With Messages for Mac, you can send unlimited messages to any Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that uses iMessage, Apple's secure-messaging service. iPhone owners can use it for SMS and MMS messages, too.
Copy text between Terminal App and Clipboard. If you are working with the Terminal app on your Mac and want to copy text (commands, results) and make it available on your Clipboard you can use the pbcopy command to pipe the output directly into your Clipboard. For example, open Terminal app and type in cal pbcopy. You can also see your latest text messages in the Your Phone app and send text messages right from your PC. The Your Phone app becomes a powerful text messaging tool that works with your PC’s keyboard. Once again, this feature requires an Android phone.
Set up iMessage
iMessage is the Apple messaging service you get automatically with your Apple ID.If it's not already set up, you're asked to sign in when you first open the Messages app. Sign in with same Apple ID that you use with Messages on your iPhone and other devices. It's usually the same Apple ID that you use for iCloud, the iTunes Store, the App Store, and the account you created when you first set up your Mac.
- Download TextNow for macOS 10.10.0 or later and enjoy it on your Mac. FREE TEXTING, FREE PICTURE MESSAGING, FREE PHONE CALLING, FREE PHONE NUMBER, AND FREE VOICEMAIL ADD A PHONE NUMBER TO YOUR MAC Works on your computer and lets you text from a 10 digit number in the the US & Canada.
- Well, the app claims to be the first OCR text scanner app, so it deserves it. After all, it’s going to help you save a lot of your precious time on assembling and taking pictures of your notes. The app can, 9 out of 10 times, accurately scan your handwriting (or scribbles!), and then let.
- And you can now reply with a text message from your Mac — or start a new text message. To start a new message: In the Messages window, click the Compose button to start a new message. Enter a name, an email address, or a phone number in the To field. Enter message text in the field at the bottom of the window.
Have a conversation
- Click at the top of the Messages window.
- Address your message by typing the recipient's name, email address, or phone number. Or click and choose a recipient. If they're in your Contacts app, Messages finds them as you type. To start a group conversation, just add more recipients.
- Type your message in the field at the bottom of the window, then press Return to send it.
- To include emoji, click.
- To include an image or other file, just drag or paste it into the message field. Or use Continuity Camera to capture a photo or scan directly from your iPhone or iPad camera.
- To include an audio recording, clickand record your message.
- After starting a conversation, click Details in the corner of the window to take other actions, including:
- Choose not to be disturbed by notifications about this conversation.
- Use FaceTime to start an audio call or video call .
- Share a screen .
- See the recipient's location—if they're sharing their location with you.
- Review all of the photos and files that were exchanged in the conversation.
- Add a group name, add members to a group, or leave a group. If the group has four or more members, you can remove members: Control-click the member's name, then choose Remove from Conversation.
With macOS Sierra or later, you can also use Siri to send, read, and reply to Messages:
- ”Send a message to Susan and Johnny saying I'll be late' or ”Tell Johnny Appleseed the show is about to start” or ”Text a message to 408 555 1212.”
- ”Read the last message from Brian Park” or ”Read my new messages.”
- ”Reply that's great news” or ”Tell him I'll be there in 10 minutes.”
Add a Tapback to a message
macOS Sierra introduces Tapback to the Mac. A Tapback is a quick response that expresses what you think about a message, such as that you like it or think it's funny. In the image above, the heart next to ”See you then!' is a Tapback. Here's how to do it:
- Control-click a message bubble to open a shortcut menu.
- Choose Tapback from the menu.
- Click a Tapback to add it to the message bubble.
Your Tapback is visible to everyone in the conversation who is using iMessage with macOS Sierra or later or iOS 10 or later. Other iMessage users see 'Liked' or 'Laughed at' or 'Emphasized,' for example, followed by the text of that message.
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch also have Tapback, as well as other message effects available only on those devices. Most such affects look the same on your Mac when you receive them. Others appear as a description of the effect, such as ”(sent with Loud Effect).”
Send text messages to anyone from your Mac
If you have an iPhone with a text messaging plan, learn how to set up text message forwarding so you can send and receive SMS and MMS messages from your Mac.
Delete a message or conversation
When you permanently delete a message or conversation, you can't get it back. So make sure that you save important information from your messages.
To delete a message:
- Open a message conversation.
- Control-click the blank area of a message bubble that you want to delete.
- Choose Delete.
- Click Delete.
To delete a conversation:
- Control-click a conversation.
- Choose Delete Conversation.
- Click Delete.
Learn more
- To learn more about Messages, choose Messages Help from the Help menu in Messages.
- If you get an error when trying to sign in to iMessage, learn what to do.
FaceTime is not available in all countries or regions.
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Key Features:
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- Enable/disable each item individually.
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- Drag/Drop reordering in the Preferences table.
- Dynamic script control
- Web menus
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- WebView menu items
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Examples
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Extras
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Note
TextBar is limited by the available space in your MenuBar - which is dependent on screen resolution and the number of other items being displayed. If you find that you run out of MenuBar space, then MacBartender is a fantastic app to free some space.
Minimum System Requirements
Text App Mac Os X
Intel, 64-bit processor, macOS 10.10 or later.