Timeline for Macbook not showing contact names in messages?
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| Aug 3 at 17:25 | answer | added | Jacob Ivanov | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 21:19 | comment | added | Linc Davis | Next step, boot in safe mode and test. Failing that, sign out of iCloud and iMessage, then sign back in. | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 9:13 | comment | added | Thinkr | @roulette01 Well, I would say (pure guess) that it's with the OS, normally, the hardware doesn't influence this. But it could also be an Apple ID problem. To fix it, I just exported all contacts from my iPhone contacts, removed all existing contacts from my Mac and then imported the contacts file to my Mac. Weirdly enough, when I exported the contacts to the Mac directly, they synced perfectly with the iPhone. I think it was just some kind of bug with iCloud syncing. | |
| Nov 11, 2023 at 1:42 | comment | added | roulette01 | @LincD. just tried and no change | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 21:51 | comment | added | Linc Davis | In the Language & Region panel of System Preferences, change the region to another one, then change it back. Does that have any effect? | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 18:22 | history | edited | bmike♦ |
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| Nov 10, 2023 at 16:54 | comment | added | roulette01 | @Thinkr do you think it's an OS issue or it's specific to the new macs? I have 2021 work macbook but don't want to login with my apple id to check if it also has the issue | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 6:39 | comment | added | Thinkr | Yes, this happened to me too when I bought a new Mac in July. I tried going to Messages Settings (press ⌘+,) and enable and disable iCloud for iMessage. It then showed something like "Fetching data from iCloud" but it didn't result in anything. | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 3:36 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 10, 2023 at 3:18 | comment | added | roulette01 | @LincD. no. there are no initials in my case | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 3:16 | comment | added | Linc Davis | Does this answer your question? Some contact names missing from Messages, but initials still visible? | |
| Nov 10, 2023 at 1:21 | history | asked | roulette01 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |