Ignite Realtime Blog: Smack 4.4.7 released
We are happy to announce the release of Smack 4.4.7. For a high-level overview of what’s changed in Smack 4.4.7, check out Smack’s changelog

As with the last release, 4.4,6, parts of the release where driven by feedback from the Jitsi folks.

Due to SMACK-927, we had to change the behavior of a certain kind of incoming stanzas listeners, namely the ones added with XMPPCo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/smack-4-4-7-released/93357)

How to Stop Instacart Ads Promo Notifications on iPhone
The Instacart app for iPhone is convenient in that it allows you to shop for groceries and other items and have them delivered (if you live in a major city anyway), but like an ever-growing number of iPhone apps, it defaults to pelting you with annoying sales, promotional, and marketing notifications that are completely unrelated … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/26/how-to-stop-instacart-ads-promo-notifications-on … ⌘ Read more

Figuring out how to properly do session management in Node.js with Redis.

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Dragged Marlyn and our kids out tonight to see the northern lights. Never seen it with my own eyes until tonight.

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[47°09′02″S, 126°43′47″W] Bad satellite signal – switching to analog communication

Your iPhone Will Notify You When Wi-Fi is Available Nearby to Join
Did you know your iPhone will let you know if a wi-fi network is available to join nearby? This feature of iOS is relatively new, and it’s interesting in that it will specifically focus on public wi-fi networks are popular and being used by others that are nearby. This feature is pretty simple, but certainly … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/25/your-iphone-will-notify-you-when-wi-fi-is-availa … ⌘ Read more

It is that time of year where I try to be extra nice in customer service Quality and feedback surveys. I once worked on the other side of these, so it might brighten someone’s day.

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 11/20 to 11/24 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/24/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

It’s weekend again, time to chill.
Weekends means family time, long hikes and late nights with the TV.
I’m done with the long walk for today, and kids are busy with friends, so now I sit on my laptop for a bit.

anyways I’ve still got some other stuff to poke around with on oh.mg

3 Helpful Tech Ideas for Your Thanksgiving Visits
It’s not unusual for those of us who are the “family geek” to spend time with less tech savvy people during the holidays, so why not use Thanksgiving as an opportunity to assist or improve the tech lives of loved ones? Express your thankfulness and gratitude with some helpful tech tips! 1: Setup, Explain, & … Read More ⌘ Read more

Got a great idea for an web app: a flashlight app which uses media-queries to detect if the light, aka the body of the page, should be on (white) or off.

[47°09′33″S, 126°43′48″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work

With that said: Happy Thanksgiving to anyone celebrating and for everyone else: happy third thursday of November. I am grateful and I thankful I get to share this thought with you all.

There is a lot of Black Friday promotion happening in Germany these days - I wonder however how many Germans really know where it comes from? Happy Thanksgiving to whoever is celebrating today - as it is one of the few US / Canadian festive days where families - really - try to enjoy their time together.

[47°09′41″S, 126°43′55″W] Working impossible due to blizzard

How to Use & Access GPT-4 for Free
You may already be using ChatGPT, the phenomenally powerful and useful AI tool, but the free version is based on GPT-3.5. GPT-4 is said to be ten times more advanced, with enhanced creativity, reliability, up-to-date information, and an ability to interpret more nuanced instructions, so it’s understandable why users would like to explore and experience … Read More ⌘ Read more

Looking forward to tomorrow’s U.S. holiday.

Ignite Realtime Blog: External Service Discovery plugin 1.0.2 released!
Version 1.0.2 of the External Service Discovery plugin has been released!

This Openfire plugin allows your users to use external STUN and TURN services, optionally making use of temporary credentials for those services. It often is a prerequisite for being able to set up audio or video calls with Openfire.

