With Thursday’s announcement of Mac OS X Mountain Lion comes the news that iChat is being upgraded and renamed to Messages, with support for the iMessage chat system introduced with iOS 5. Now you can Install iMessage on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 and start sending / receiving messages from people who uses iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. IMessage is not just a texting application for iOS Devices. It is also one of the multimedia messaging service app that lets you share Pictures and Videos from iOS to iOS Device.This feature now arrives to the recent updated Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 with. Get started with iMessage for OS X. The Messages beta for OS X has been released, bringing along with it iMessage on your Mac. I have a new Retina Mac running Mountain Lion (10.8.2) and an iPhone running 6.0.1. On my iPhone I can send and receive text messages from my email test@example.com and +1 (555) 555-5555. On my phone it has iMessage turned on, Send Read Receipts is on, Send as SMS is on, Send & Receive (2 Addresses which are my email and number), new texts sent. IMessage comes to your Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' in the form of Messages. By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes for Hardware 2.0 February 16, 2012 - 06:35 GMT (22:35 PST) Topic: Mobile OS.
Apple just released Messages Beta, an instant messaging platform to replace the iChat in the upcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Messages is basically like iMessages for the Mac. Messages allows users to send unlimited iMessages to any Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
According to Apple Messages Beta download page, Messages will have the following features:
- Send unlimited iMessages to any Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.*
- Start an iMessage conversation on your Mac and continue it on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.
- Send photos, videos, attachments, contacts, locations, and more.
- Launch a FaceTime video call and bring the conversation face-to-face.
- Messages supports iMessage, AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, and Jabber accounts.
If you want to download and install Messages in Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 to taste what’s coming in OS X Mountain Lion, follow the step-by-step below:
1. Download the Messages Beta here.
2. Double-click the downloaded MessagesBeta.dmg file and follow the onscreen installation.
How To Get Imessages On Mac
3. Run the Messages by clicking its icon in the Dock.
4. A welcome message window appears. It tells you what the Messages is and what you can do with it. Click Continue to the next step.
5. The next step is iMessage Setup. Sign in with your Apple ID to activate iMessage then click Sign in.
6. Verify your email address, you can be reached for messages at the configured email above. Then click Continue.
7. You are done. Messages is ready for you to use. Click Done to begin using Messages.
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Messages is a great tool to communicate with your friends, co-workers, families and others who own iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch via iMessages. It also supports Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, AIM and Jabber so you can reach mostly your IM friends using Messages.
Unfortunately, the Messages tool will not be available for Mac OS X 10.7.x when it ends the beta version. It means that the Messages is only available for the upcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion which will be released this summer.
Been itching to try out the newest Apple software, iMessage? Well here is your chance! Although this is a feature of the upcoming Mountain Lion, Apple has also released a beta version of iMessage for Lion users! Be warned though, this software is full of bugs, however, it is mostly usable.
To download the free beta, simply go here. Installation is pretty standard so no problems there.
Here is the startup screen when you first open the app:
After you enter in your credentials for iMessage and any other chat clients, you may now begin to use the application!
This is a screenshot of the main window. This is where the messages show up (one unified window) with the newest conversation on top. Messages received on an iDevice including the iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch while you are away will be updated when you return on your Mac so you can always stay up-to-date with the latest in your conversations. This provides a convenient way to respond to messages normally sent to your phone.
Set Up Imessage Mac
If you have any questions about new features with iMessage or as Apple calls it, Messages Beta, please leave a comment below and I will respond promptly!
Imessage Mac Os X Lion 10.7.5
Follow-up discussion involving iMessage and clearing chat history.