Mountain Lion: How to get the most out of iMessage
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Mountain Lion: How to get the most out of iMessage
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#2This is surprisingly difficult to set up on both the iPhone and on OSX.
Apple seriously needs to put some UX talent working on this.
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#3I don't understand the use case for a platform-specific messenger. When your whole company uses Blackberries, BBM makes sense. Otherwise, why not use something that everyone you know can use? Behind text messaging, Facebook Chat has the largest user base in my social circles.
I've assumed that most iMessage use thus far has been as a transparent transport for SMS over a data connection. Is this correct?
Re: Mountain Lion: How to get the most out of iMessage
#4I don't understand the use case for a platform-specific messenger. When your whole company uses Blackberries, BBM makes sense. Otherwise, why not use something that everyone you know can use? Behind text messaging, Facebook Chat has the largest user base in my social circles. I've assumed that most iMessage use thus far has been as a transparent transport for SMS over a data connection. Is this correct?
Apple is positioning it (IMO) as a replacement for text messaging on iOS. The fact that it works across devices is the killer feature.
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#6The article is wrong, there's still a huge part missing from the so-called "unified" messaging and Apple needs to step up their game ASAP.
No matter how you configure the "caller ID" option, if a friend iMessages you (i.e. they initiate the convo) to your cell phone number and not email (most common, as if they were texting but it silently switched to iMessage), the message will only be received on your phone.
Apple needs to add an option to allow you to authenticate/verify your phone number as a valid receive address for the desktop ASAP.
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#7Thanks a lot for this tutorial. I am really amazed that Apple has not thought this through properly. Really disappointing. Creating a vibrant set of iOS messaging and sharing channels would really increase their barrier-to-entry.
Re: Mountain Lion: How to get the most out of iMessage
#8The article is wrong, there's still a huge part missing from the so-called "unified" messaging and Apple needs to step up their game ASAP. No matter how you configure the "caller ID" option, if a friend iMessages you (i.e. they initiate the convo) to your cell phone number and not email (most common, as if they were texting but it silently switched to iMessage), the message will only be received on your phone. Apple…
I agree. This makes iMessage so frustrating, as I've got two threads with a lot of people - one associated with my phone number (started on my phone) and another associated with my email (started on my iPad).
Re: Mountain Lion: How to get the most out of iMessage
#9The article is wrong, there's still a huge part missing from the so-called "unified" messaging and Apple needs to step up their game ASAP. No matter how you configure the "caller ID" option, if a friend iMessages you (i.e. they initiate the convo) to your cell phone number and not email (most common, as if they were texting but it silently switched to iMessage), the message will only be received on your phone. Apple…
Coming with iOS 6.
Re: Mountain Lion: How to get the most out of iMessage
#10This is surprisingly difficult to set up on both the iPhone and on OSX. Apple seriously needs to put some UX talent working on this.
IIRC the initial setup process of an iOS device walks you through this step by step. I don't remember doing any of these steps when I signed into Messages on OSX. This article seems to be more for the people who skipped associating an e-mail address with their iMessages settings the first time around?