This version brings better compatibility with TURN services other than those implemented by CoTur … ⌘ Read more

Amazon Black Friday Deals on Apple Gear Continues
Black Friday may be a few days away, but Amazon is ahead of the game and offering giant discounts and great deals on Apple products for Black Friday right now. If you’re shopping for Apple gear this holiday season, whether for someone else or to treat yourself, why pay full price when you can take … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Use & Access GPT-4 for Free
You may already be using ChatGPT, the phenomenally powerful and useful AI tool, but the free version is based on GPT-3.5. GPT-4 is said to be ten times more advanced, with enhanced creativity, reliability, up-to-date information, and an ability to interpret more nuanced instructions, so it’s understandable why users would like to explore and experience … Read More ⌘ Read more

[47°09′51″S, 126°43′09″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to heavy rain

Having fun with React - yet again. A large part of my job entails (re)learning technologies - luckily I have access to some good resources in the form of training- and tutorial sites, all provided by my employer.

@prologic@twtxt.net its not.. There are going to be 1000s of copy cat apps built on AI. And they will all die out when the companies that have the AI platforms copy them. It happened all the time with windows and mac os. And iphone.. Like flashlight and sound recorder apps.

@prologic@twtxt.net its not.. There are going to be 1000s of copy cat apps built on AI. And they will all die out when the companies that have the AI platforms copy them. It happened all the time with windows and mac os. And iphone.. Like flashlight and sound recorder apps.

@prologic@twtxt.net the new product was GPTs. A way to create tailored bots for specific use cases. https://openai.com/blog/introducing-gpts (fun fact: I did an internal hackathon where we made something like this for $work onboarding. And I won a prize!)

The competed project is poe https://quorablog.quora.com/Introducing-creator-monetization-for-Poe which is basically the same idea. Make a AI bot tailored to a specific domain of knowledge. And monitize it.

The timing fits very well as openAI announced it just a few weeks ago.

@prologic@twtxt.net the new product was GPTs. A way to create tailored bots for specific use cases. https://openai.com/blog/introducing-gpts (fun fact: I did an internal hackathon where we made something like this for $work onboarding. And I won a prize!)

The competed project is poe https://quorablog.quora.com/Introducing-creator-monetization-for-Poe which is basically the same idea. Make a AI bot tailored to a specific domain of knowledge. And monitize it.

The timing fits very well as openAI announced it just a few weeks ago.

Fix “Gmail is having authentication problems. Some features may not work.” Error
Some Gmail web client users may occasionally see a red error message at the top of their Gmail inbox that says “Gmail is having authentication problems. Some features may not work. Try logging in to fix the problem.” The error can persist sometimes even on a logged in account, and if you have logged back … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/21/fix-gmail-having-authentication-problems-error … ⌘ Read more

Gift a Lifetime Subscription, Get one for yourself
From now through Cyber Monday (November 27th), the following are in effect: The price of a Gifted Lifetime Subscription to The Lunduke Journal is $195 (regularly $295). If you buy a Lifetime Subscription as a gift for someone else… you get a second Lifetime Subscription for yourself ⌘ Read more

Watch the Apple Holiday Ad for 2023: “Fuzzy Feelings”
Apple has debuted their annual holiday ad for the 2023 season, or “Holiday Film” as they refer to it on YouTube, perhaps because it’s nearly four minutes long. The 2023 Apple Holiday Film, titled “Fuzzy Feelings”, follows some of the typical modern media tropes, focusing on a younger woman who seems to strongly dislike her … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/21/watch-the-apple-holiday-ad-for-2023-fuzzy-feelings … ⌘ Read more

Apple Watch Black Friday Deals: Apple Watch SE 2 for $179, Series 9 for $329
Amazon is hosting some incredible deals on Apple Watch for Black Friday, taking $70 off the retail price of the Apple Watch SE 2 bringing it down to just $179, and Apple Watch Series 9 down to just $329. Apple Watch SE 2 features a 40mm screen, fitness tracking functionality, sleep tracking, crash detection, a … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/21/apple-watch-black-friday-deals … ⌘ Read more

For Good First Issue: Introducing a new way to contribute
For Good First Issue is a curated list of open source projects that are also digital public goods and need the help of developers.

