| [ML] iMessage MBA
Is it normal for the iM icon at top to be gray and randomly & briefly flash black?
I select Available and icon turns black for about 1 second then goes gray and when I check drop down it shows as offline - will not stay Available
I have iM minimized
Until I deleted the threads in the window, dock icon bounces often
Is this the way it works? |
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 skeechanAi OtsukaholicPremium
join:2012-01-26
AA169|170
kudos:2
 ·Cox HSI
 ·Clear Wireless
2 edits | That icon is for status of instant messaging accounts like AIM and Google. iMessages works more like a texting account. Mine stays grey if I am only using an iMessages account but if I log in with my username as an AIM account (AOL), it turns black like iChat used to and I can manually set my online status. At least that is how it works for me. I only get dock bounces if my connection gets dropped by AOHell or I receive a message. Perhaps you are losing your connect to the IM service you are using. |
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| reply to Liberty
Thanks for that, makes sense
However I am still getting the bouncing dock icon
I thought I cured that by clearing out the conversations but it is back to bouncing again, for no reason I can find
Also, I set the Events to When I receive a message
But when I go to look at it again, it has changed back to the attached screen shot |
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skeechanAi OtsukaholicPremium
join:2012-01-26
AA169|170
kudos:2 | Try restarting your Mac. Sometimes stuff just gets borked up and only a restart gets it working right. |
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| said by skeechan:Try restarting your Mac. Sometimes stuff just gets borked up and only a restart gets it working right.
nope |
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skeechanAi OtsukaholicPremium
join:2012-01-26
AA169|170
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Cox HSI
·Clear Wireless
1 edit | Can you just uncheck repeat and have that stick or does it go back too?
If that doesn't work, trash the plists.
~/Library/Preferences/
Make sure you have quit Messages then drag these to the trash, then reboot and fire up messages.
com.apple.imagent.plist
com.apple.imservice.iMessage.plist
com.apple.imessage.bag.plist |
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| Seems to stick on no repeat just fine
So I then changed from it's 'stuck on When I log in' with no tick in Repeat, to Message received with no bounce tick, the tick remains not checked but goes back to the login deal again |
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skeechanAi OtsukaholicPremium
join:2012-01-26
AA169|170
kudos:2 | The only think I can think of left is trashing the plists...I edited my previous post with their locations. That will give a kind of reset to defaults for Messages. |
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| reply to Liberty
Appreciate the effort but that didn't do it...
I take it you aren't having this happen? |
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skeechanAi OtsukaholicPremium
join:2012-01-26
AA169|170
kudos:2 | No icon bouncing for me unless I actually get a message or for some reason I get my AIM connection dropped. |
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@comcast.net | Delete each account you have set up and then add them back in one at a time until you find the offending one. Then figure out if it's an issue with that account or its attachment to the server/service it uses. |
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