How to sync imessages between iphone ipad and mac osx Once you have setup your mac and iOS device to use the same method to send and receive iMessages then anyone who sends you an iMessage (ether to your phone number or email address) will have that message delivered to Read more…
Imessage does not show contacts list in messages. By default when you open the imessages application it shows the sent / received window. This is ok if you are only going to send and receive to imessages contacts as you can search them from the search bar. It does get Read more…
You can download and install the public beta version of the upcoming mountain lion messages app right now! you can get the app from here When you install Messages, it replaces iChat. But iChat services will continue to work. And Messages brings iMessage to the Mac â just like on Read more…
This will show you how to use ichat or imessage to talk to msn on osx, without using the jabber method. go to cocoon.drinkbrainjuice.com download and install their (beta) plugin open ichat > preferences > accounts click ‘add’ pick ‘MSN’ from the list enter your details! You now have MSN Read more…
This will show you how to talk to your friends who use yahoo messenger using your ichat this one is pretty easy. open ichat goto preferences goto accounts hit the + in the bottom left account type: yahoo account name: username@yahoo.com open server options done. log in and talk to Read more…
This will show you how to talk to your friends who use google talk / gtalk using your ichat this one is pretty easy. open ichat goto preferences goto accounts hit the + in the bottom left account type: google talk account name: username@gmail.com / username@googlemail.com open server options server: Read more…
Ok, so ive been using osx lion and ios5 since they launched. ios5 is nice, notification center and imessage are fantastic. airplay mirroring is an excellent idea too. now, if osx lion had airplay mirroring it would be awesome, I wouldnt have to plug my macbook pro into the telly. Read more…
I hate autocorrect. this shows you how to turn off autocorrect in osx! Its one of the first things I do when I install new versions of osx (I do a wipe before I install new versions, e.g. from lion to mountain lion, or from Yosemite to el-capitan) open system Read more…
Using ichat for msn, twitter, irc, icq etc – iChat can use jabber (xmpp). xmpp can use ‘transports’ to let you connect to other networks, like MSN, icq, irc, twitter, etc. Update: there is a way to do this now without having to resort to using a jabber service. You Read more…
This will show you how to talk to your friends using Facebook chat in iMessages on your mac. Facebook chat uses the xmpp protocol. This means that you can connect to Facebook chat using third party chat applications. This makes Facebook chat comparable to the way you used to connect Read more…