Apple's Messages Beta For Mac
In addition to the announcements about Apple’s next operating system, the company rolled out a beta edition of its iMessages chat app today. Apple previously as an answer to RIM’s popular BlackBerry Messenger Service. The app lets you send text, pictures, contacts, and video over 3G and Wi-Fi connections to anyone with an Apple ID or one of the other third-party messaging services. One big perk to using Messages is that it doesn’t charge you for each individual message, similar to the way wireless carriers do with SMS. Now, Apple wants to bring this functionality to the desktop in an effort to bridge the gap between conversations on mobile devices. The new Messages beta replaces Apple’s native OS X instant message client iChat, which aggregates the IM functionality from several third-party services (Google Chat, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Jabber accounts) into a sole location. Personally, I prefer using other IM applications (such as the open-source ) so I never paid much attention to iChat anyway, which I’m guessing the majority of other Mac users did as well.
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That said, I might actually use the new Messages app in addition to my preferred IM desktop client. Unlike iChat, the Messages app doesn’t just focus on communicating with people who appear online at the same time that you do. Both the new desktop app as well as the iMessages iPhone/iPad counterpart emphasize short back-and-forth responses similar to SMS conversations. The app still has a buddy list of contacts, but the chat window looks nearly identical to the iMessages iOS apps. People who never use instant messenger but frequently send texts will probably end up using this app. It’s also likely that far fewer SMS messages will get sent over the course of time, especially if you consider the.
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That’s a good thing for Apple and a very bad thing for wireless carriers, who draw a large amount of revenue through texting services. The Messages beta app is available now via, with the full release due out with the launch of OS X Mountain Lion. Image courtesy of, Shutterstock.
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This mine did this the first time, but not after that. When I first tested messages beta, I texted a conversation, closed the window, and was surprised to see my conversations were not saved however.
Now my messages are saving even after shutting down the messages app completely. I turn on messages and all my chats are back where they were when I shut down. May just be a bug, but even under preferences it includes an option to choose where to save chat transcripts - so I imagine the final version will have this worked out and all your messages will be saved how you want them. Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums.
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