Just got my hand on the latest Messages for Mac Beta. Tested it. And Loved it! Immensely!
This is why I love Apple in the first place. Where everyone else fail, they break through.
Messages is basically a free messaging system (That Works!) for your Mac with your iPhone, iPad and iPod using the already solid iMessage. It allows sending photos, videos, documents and contacts almost immediately. You can even do FaceTime with it too! Cool right? Free!
Here's what Apple say about Messages:
"Mac keeps the conversation going. Messages does everything iChat does, and so much more. For starters, it comes with iMessage. And just like iMessage in iOS, it lets you send unlimited messages to anyone on a Mac or an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 5. Send photos, videos, documents, and contacts — even send messages to a group. You can see when your message has been delivered and when someone’s typing a reply. Turn on read receipts, and they’ll see when you’ve read a message. With end-to-end encryption, your messages stay safe and private. And you can start a conversation on your Mac and pick it up on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. So nothing is left unsaid."
So how can you get this Messages?
All you need to do to get the Messages Beta is update your OSX Lion to the latest 10.7.3 from this link. You'll need to restart your Mac after installation.
Then download Messages for Mac Beta here.
Again, you'll need to restart your Mac after installation.
After restart, basically just register a Message account with your Apple ID or create one using your existing email and viola! You can start iMessaging.
One little thing though, I originally only have 1 Apple ID and its already been used in my iPhone for iMessage. So when I tried to use the same ID in Messages, it won't allow. So I created a New Apple ID for Messages to work in my Mac.
Hope you all enjoyed it. I sure do!
