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iCloud, App Store, FaceTime, Messages - Unable to Authenticate

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1. Open the org.chameleon.Boot.plist file located in /Extra directory with TextEdit.

2. Append the following XML

Code:
    <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
    <string>Yes</string>
    <key>device-properties</key>
    <string>EFI String Placeholder</string>

3. Leave the TextEdit window open and launch the EFIStudio-1.1 App.

4. Select Ethernet from the Select Device: drop down.

5. Click Add Device, the Editor will be displayed.

6. From the Editor window click the Hex String to Clipboard button.

7. Switch back to the open TextEdit window and replace EFI String Placeholder with the EFI string you just copied.

8. SAVE and Reboot

Varying based on your settings, you final result should look something like this.

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>DSDT</key>
    <string>/Extra/DSDT-GA-H61M-S2-B3-F3.aml</string>
    <key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
    <string>Yes</string>
    <key>Kernel Flags</key>
    <string>npci=0x3000</string>
    <key>PciRoot</key>
    <string>0</string>
    <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
    <string>Yes</string>
    <key>device-properties</key>
    <string>4b00000001000000010000003f0000000100000002010c00d041030a0100000001010600041c0101060000007fff0400160000006200750069006c0074002d0069006e0000000500000001</string>
    
</dict>
</plist>

After trying everything else, this works perfectly!! And my hackintosh lives on as a dev machine! A million kudos, to you, sir.
 
Just wanted to say thanks! This got me working!!
 
Thanks from me as well for this helpful thread. Mine was a problem of the ethernet network preferences not being defined first. Can now access the app store once again!

Thanks so much!
Adam
 
Greetings:

My problem is similar to the others posted here, but I've been through every post and have yet to come up with a solution that works for me. When I upgraded my Hackintosh from Lion 10.7.4 to Mountain Lion 10.8.0 last weekend, Messages, iCloud, and the App Store all worked like a charm. I sent and received several IMs with Messages. I then upgraded to ML 10.8.2, and now Messages keeps giving me that error message whenever I try to use it.

I've tried deleting the Network prefs, updating org.chameleon.Boot.plist using EFIStudio, rewriting the Hosts file, and so on, etc., etc., but still no joy.

Is anyone else able to use iCloud, and the App Store, but NOT Messages?

My Ethernet is at en0, as it should be, my Ethernet is confirmed as built-in, and IOBuiltin is true, but while this all works with iCloud and the App Store, it doesn't with Messages. So what gives?

All suggestions gratefully accepted. Thanks in advance.
 
Greetings:

My problem is similar to the others posted here, but I've been through every post and have yet to come up with a solution that works for me. When I upgraded my Hackintosh from Lion 10.7.4 to Mountain Lion 10.8.0 last weekend, Messages, iCloud, and the App Store all worked like a charm. I sent and received several IMs with Messages. I then upgraded to ML 10.8.2, and now Messages keeps giving me that error message whenever I try to use it.

I've tried deleting the Network prefs, updating org.chameleon.Boot.plist using EFIStudio, rewriting the Hosts file, and so on, etc., etc., but still no joy.

Is anyone else able to use iCloud, and the App Store, but NOT Messages?

My Ethernet is at en0, as it should be, my Ethernet is confirmed as built-in, and IOBuiltin is true, but while this all works with iCloud and the App Store, it doesn't with Messages. So what gives?

All suggestions gratefully accepted. Thanks in advance.

I'm in exactly the same situation is you. For me, Messages was working perfectly until 2 days ago when it now cannot sign in. Appstore, iTunes works, all other iCloud services work like contacts and notes sync etc.

Please help guys, I use messages a lot from my Mac.
 
I'm in exactly the same situation is you. For me, Messages was working perfectly until 2 days ago when it now cannot sign in. Appstore, iTunes works, all other iCloud services work like contacts and notes sync etc.

Please help guys, I use messages a lot from my Mac.

Same here, since… hmm… 2 days Messages is broken on the Hackintosh, it still works without any problems on my MacBook Pro but not on the Hackintosh. AppStore, iTunes, FaceTime, iCloud works but not Messages. I tried everything, new serial number, removed /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/, switch the BootLoader, etc…. nothing works. :(
 
Same here, since… hmm… 2 days Messages is broken on the Hackintosh, it still works without any problems on my MacBook Pro but not on the Hackintosh. AppStore, iTunes, FaceTime, iCloud works but not Messages. I tried everything, new serial number, removed /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/, switch the BootLoader, etc…. nothing works. :(

What do you mean by switching the bootloader? I might give that a try haha. I'll also post my boot.plsit file and networkinterfaces.plist file on here when I get home maybe we have differences?
 
Is anyone else able to use iCloud, and the App Store, but NOT Messages?

My Ethernet is at en0, as it should be, my Ethernet is confirmed as built-in, and IOBuiltin is true, but while this all works with iCloud and the App Store, it doesn't with Messages. So what gives?

Yes, I have the exact same issue. I wonder if anybody already has a solution...
 
Greetings:

My problem is similar to the others posted here, but I've been through every post and have yet to come up with a solution that works for me. When I upgraded my Hackintosh from Lion 10.7.4 to Mountain Lion 10.8.0 last weekend, Messages, iCloud, and the App Store all worked like a charm. I sent and received several IMs with Messages. I then upgraded to ML 10.8.2, and now Messages keeps giving me that error message whenever I try to use it.

I've tried deleting the Network prefs, updating org.chameleon.Boot.plist using EFIStudio, rewriting the Hosts file, and so on, etc., etc., but still no joy.

Is anyone else able to use iCloud, and the App Store, but NOT Messages?

My Ethernet is at en0, as it should be, my Ethernet is confirmed as built-in, and IOBuiltin is true, but while this all works with iCloud and the App Store, it doesn't with Messages. So what gives?

All suggestions gratefully accepted. Thanks in advance.

Same exact issue here, just started two days ago. I even tried a fresh install on a new drive for testing, new account, etc..
 
Same exact issue here, just started two days ago. I even tried a fresh install on a new drive for testing, new account, etc..

Ah. I was going to attempt a fresh install but this doesn't even work. Hopefully someone has found a fix, if iCloud etc seem to be working there must be some small piece of code/setting somewhere.

Should we start a new thread as our problem is just iMessage and not one of authentication.
 
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