The post For Good First Issue: Introducing a new way to contribute appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net the going theory is that openAI announced a new product that pretty much blew up the project of one of the board members. So that board member got 3 others to vote to fire Sam.

@prologic@twtxt.net the going theory is that openAI announced a new product that pretty much blew up the project of one of the board members. So that board member got 3 others to vote to fire Sam.

ProcessOne: Automatic schema update in ejabberd
ejabberd 23.10 has a new feature that is currently in beta testing:

Automatic relational schema creation and update.

Previously, if you were using ejabberd with an external relational database, you might have to manually apply some schema changes that come with new features when you upgrade to a new ejabberd release. ejabberd can now handle this schema upgrade automat … ⌘ Read more

My todotxt done.txt file has over three years worth of stuff in it that I found important enough to put a todo in todotxt for.

How to Disable FaceTime Reaction Gestures on Mac, iPhone, & iPad
Don’t want to have certain gestures trigger FaceTime Reactions? Don’t want an on-screen emoji to appear when you give a thumbs up to the camera, or maybe you don’t want a peace sign made with your hands to trigger a bunch of balloons appearing on your video chat? Then you can turn the FaceTime Reactions … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/20/how-to-disable-facetime-reaction-gestures-on-mac-iphone- … ⌘ Read more

Apple Black Friday Deals Available Now from Amazon
Amazon is offering amazing deals on Apple products for Black Friday. And to make it even better, they’re bringing the big sales early, with deep discounts on everything from AirTag 4-packs, AirPods, to big discounts on nearly every iPad model, and taking hundreds off of brand new Macs. Whether you’re shopping for yourself or someone … Read More ⌘ Read more

Calibre & Handbrake have big new releases
Open source, DRM-Free media management continues to improve ⌘ Read more

Someone at Philips Hue or Amazon Alexa screwed up something, as it seems. My lamps stopped responding to Alexa some days ago and I am not the only one experiencing issues. I guess we can say we enjoyed the (partial free) ride for as long as it lasted. https://www.amazon.com/Philips-Hue/dp/B01LWAGUG7

I have added a webmention endpoint to https://darch.dk using https://webmention.io - let see if it work from neotxt.dk to @sorenpeter@darch.dk

wtf is going on with Microsoft and OpenAI of late?! LIke Microsoft bought into OpenAI for some shocking $10bn USD, then Sam Altman gor fired, now he’s been hired by Microsoft to run up a new “AI” division. wtf/! seriously?! 🤔 #Microsoft #OpenAI #Scandal

«Кому-то нужно навести здесь порядок»: трейлер Portal: Revolution — фанатского приквела к Portal 2
Масштабная модификация выйдет 5 января.

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[47°09′02″S, 126°43′55″W] Transponder still failing – switching to analog communication

webdump HTML to plain-text converter: https://www.codemadness.org/webdump.html

Rebuttals
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Grab the All New M3 MacBook Pro Default Wallpaper
The newly released MacBook Pro with M3 Pro chip is quite the powerhouse of a laptop, and with the new MacBook Pro comes an all new default wallpaper, featuring a space black series of curving lines. And while you can certainly buy the new M3 MacBook Pro, you don’t need to make a significant purchase … Read More ⌘ Read more

I remember playing a bunch of Tetris style games with my sister we would find on BBSs back in the day. I remember one that was a hexigon style one where the falling pieces were built of hexigons and you had to have them fall in place.

I remember playing a bunch of Tetris style games with my sister we would find on BBSs back in the day. I remember one that was a hexigon style one where the falling pieces were built of hexigons and you had to have them fall in place.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de I lasted for a long time.. Not sure where or when it was “got”. We had been having a cold go around with the kiddos for about a week when the wife started getting sicker than normal. Did a test and she was positive. We tested the rest of the fam and got nothing. Till about 2 days later and myself and the others were positive. It largely hasn’t been too bad a little feaver and stuffy noses.

