenon too, and have resorted to the same irregularly effective methods to counter it. Messages in general seems poor at archiving messages. I've also seen it ditch entire conversations. iChat was far more reliable. – D Raymond Feb 16 at 23:06

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restart it (and wait), otherwise set status offline, and online again (also wait)

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Like I said in the question: sometimes this works, sometimes not. – Robert Mar 17 at 17:07

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