Anyone having success with iMessage?

[HansDaigle]

I'm having no success with iMessage.

• I tried with a fresh account
• I tried with an account tied to a physical iPhone that was created in 2020

I followed the instructions here: https://github.com/sickcodes/Docker-OSX/issues?q=156

Both accounts were blocked when I tried to log in to iMessage.

• The fresh account was fully blocked getting the "You cannot sign in iMessage on this mac at this time" error.
• The second account is in a login logout loop with no errors. Apparently, the solution is to call apple: https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/l1wg1l/imessage_on_macos_keeps_logging_me_out/.

This is the command I run:

docker run -it \
    --device /dev/kvm \
    -e "DISPLAY=${DISPLAY:-:0.0}" \
    -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
    -p 50922:10022 \
    -e GENERATE_SPECIFIC=true \
    -e DEVICE_MODEL="${DEVICE_MODEL}" \
    -e SERIAL="${SERIAL}" \
    -e BOARD_SERIAL="${BOARD_SERIAL}" \
    -e UUID="${UUID}" \
    -e MAC_ADDRESS="${MAC_ADDRESS}" \
    -v "${PWD}/existing_disk.img:/image" \
    sickcodes/docker-osx:naked

I tried with a BigSur image and a Monterey image, I also tried at least 3 different sets of unique machine numbers.

./custom/generate-unique-machine-values.sh \
        --count 1 \
        --tsv ~/my_permanent_serial_number.tsv \
        --output-env ~/my_permanent_serial_number.sh

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My question is: Is anyone having success with iMessage? If so how are you generating the unique machine numbers?

[rahmnathan]

I'm facing the same issue.

[ju-li]

You have to call Apple Support and give them the customer code in the error message. They'll activate it for the machine number that generated the customer code. Blue Bubbles has a good explanation of it in section "Error Messages": https://docs.bluebubbles.app/server/advanced/macos-virtualization/running-a-macos-vm/enabling-imessage-in-a-vm

[acheong08]

Same issue but I am not getting an error message. It just logs me out once I successfully log in

[ju-li]

Same issue but I am not getting an error message. It just logs me out once I successfully log in

I had that issue and kept trying to login and the error message showed up 🤷

[arty01238]

Was this ever resolved?

[ju-li]

Was this ever resolved?

@arty01238 just do what's laid out in Error Messages: https://docs.bluebubbles.app/server/advanced/macos-virtualization/running-a-macos-vm/enabling-imessage-in-a-vm