But whatever it was that hit a few days ago was horrible. Like whatever switch in my head that goes to sleep mode was shut off. I would lay down and even though I felt sleepy, I couldn’t actually go to sleep. The anxiety hit soon after and I was just awake with no relief. And it persisted that way for three nights. I got some meds from the clinic that seemed to finally get me to sleep.

Now the morning after I realized for all that time a part of me was missing. I would close my eyes and it would just go dark. No imagination, no pictures, nothing. Normally I can visualize things as I read or think about stuff.. But for the last few days it was just nothing. The waking up to it was quite shocking.

Though its just the first night.. I guess I’ll have to see if it persists. 🤞

@movq@www.uninformativ.de I lasted for a long time.. Not sure where or when it was “got”. We had been having a cold go around with the kiddos for about a week when the wife started getting sicker than normal. Did a test and she was positive. We tested the rest of the fam and got nothing. Till about 2 days later and myself and the others were positive. It largely hasn’t been too bad a little feaver and stuffy noses.

But whatever it was that hit a few days ago was horrible. Like whatever switch in my head that goes to sleep mode was shut off. I would lay down and even though I felt sleepy, I couldn’t actually go to sleep. The anxiety hit soon after and I was just awake with no relief. And it persisted that way for three nights. I got some meds from the clinic that seemed to finally get me to sleep.

Now the morning after I realized for all that time a part of me was missing. I would close my eyes and it would just go dark. No imagination, no pictures, nothing. Normally I can visualize things as I read or think about stuff.. But for the last few days it was just nothing. The waking up to it was quite shocking.

Though its just the first night.. I guess I’ll have to see if it persists. 🤞

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I’m also on the e-mail wagon here. On http://darch.dk/timeline/conv/oe3howa I have added a “Comment via email” botten if uses are not logged in. This feature could be extend to other places in the various UIs. Like we already got the “Does not follow your” / “Follow you” on the profile page in yarnd, so this detection could be used to sugget the user to email that person, when mentioning them.

I’ve been reading “Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet” learning of games developed before I was born, or when was too small.
I’m finding old gems to play and understanding that we have the same problems developing games 30+ years after, although with some obvious differences.

Currently playing:
https://www.classicdosgames.com/game/Kentris.html

Which reminds me of another Tetris I don’t know how it came to my PC in the 90s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaK7v8UNjo0

I’ve been thinking of how to notify someone else that you’ve replied to their twts.

Is there something already developed, for example on yarn.social?

Let’s say I want to notify https://sour.is/tiktok/America/Denver.txt that I’ve replied to some twt. They don’t follow me back, so they won’t see my reply.

I would send my URL to, could be, https://sour.is/tiktok/replies?url=MY_URL and they’ll check that I have a reply to some of their twts, and could decide to follow me back (after seeing my twtxt profile to avoid spam)

Another option could be having a metadata like
follow-request=https://sour.is/tiktok/America/Denver.txt TIMESTAMP_IN_SECONDS
that the other client has to look for, to ensure that the request comes from that URL (again, to avoid spam)
This could be deleted after the other .txt has your URL in the follow list, or auto-expire after X days to clean-up old requests.

What do you think?

[47°09′36″S, 126°43′45″W] Bad satellite signal – switching to analog communication

Get the M3 iMac Default Wallpapers
Apple recently released updates to the iMac lineup, bumping the processor up to the all-new speedy M3 chip. And with new Macs means new default wallpapers, but you don’t have to buy an all new M3 iMac (though you can!) simply to appreciate and enjoy the new wallpapers. Click on any of the pictures below … Read More ⌘ Read more

[47°09′39″S, 126°43′59″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Ah yes, I zoomed all the way back to get a wide image. Yeah - he’s pretty big :)

• does this need to be said? - does this need to be said by me? - does this need to be said by me, now? When to Shut Up: A Visual Guide (With Included Algorithm) | Hacker News

Today it’s cold, a bit of snow in the air. I’ll head out for a long walk in a bit, I’ll go a new place, a 9km trail. I’ll try to remember to take some pictures.
Wish you all a great Saturday!

