URL behaviour in Messages has changed

Hi,

1) I use Firefox.

2) I tend to Copy and Paste URLs in some cases making them a Hyperlink (CMD +K)

I have had issues before with Safari automatically "saving a Web archive" version of the page rather then just a URL

I don't use Safari enough to work out what the difference is.

8:12 pm Monday; March 10, 2014

Hi rcostain,

Same issue here with several Macs upgraded to 10.9.2. I talked to Apple Support and they could only suggest using copy/paste which is not as simple as dragging. They were not aware of anything in the update that could have caused this, but it did on every Mac we upgraded.

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If you drag the favicon (like you could before) to Messages using AIM it sends it as a flie transfer now instead of inserting it as a hyperlink like it used to. The problem is the recipient cannot always open it and it gets hung up waiting for the recipient to accept the transfer but they dont see the option to do so. You can still drag the favicon to mail and a few other applications I tried.

My issue with it is when it does a file transfer, it creates a folder for each transfer with one file in it and saves it. It created a lot of unnecessary junk folders and files at Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Caches while I was trying to figure out what was going on.

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In addition to using copy/paste I did figure out you can click on the URL to highlight it and then drag the highlighted URL to Messages. I can live with that but it was a lot more convenient the old way.

This is super annoying and I would like to know how to revert it back to the original behavhior. Since dragged url files can't be opened by people not running OS X it forces me to select, copy, paste. Instead of one simple drag and drop action. Is there a write defaults command that can be used to get this desired behavior back?

Hi,

In Firefox I see this URL and icon for this thread.

If I clcik and hold the Apple US bit I get a floaty padlock image.

I can drag this to Messages.

Messages changes it to the title of the Thread but still as a link.

Which works when received in another Buddy list.

AS you say in Safari it creates file that is transferred but this then works as a link

That looks like it might be Safari rather than Messages.

7:54 pm Monday; May 19, 2014

Good point. I mainly use Safari so I didn't realize it was the culprit. Now how do I get Safari to copy link on drag instead of create a webloc file...

HI,

That's a good question - that I don't know the answer to as I use Firefox most of the time.

Try in this Safari specific area https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/safari

8:33 pm Monday; May 19, 2014

hi, any idea how to replicate the same behavior going from Firefox to an email message body? it works for me the same going from Firefox to iChat (i'm on Lion) where it drops it in as a Hyperlink automatically, like this:

URL behaviour in Messages has changed: Apple Support Communities

but when i drag the link from Firefox to an email message, or this message box here i'm writing in, it drops it in as a regular URL like this:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5981338?answerId=25836430022#25836430022

with Safari to an email message body, it pastes it as a Hyperlink (1st example above), which is how i prefer it. if i wanted to drop it in as a URL (2nd example above) i can simply copy the URL and thne paste it manually, rather than dragging & dropping. it's nice to have both options.

Hi,

Mail is not an app that I know so well as iChat and Messages.

It might pay to start another Thread and reference this one.

7:52 pm Tuesday; June 3, 2014

ok, yeah will do. actually it was Outlook i was using for email.

actually, since it's a Firefox to Outlook issue, i guess i can't really post it on the Apple forum, right?

Hi,

It's always worth asking.

Regular Posters will think of it as "using Mavericks".

Some will see it as third party stuff and say so (nice ones might redirect you to other forums)

8:14 PM Wednesday; June 4, 2014

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