Thanks, Alex.  this time when I opened messages it went straight to the To 
field, and when I typed her name, it autofilled her phone number, which was 
what I wanted.  thanks for the help, not sure why it went awry before.
Cheers,
Donna
On Jul 8, 2014, at 7:54 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just hit cmd-n and start typing the name. If the person is in your contacts, 
> they will be auto-filled, just like typing an email recipient. If not, type 
> the Apple Id or phone number of the person instead. Move to the next text 
> field, type your message, and press enter. I'm not sure what you mean by 
> selecting how a message is sent; can you explain that more? Thanks.
> On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:51 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I'm running Mavericks, haven't installed the latest update.
>> 
>> I'm trying to send a message using iMessage.  I don't seem to be able either 
>> to select a contact, or to indicate how I want the message sent, e.g. email, 
>> text, etc.  Is anyone able to use iMessage running Mavericks?  If so, how 
>> are you selecting the message recipient?
>> Thanks,
>> Donna
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