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In “Account Name” enter your Facebook account user name as follows: (a Facebook username is whatever your Facebook profile URL is, for example: ‘the username would be “your_name_here” and the account name would then be Enter your Facebook account password in the password field, this is the same one you use to login to Facebook from the web or the apps.Pull down the menu next to “Account Type” and select ‘Jabber’ from the list.From the message account screen, choose “Other messages account…” and click on “Continue”.Pull down the “Messages” menu and choose “Add Account…”.Open the Messages app on the Mac if you haven’t done so yet.

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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: I do like the way this looks, but almost no one I know will use it because they've all moved onto other services - most notably Facebook.How to Add Facebook Messenger to Messages in OS X

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Now, no one I know uses either Y!, WLM is gone (those two were basically dominant before 2012 among my friends who used IM/Messaging Services), and a vast majority of those abandoned users didn't move to Skype, anyways (which is why Microsoft was so desperate to try to bake it into the Windows OS, but that didn't work as well). It was a huge step back when Microsoft decided to do that, and replace it with Skype. Those interoperability deals basically were an innovation in the industry that made it less cumbersome to communicate with people who used different devices (where your service may not have been supported) or services (because they had a Y! Account instead of a Microsoft Account).

That's why 3rd party clients like BeejiveIM were popular, but completely nosedived once this happened. Frankly, they were stronger when they were together, and nosedived in record time the minute that ended. They had a deal for interoperability with Windows Live Messenger and when that deal was discontinued (and Microsoft got rid of Live Messenger) suddenly half of your Y! or WLM contact list disappeared - those people were on the other network and you could only communicate with them thanks to the interoperability between the two networks. I think the thing that hurts Yahoo! Messenger the most was Microsoft. It reminds me of the Messages app on OS X where you just have Search and a list of conversations on the right, and the conversation selected on the left. If you are still using the older Yahoo Messenger app, be aware it will be discontined on August 5. Sent that message too soon or caught a last-minute typo? Now you can take back a message, photo or GIF (yes, even after you've pressed send)!

With Messenger's desktop notifications, you can multitask at your computer without having to worry about missing an important message from family, friends, or coworkers again.We are also introducing the unsend button – one of our most beloved Messenger features now on desktop.

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Pro tip: play GIF roulette and type /gif + any search term. If you'd rather reply with a GIF, you can easily search and send GIFs to your heart's content. Then, spread the love by 'liking' any posts or images that stand out to you. Want to share photos from your latest vacation or simply spice up a message? Save precious time with our drag and drop feature to share multiple photos at once. In a blog post, Yahoo tries to convince us that the rebooted Messenger app is cool again: Yes, it is true: Yahoo Messenger is apparently still a thing even though it had reached its height during the George W.