

Many Mac users have a similar feeling, and some even noticed that enabling iMessage actually slows down your Mac. Somehow I dislike some of the new features, one is this iMessage “issue” - it may be useful for other Mac users, not to me. I’m not sure whether Apple is doing this to make its products work more seamlessly. No doubt that the company has produced the world’s best computers and phones.īut in recent years, Apple has been pushing integrations between macOS and iOS. I have been an Apple fan for quite a while. Select “None” under “Messages alert style” (note: by default, it’s on “Banners”). Step 3: Scroll down and locate “Messages” on the left sidebar. If you have added it to Launchpad, just click the icon to open the app. Again, the easiest way is by typing it in the Spotlight search bar. Step 1: Launch the System Preferences app. But you’ll use the app on your Mac later. Ideal Use: you are busy working on a project, and don’t want to be interrupted by these messages temporarily. Method 3: Adjust Messages Alert Style in Notifications Step 2: Confirm the operation in the new pop-up asking “Do you want to sign out of iMessage?”.

In the same window, just click the “Sign out” button next to your Apple ID. Step 1: Open Preferences in the Messages app (as shown in Method 1). Ideal Use: you prefer text communications via your phone, and you don’t want any iMessage texts or visuals to show up on your Mac. Method 2: Sign out of iMessage from Your Mac In the “iMessage” row, locate the Apple ID(s) you want to disable and uncheck them. Step 2: On the top left corner, select Messages > Preferences. The quickest way is by doing a Spotlight search and click the Messages icon under “TOP HIT.” Step 1: Open the iMessage app on your Mac. And you only want to stop one or several. Ideal Use: when you’re using a shared Mac machine where several Apple ID emails have been added to the Messages app (i.e. Method 1: Disable Apple ID from Being Reached for Messages Method 3: Adjust Messages Alert Style in Notifications.Method 2: Sign out of iMessage from Your Mac.Method 1: Disable Apple ID from Being Reached for Messages.In the reading pane, at the top of the message, click the Conversation icon. Return to the conversation index in the reading pane In the message list or in the conversation index, click the message. Read a single message from the conversation In the message list, click the conversation heading. Show the conversation index in the reading pane The conversation index shows one line for each message in the conversation, with each line displaying the message sender and the first few words from the message body.Īt the bottom of the navigation pane, click Mail .Įxpand or collapse a conversation in the message listĬlick Expand or Collapse next to the conversation heading. When you click on a conversation header in the message list, the conversation index shows in the reading pane. Icon for unread message Read messages that are part of a conversation When a new message is received, the entire conversation moves to the top of your message list. The messages within each conversation are sorted with the newest message on top. When you arrange messages by conversation, messages in a folder that share the same subject appear together in the message list.
