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MESSAGE ICON MISSING ON MAC DESKTOP

I had the message icon yesterday and today I cannot see it to open it.

Mac mini, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 3, 2023 10:03 PM

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Posted on Sep 4, 2023 3:44 AM

Look on your Dock or in your Applications folder.


You can have Messages on your desktop, but that's messy and you should use the Dock instead.

see > Use the Dock on Mac - Apple Support

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MESSAGE ICON MISSING ON MAC DESKTOP

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