Take Control of Messages in Mountain Lion

With this ebook in hand, you’ll discover:

• What is difference between SMS, instant messaging, and iMessage – plus why you’d care.
• How to convert your iChat experience to the brave new world of Messages.
• Why it is that Messages lets you communicate via accounts at five different services (plus Bonjour), and how to figure out which you should use.
• In an iMessage account, how to configure which email address(es) and iPhone phone number(s) should receive messages on your Mac.
• How to use Google Talk with Google two-factor authentication.
• How to send messages – and set your online status – with an eye to etiquette and conventions.
• What an instant-message buddy is, why it’s awkward that iMessage doesn’t have buddies, and how to add buddies, organize buddies, and even delete or block a buddy.
• How to exchange photos, videos, business documents, and other files via Messages.
• The best way to add a spoken conversation or video to a chat, whether through an iMessage/FaceTime chat or an instant-messaging service.
• How to view and control the Mac screen of the person you’re chatting with (or vice-versa).
• And much more…