Re: How to Use FaceBook Messenger on Mac OS X via Messages App

2020-11-27 Thread Herbie Allen 
I just use the web interphase from the mbasic.facebook.com


> On Nov 27, 2020, at 13:56, Traci Duncan  wrote:
> 
> Has anyone tried this route, or is it obsolete?
> 
> 
>> 
>> https://osxdaily.com/2015/04/25/set-facebook-messenger-mac-messages-os-x/ 
>> 
>> 
>> How to Use FaceBook Messenger on Mac OS X via Messages App
>> 
>>  Facebook Messenger is a popular means of 
>> communicating, but the Mac doesn’t have a dedicated Facebook messaging app 
>> like the iPhone or Android does… or does it!?! Indeed, you can use Facebook 
>> Messenger to message friends from OS X, and in moments you can set up the 
>> Mac Messages app to function as a Facebook Messenger client in OS X.
>> 
>> Using Facebook Messenger from the Mac is really quite simple, but it’s 
>> entirely separate from configuring Facebook sharing from the Mac 
>> , so if you have 
>> done one but not the other, you’d need to complete both to have the full 
>> Facebook functions of sharing, posting, and messaging available to you in OS 
>> X.
>> 
>> 
>> How to Add Facebook Messenger to Messages in OS X
>> 
>> This basically turns your Messages app into a full fledged Mac Facebook 
>> Messenger client, you’ll be set up in just a few seconds with these 
>> instructions:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> If you’re on a Mac, the ability to have Facebook Messenger conversations 
>> right in the Messages app of OS X is really quite nice, the conversations 
>> will appear alongside other text messages 
>> 
>>  and iMessages, Google Chat, Yahoo Messenger, or AOL / AIM communications.
>> 
>> Once you have Facebook Messenger added to Messages, you will be 
>> automatically logged into Facebook Messenger when the Messages app opens. To 
>> log out of Facebook Messenger in Messages, simply pull down the “Messages” 
>> menu item and choose “Log out of chat.facebook.com 
>> ” – similarly, you can log in that way as well.
>> 
>> You can access the Facebook Friends buddy list at any time from the 
>> “Windows” menu item in Messages app, where you can also set your status to 
>> be online or offline, or away.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This certainly beats having a web browser window open to Facebook.com 
>>  on a Mac, and if you have set up Facebook posts and 
>> sharing in OS X  
>> you now have much of the Facebook functionality right in OS X without having 
>> to go to the website to talk to friends, share stuff, or post status updates.
>> 
>> What if you don’t have Messages for OS X? All modern Macs should, but if 
>> you’re using an older version of Mac system software that has the iChat app 
>> instead, don’t worry, you can also use Facebook chat in iChat 
>>  too. The 
>> configuration and setup process is a little bit different, but the protocol 
>> is the same as is the ability to have a full conversation with your Facebook 
>> buddies. So, whatever your version of OS X on whatever your Mac, you’ll be 
>> Facebooking. Good for you. And no, if Facebook has been blocked on the 
>> network or hosts file , 
>> this will not bypass it.
>> 
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Re: How to Use FaceBook Messenger on Mac OS X via Messages App

2020-11-27 Thread Jessica Moss 
I think that became obsolete several years ago, unless Apple brought it back 
recently, and I’m just out of the loop.  It was a wonderful feature when they 
implemented it, so I never understood why it was discontinued.

