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This is really fabulous! Besides pictures and videos, you can drop ANY file into the message and it will transfer!
Things like sound files, PDF's, text files, etc. can be viewed, played, etc. when they arrive on an iOS device. If it's a file that iOS can't deal with, it just won't appear. However, it WILL transfer to another Mac! It works really fast too, much faster than sending the file via an email attachment.
Yes, you can personalize the alert sounds that play and many other settings to your heart's content. For something that's just a beta, Messages is a nice surprise!
Mountain Lion: Messages replaces iChat, gets public beta
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Posted 16 February 2012 - 01:02 PM
Who needs yet another text messaging protocol? Meebo is great. It's protocol agnostic, and binds together many chat systems so you don't care which network your friends use. Apple should buy out Meebo and roll that sort of functionality into Messages. Believe it or not, I have friends who don't use Macs and don't have iPhones.
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Posted 16 February 2012 - 01:10 PM
Is there any SMS tie-in for this? There are times when the other person's phone can't be reached via a data connection and the Messages app on iOS reverts to SMS. It would be great if the iOS Messages app would see that and upload the sent message and any SMS responses to iCloud, which could then be seen in the Messages app in Mac OS X.
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Posted 16 February 2012 - 06:40 PM
What about iCloud backup of all iMessages. From what I understand SMS & iMessages are backed up. Are iMessages in OS X Mountain Lion also backed up to iCloud???
Is there a way to backup iMessages on OS X?
Is there a way to backup iMessages on OS X?
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Posted 17 February 2012 - 02:36 AM
I was excited about Messages beta. Am running latest version of OS X Lion. Now I'm going to rue the day!
Would be nice if my install hadn't been stuck for the last three hours on "Optimizing system for installed software", and it's telling me it has 3 hours and 43 minutes to go, and that hasn't changed for the last hour! Beta? More like Alpha minus 1!
Would be nice if my install hadn't been stuck for the last three hours on "Optimizing system for installed software", and it's telling me it has 3 hours and 43 minutes to go, and that hasn't changed for the last hour! Beta? More like Alpha minus 1!
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 04:57 AM
As everyone in the house shares the same Apple ID, everyone in the house now sees my iMessages conversations.... Time to remove Messages until some sort of privacy/one-2-one messaging is sorted out.
How long before the first Messages divorce?
How long before the first Messages divorce?
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 04:32 PM
The Mac Messages beta application uses e-mail addresses (since most Mac's do not have an associated phone number).
Using my iPhone Messages app; How do I enter an e-mail address to address a new message to a Mac Messages beta recipient?. The iPhone Messages app keyboard only displays alphabetic characters and numbers, no symbols, like the 'at' sign ( @ ) and the period ( . ) that are required in e-mail addresses.
Also, the iPhone Messages app To: field Plus sign ( + ) allows one to select a recipient from the Contacts app, but it only shows phone numbers, no e-mail addresses.
Using my iPhone Messages app; How do I enter an e-mail address to address a new message to a Mac Messages beta recipient?. The iPhone Messages app keyboard only displays alphabetic characters and numbers, no symbols, like the 'at' sign ( @ ) and the period ( . ) that are required in e-mail addresses.
Also, the iPhone Messages app To: field Plus sign ( + ) allows one to select a recipient from the Contacts app, but it only shows phone numbers, no e-mail addresses.
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 07:51 AM
I have downloaded this beta version and have tried it out. One question though, when I start a conversation on my Mac with this I do not see it appear in Messages on my iPad nor my iPhone. I thought you were able to start the conversation on one device and finish on another. This is not happening. Anyone have any solutions to this?
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 07:57 AM
cina, on 20 February 2012 - 04:32 PM, said:
The Mac Messages beta application uses e-mail addresses (since most Mac's do not have an associated phone number).
Using my iPhone Messages app; How do I enter an e-mail address to address a new message to a Mac Messages beta recipient?. The iPhone Messages app keyboard only displays alphabetic characters and numbers, no symbols, like the 'at' sign ( @ ) and the period ( . ) that are required in e-mail addresses.
Also, the iPhone Messages app To: field Plus sign ( + ) allows one to select a recipient from the Contacts app, but it only shows phone numbers, no e-mail addresses.
Using my iPhone Messages app; How do I enter an e-mail address to address a new message to a Mac Messages beta recipient?. The iPhone Messages app keyboard only displays alphabetic characters and numbers, no symbols, like the 'at' sign ( @ ) and the period ( . ) that are required in e-mail addresses.
Also, the iPhone Messages app To: field Plus sign ( + ) allows one to select a recipient from the Contacts app, but it only shows phone numbers, no e-mail addresses.
When you press the Message button on your phone and start a new message, just start to choose a name and the contacts start to show up. Choose the one that has the email associated with it.(They have to have an IOS device for you to me able to iMessage them). Also, if the person isn't in your address book, just enter it in the To: section. All the appropriate symbols show up like the "at" @ sign. (It is on the bottom next to the space bar).
