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ArtOfWarfare

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Nov 26, 2007
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On my Mac Book Air, Messages looks just like it does in the videos of it and very similar to the iPad and iPhone interface.

On my iMac, there are a handful of odd / different things about the interface:

1 - Text appears over a much flatter, matte looking background rather than the bubble background.
2 - The text stretches all the way from the right side of the available space to the left (rather than only being about 2/3 of the available width.)
3 - Pictures appear on the left side of the screen, regardless of who sent the message (rather than the picture of me appearing on the right side of the screen.)
4 - There's no tail on the messages to indicate which person was talking.
5 - Rather than displaying the ••• symbol to show someone is typing, it shows a text message of "..." - something people actually send sometimes, so it's confusing whether they actually sent three dots or are in the process of typing something.

How can I change the interface on my iMac so it matches with my MBA?

Edit: Found it! It's hidden in a very non obvious spot. You'd think it'd be in the preferences window, like everything else, but instead it's in:

"View -> Messages -> Show as Balloons"
 
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