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separate imessage chat windows

Just wondering if there is a way to reverse default window preferences for iMessage. I like having each chat window separate (like the old iChat). Please let me know.


Thanks!

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)

Posted on Sep 19, 2012 5:32 PM

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Nov 16, 2012 1:17 PM in response to maggiek25

HI,


Yes and no.


You can double click the Chat window and it will separate out.

You can close the main Messages (CMD + 0 in the Window menu to make it appear.)

However it seems any new messages make the Messages window reappear and the chat to be in both windows. (or at least I have not found a way yet)



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9:17 PM Friday; November 16, 2012

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"


 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

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Nov 17, 2012 12:08 PM in response to Carlo TD

Hi Carlo,


Only the second email from Apple overnight since I last posted and it happens to be you again. 🙂


That box only separates out the Buddy Lists (IF you have more than the Bonjour one Enabled, such as an AIM or a Jabber Login).


The Original Questioner wants this.

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When I last tested this in Messages version 7 the Main Chat "Messages" window could be closed but would return to view if new IM were received.

That does not happen in Version 7.0.1 (the OS X 10.8.2 update is obviously needed)




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8:08 PM Saturday; November 17, 2012

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"


 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

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May 11, 2013 5:44 AM in response to maggiek25

This is my first day on Lion or Tiger or whatever Apple is calling their latest & greatest, and I confess I'm sharing the same frustration as Maggie and others on other discussion pages: Why does Apple have to mess with these platforms when they upgrade. I need to monitor and respond to different chats. The old version - where each discussion was in a separate box, and I didn't have these little ballons popping up in the upper right corner of my screen - worked great for that. The new version, where everything is in one window that can't be shrunk beyond a certain size, is a clear disappointment.

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May 11, 2013 10:59 AM in response to DouglasFischer

Hi,


I would use the feedback page

I have linked you to the iChat Feedback page as Messages (in Mountain Lion) is built on the iCHat Engine and continues the Version numbering system calling itself version 7.x.x


The page is several OS X versions adrift when compared to the iChat version what woefully lag behind (and have done since iChat 4 at least).


You have to enter the details in the free text area.





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 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.3)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

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