When you took a first glimpse on the Messages, you might be thinking the same way as I thought: “Now I can receive messages even I’m on the Mac!” Yeah, with the Messages app on the Mac, you will no longer need to move every single time from your Mac to the iPhone, just to see, maybe, a trivial message from your friend.īut that’s not the most awesome point of this application. So you don’t absolutely need to miss your iChat, it’s here, and with the merge of iMessages, it is now stronger than it was before! 2. Also you could send your message to multiple friends by just acting like you’re using iMessages: press on the New Message button, then select contacts, write the message and deliver to all of your selected contacts! It’s not just about the features of iChat, but tiny yet awesome features from iMessages as well, for example you could see a message bubble popping up when you or your friends are typing. So you’ve probably got it, you could enjoy what you have enjoyed in the iChat: You could still own and create the Buddies List, do a video chat with your buddies, share your screen, and all the essential stuffs you have done in the iChat! It’s really fun to see that after the installation, you will be seeing a similar interface which you will remember that it appeared on your iPad and/or iPhone: it’s iMessages’ interface! However, once you really play with it, you will realize that it’s not just a simple iMessages, but a powerful application with all major features of iChat integrated into it. While you could download and experience the Messages Beta directly, have a fun time on understanding and exploring its features through this article! Today, right after the release of the Messages Beta, we feel so motivated to walk you through every essential feature that the Messages offered for you, along with some extra tips and tricks on using and manipulating the features. The new app, which could be treated as the predecessor of the iChat, has seamlessly combined both awesome features of iChat and iMessages to provide you a better messaging experience on the Mac. Judging by its name, the application should function like the iMessages in the iDevices like iPhone and iPad, but it is more than you thought. Apple did really live up the Mountain Lion’s quote, “Inspired by iPad, Re-imagined for Mac”, by integrating most bundled iPad-specific apps to the Mac, and Messages is among the top 10 features of the latest update.
The world is going to be shaken again as on the yesterday, Apple released the developer preview of its next major update for the Mac Operating System, named as “ Mountain Lion” (download its theme wallpaper!).
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