By Richard Mallion
Apple have release a beta version of “Messages” for Mac OS X which gives you a taste of what’s coming in OS X Mountain Lion. When you install Messages, it replaces iChat. But iChat services will continue to work. And Messages brings iMessage to the Mac — just like on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch running iOS 5. Here are the features you can expect with Messages:
- 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.
You can download the beta here.
SMS text messaging on the Macintosh (and iOS)
Why use your mobile phone to send an SMS when you have your Mac keyboard in front of you?
If you'd like an easier way to send SMSs than using the tiny numeric keypad on your mobile phone, then SMS Mac is for you. SMS Mac enables you compose a text message on your Mac and send it via the Internet. That's right, to send messages, you don't need your mobile phone! With SMS Mac, you no longer depend on your mobile phone network to send text messages, you only need an internet connection.
You can run SMS Mac in different ways: as a Dashboard Widget, as an Address Book plugin, or as a Yahoo! Widget. If you also use Windows, we also offer a Send SMS Yahoo! Widget for Windows XP.
SMS Mac integrates seamlessly with your Contacts (previously called Address Book). With the SMS Mac Address Book plugin installed, you simply open the Contact card of your friend or family member, click the mobile label and choose the command Send SMS from the popup menu. You can also select a group of contacts and send an SMS to all members of the group!
SMS Mac also supports AppleScript. The SMS Mac Scripting application allows you to send an SMS when a specific event occurs. You can use it, for example, with iCal. You can configure iCal and SMS Mac to send yourself an SMS to remind you of an important meeting. On a Mac OS X server, you can use it to send the system administrator an SMS alert when a certain condition occurs. Several example scripts are included.
SMS Mac is not only a user-friendly way to send text messages, it is also a highly reliable one: For every SMS you send, you get a delivery report.
No commercials are tagged to your message, the entire message (all 160 characters) is yours.
Testimonials
- 'This rocks! Great product with a really easy install.', Scott, USA.
Subliminal Message Pro for Mac OS X comes with a well thought out default list of messages in the categories of Health, Wealth, Happiness, Social and Success. It allows you to add your own. Documentation » Using MAC OS X Mail. Using MAC OS X Mail. Viewing the Inbox Checking for New Messages Reading a Message Writing and Sending a New Message. Click on the message, and read it in the lower half of the window. Double-click on the message to open it in its own window. Writing and Sending a New Message. Apple's made a public beta available of Messages for Mac available to anyone running Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion,' meaning that there's no need to wait until the release of 'Mountain Lion.' Mac OS X was first introduced almost 20 years ago in September 2000. With that anniversary coming up we have high hopes for the 20th anniversary version of the Mac operating system, but that's in.
- 'SMS Mac is a great idea and indeed much needed.', Julius, Germany.
Apple's made a public beta available of Messages for Mac available to anyone running Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion,' meaning that there's no need to wait until the release of 'Mountain Lion.'
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- 'SMS Mac is a brilliant as I get no mobile signal at home, so at least this way I can easily send out texts.', John, United Kingdom.
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