[47°09′45″S, 126°43′35″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to heavy rain

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 11/13 to 11/17 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/17/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.8.0 beta release!
It is exciting to be able to announce the immediate availability of the beta release of Openfire 4.8.0!

It has been 667 days ago since we released the 4.7.0. That was the last time that a release was made from the same source code branch. And, that shows: we have closed almost 180 issues against this release! I’ll reserve the details for a blogpost on the 4.8.0 (non-beta) release, but some of the highlights are:

• We’ve dropped support for Jav … ⌘ Read more

All power to the gophers! (raised fist)

I think, you need to expand work on this chat so that it can be installed on other Gopher:// as a service. I think your server can handle this…

Sam Whited: Software is Political

I recently attended the inaugural Free and Open Source Software Yearly ( FOSSY)
conference where I gave a talk in the XMPP track.
Though my talk was just a brief technical overview of the XMPP protocol, I also
gave some quick ending remarks about why I think it’s the correct choice to use
as a universal standardized chat protocol.
The closing remarks were written … ⌘ Read more

Run MacOS VM’s in Docker on Windows & Linux with Docker-OSX
If you use Docker and virtual machines often, you may be happy to know that you can run MacOS VM’s in Docker, at near native performance atop Windows or Linux, thanks to an open source project called Docker-OSX. Yes, that means you can run MacOS on a PC, whether that PC is running Windows or … Read More ⌘ Read more

[47°09′57″S, 126°43′22″W] Working impossible due to blizzard

Where have you been? Its safe to come out now.

[47°09′37″S, 126°43′10″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to thunderstorm

ExpressJs is rather fun to work with - at least for a smaller project.

So.. Of y’all that had covid. Did you have at the end a night where for no reason your brain amped up to 11 and can’t sleep at all? It happened to me last night and my FIL the night before.

I went to bed at 8 and woke up full on anxiety attack at 12 and could not calm my head until around 7 am. Today has sucked a lot.

So.. Of y’all that had covid. Did you have at the end a night where for no reason your brain amped up to 11 and can’t sleep at all? It happened to me last night and my FIL the night before.

I went to bed at 8 and woke up full on anxiety attack at 12 and could not calm my head until around 7 am. Today has sucked a lot.

Accelerating Developer Velocity with Microsoft Dev Box and Docker Desktop
We’re pleased to announce our partnership with the Microsoft Dev Box team to streamline developer onboarding, environment set-up, security, and administration with Docker Desktop. ⌘ Read more

How to Perform FaceTime Reaction Gestures on iPhone, iPad, & Mac
Apple has introduced all new reaction gestures for FaceTime on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, meaning if you make certain hand gestures, symbols, or movements, you will trigger a digital effect reaction. For example, if you make a thumbs up gesture with your hand, a thumbs up emoji will appear on the screen, or if … Read More ⌘ Read more

Early Black Friday Deals: $100 Off iPad Magic Keyboard, $250 Off M2 MacBook Air 15″, & More
Amazon is back with more early Black Friday deals on a bunch of Apple products. From huge discounts on the iPad Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil 2, big discounts on iPad Air and iPad, nice discounts on the latest Apple Watch, and up to a whopping $250 off the M2 MacBook Air 15″ models, you’re … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/16/early-black … ⌘ Read more

Security best practices for authors of GitHub Actions
Improve your GitHub Action’s security posture by securing your source repository, protecting your maintainers, and making it easy to report security incidents.

The post Security best practices for authors of GitHub Actions appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

How to Perform FaceTime Reaction Gestures on iPhone, iPad, & Mac
Apple has introduced all new reaction gestures for FaceTime on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, meaning if you make certain hand gestures, symbols, or movements, you will trigger a digital effect reaction. For example, if you make a thumbs up gesture with your hand, a thumbs up emoji will appear on the screen, or if … Read More ⌘ Read more

Продюсер Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth о её продолжительности: «Если будете играть постоянно, то вам станет плохо»
Масаёси Ёкояма также объяснил, почему у игры такая активная маркетинговая кампания.