> On Nov 27, 2020, at 2:56 PM, Traci Duncan  wrote:
> 
> Has anyone tried this route, or is it obsolete?
> 
> 
>> 
>> https://osxdaily.com/2015/04/25/set-facebook-messenger-mac-messages-os-x/ 
>> 
>> 
>> How to Use FaceBook Messenger on Mac OS X via Messages App
>> 
>>  Facebook Messenger is a popular means of 
>> communicating, but the Mac doesn’t have a dedicated Facebook messaging app 
>> like the iPhone or Android does… or does it!?! Indeed, you can use Facebook 
>> Messenger to message friends from OS X, and in moments you can set up the 
>> Mac Messages app to function as a Facebook Messenger client in OS X.
>> 
>> Using Facebook Messenger from the Mac is really quite simple, but it’s 
>> entirely separate from configuring Facebook sharing from the Mac 
>> , so if you have 
>> done one but not the other, you’d need to complete both to have the full 
>> Facebook functions of sharing, posting, and messaging available to you in OS 
>> X.
>> 
>> 
>> How to Add Facebook Messenger to Messages in OS X
>> 
>> This basically turns your Messages app into a full fledged Mac Facebook 
>> Messenger client, you’ll be set up in just a few seconds with these 
>> instructions:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> If you’re on a Mac, the ability to have Facebook Messenger conversations 
>> right in the Messages app of OS X is really quite nice, the conversations 
>> will appear alongside other text messages 
>> 
>>  and iMessages, Google Chat, Yahoo Messenger, or AOL / AIM communications.
>> 
>> Once you have Facebook Messenger added to Messages, you will be 
>> automatically logged into Facebook Messenger when the Messages app opens. To 
>> log out of Facebook Messenger in Messages, simply pull down the “Messages” 
>> menu item and choose “Log out of chat.facebook.com 
>> ” – similarly, you can log in that way as well.
>> 
>> You can access the Facebook Friends buddy list at any time from the 
>> “Windows” menu item in Messages app, where you can also set your status to 
>> be online or offline, or away.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This certainly beats having a web browser window open to Facebook.com 
>>  on a Mac, and if you have set up Facebook posts and 
>> sharing in OS X  
>> you now have much of the Facebook functionality right in OS X without having 
>> to go to the website to talk to friends, share stuff, or post status updates.
>> 
>> What if you don’t have Messages for OS X? All modern Macs should, but if 
>> you’re using an older version of Mac system software that has the iChat app 
>> instead, don’t worry, you can also use Facebook chat in iChat 
>>  too. The 
>> configuration and setup process is a little bit different, but the protocol 
>> is the same as is the ability to have a full conversation with your Facebook 
>> buddies. So, whatever your version of OS X on whatever your Mac, you’ll be 
>> Facebooking. Good for you. And no, if Facebook has been blocked on the 
>> network or hosts file , 
>> this will not bypass it.
>> 
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accessible smart power strips

2020-11-27 Thread sarai.bucciarelli 
All:

Looking for an outdoor smart power strip with 4 plugs that works with Alexa
and Google home with an accessible iPhone app. Anyone have any particular
ones you like?

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Re: Reinstalling Catalina over Catalina without loosing my data?

2020-11-27 Thread Anders Holmberg 
Hi!
Yes that’s what I did when I had some issues.
/A

> 27 nov. 2020 kl. 02:55 skrev 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries 
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> Dear List,
> Is it possible to reinstall Catalina, by running the installer and not loose 
> my files?
> My Mac is sluggish and stops responding. I am so tired of hearing the word 
> Busy, Its driving
> Me nutty!
> I am not ready for Big Sur yet, so hope that reinstalling Catalina will help. 
> I did not want to do a new install by wiping the drive.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rob
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Re: Joining Zoom Meetings

2020-11-27 Thread Julie Rattray 
There is also a way to link your calendar to zoom which should then put 
upcoming meetings straight in to zoom so you can open zoom and click on the 
relevant upcoming meeting - you need to do this via settings on zoom and I 
think you need to go to advance meetings or more settings which takes you to 
the online zoom page - I did it ages ago and now can’t remember how I did it 

- I think this still depends on how the invite is sent out though - others may 
know more  

> On 26 Nov 2020, at 16:41, John Panarese  wrote:
> 
>  It also works here on the Mac. As long as it’s the URL, it has worked from 
> the Mac Calendar event details screen.
> 
> 
>> On Nov 26, 2020, at 10:01 AM, Brad Snyder  wrote:
>> 
>> Try just clicking on the meeting link in the calendar entry. That usually 
>> works for me on my iOS device.
>> 
>> - Brad -
>> 
>> On Nov 26, 2020, at 08:15, Kerryann Ifill  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all:
>> 
>> Here’s a question for you. Like most people these days, I am attending loads 
>> of zoom meetings.  When the hostsendso ut meeting invites like a good little 
>> soldier I add them to my calendar.  Thing is that  joining means I have to 
>> open up calendar then copy the url and past it in to Safari.  Any easier 
>> ways that I can just jump from calendar to zoom without having to go through 
>> safari?
>> 
>> Any suggestions appreciated.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Kerry
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