Hello,
I was wondering how I can go about having to iCloud accounts setup in iMessage? My scenario is that on my work MBA I would like to have my work account working for iMessage but I would also like to have my personal account setup. Can I do this? I don't care if it means two instances of iMessage.
Thanks.
MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)
Hi,
Cannot be done.
No app on the Mac OS can run in two instances.
Only one Apple ID can be logged in at once in the Messages > Preferences > Accounts > iMessage pane.
You could link the two by adding one email as an Additional item to the other.
However this would mean that all iMessages also synced across all the devices which may be not what you want.
On the Work computer you could set up an Additional Mac User Accounts and have Fast User Switching set up and switch between the two.
Of course both the last two suggestions means your work computer would also have all your private iMessages on the computer.
9:25 pm Thursday; March 17, 2016
That's a bummer. My young daughter was contacted by someone who she thought was a school friend. Turns out it wasn't and gave her such a fright that she deleted the whole thread before she told me. I wanted to start to monitor her texts on my computer via iMessage but I can't have hers and mine at the same time.
2 iCloud accounts in iMessage
