imessage text box disappeared on Macbook group chat

I'm in the exact same situation. The group chat on my iPhone is 100% fine. However, on my MBP there is no Reply box at all. When new messages are sent to the group chat, they show up fine on my MBP, I just have no way at all to Reply on my MBP as there is no way to type.

My friend has this exact same issue and linked me this thread. Here's how I fixed it for him:

The solution is simply to remove the person from the group chat and add him back.

If you are only 3 people in a group chat, add anybody first because you can't be less than 3 in a group chat, then remove the person with the issue, add him back then remove the 4th new person.

It works again!

This did not work. I have the same problem. I can see the texts in real time, but can not react, nor text. There is no emoji picker or app store icon, or even a rounded box. Here are the solutions I have tried:

• no message input box in Messages - Apple Community
• https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/177712/text-box-not-appearing-in-a-messages-conversation

Once I have some time today, I'll try out this: Missing input box in messages - Apple Community

(Here's a picture of what my problem looks like)

Has anyone had any progress on this? This is really annoying because i don't have a phone right now. I'm forced to text from my apple watch when I need to communicate with this group chat.

No solution for me as of yet. I've tried a number of suggestions but it hasn't helped, such as starting a new group chat with the same individuals, signing out and back into iMessage on my MBP. Nothing has worked.

Same. Started happening after updating to MacOS 14.6.1. I am on an M3 MacBook Air.

We've tried signing in and out. It does not fix the issue for me.

same issue here but the issue is on both my phone and mac

Resolved!! (For me at least)

I had this issue too. I had a group member remove me and then add me back and it immediately worked!! Thanks for this forum!

I was forced to create a new chat with all the same members. It was what I came here to avoid, but, in the end, doing that worked. It was a hassle, though, to get everyone on the same page. The problem arose when I signed in and out of imessage. I'm too scared to do that again.

I had to create a new group chat with the same people. It was a hassle, but it worked fine afterward. Something I noticed, a couple weeks after I created the new one, I somehow ended up at the broken one. The input box was back. I

I have the same issue also... I have tried signing in and out. Tried restarted computer. Tried deleting chat and restarting. Tried starting new chat group. Extremely frustrating as I cannot reply or send files to group chat from Mac. What has happened to Apple recently? It used to be a reason for now nearly 20years I have been a Mac Guy - but now it seems very unreliable in many areas?! When will this be fixed?!

Same thing here. Second time happening in 6 months. Any solutions??

I’m in the exact same boat and my group threads are coming through split up now on my MBP. Phone and iPad is working just fine.

it works, sign out then, sign in again. Thank You

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