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So the APC UPS power pack’s USB port is not capable of providing stable current for both a Macbook and the Iphone, which was also connected to the USB Type-A port next to it. Good to know.

Something weird is happening to the new APC UPS - it has an USB Type-C port - but it seems that the power supply is a bit wonky.

Universe’s key takeaway: Innovate better with AI-powered workflows on a single, unified platform
Discover new AI-powered features and tools to help developers stay in the flow and organizations innovate at scale.

The post [Universe’s key takeaway: Innovate better with AI-powered workflows on a single, unified platform](https://github.blog/2023-11-15-universes-key-takeaway-innovate-better-with-ai-powered-workflows-on-a-single-unified-pla … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′03″S, 126°43′36″W] Transponder still failing – switching to analog communication

How to Disable “Click Wallpaper to Show Desktop” in MacOS Sonoma
MacOS Sonoma introduced a feature on the Mac that activates Expose which hides all open windows and apps, whenever you click on the desktop. This feature happens seamlessly, and when you click on the desktop wallpaper, you’ll reveal the desktop by pushing aside all other open apps and their windows, thus revealing the desktop and … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/15/disable-click-wallpaper-show-desktop-mac … ⌘ Read more

The Livecycle Docker Extension: Instantly Share Changes and Get Feedback in Context
Livecycle’s Docker Extension makes it easy to share your work in progress and collaborate with your team. We provide step-by-step instructions to get started. ⌘ Read more

No Ads or Promotions on The Lunduke Journal? Yes, please!
How to get rid of all promotional emails. ⌘ Read more

Hey Apple, it’s 2023 - about time to start supporting the content indexation of markdown files in Spotlight out of the box, don’t you think?

[47°09′00″S, 126°43′13″W] Working impossible due to thunderstorm

Beta 3 of iOS 17.2, iPadOS 17.2, MacOS Sonoma 14.2 Released for Testing
The third beta version of iOS 17.2 for iPhone, iPadOS 17.2 for iPad, and macOS Sonoma 14.2 for Mac, have been released for users engaging in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. Betas of iOS 17.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2, and iPadOS 17.2, includes the ability to add stickers to your iMessages from long-tap/click … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/14/beta-3-of-ios-17-2-ipados- … ⌘ Read more

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За звание игры года на iPhone поборются Honkai: Star Rail, Vampire Survivors​ и Afterplace
А на Mac — Elex II, Lies of P и Return to Monkey Island.

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How to Make Stickers from Photos for Messages on iPhone
Stickers are a fun and creative way to enhance your iMessage experience, and the latest versions of iOS support a feature that allow you to easily make your own stickers from any of your own photos, right from your iPhone. For example, maybe you have a picture of a great dog or cat, or yourself, … Read More ⌘ Read more

[47°09′57″S, 126°43′13″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to heavy rain

DeepMind AI can beat the best weather forecasts - but there is a catch
By using artificial intelligence to spot patterns in weather data, Google DeepMind says it can beat existing weather forecasts up to 99.7 per cent of the time, but data issues mean the approach is limited for now ⌘ Read more

I think is part of the code by @eapl.me@eapl.me that I have based my project on. So try to ask him.

Thanks, but i’m not sure what you mean with cookies to “verify” my request - I don’t have Cloudflare on darch.dk

«Вообще не удивлён»: фанаты Starfield отреагировали на то, что RPG не номинировали на игру года на The Game Awards 2023
Многие поклонники считают, что это может пойти на пользу Bethesda и станет для компании «тревожным звонком».

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How to Turn Off iMessage on Mac
Some Mac users may wish to not receive messages, iMessages, and texts messages on their Mac, but by default if you have logged into iCloud on a Mac you will find that iMessage is also enabled, meaning you will get messages in MacOS. If you’re wondering how to stop messages from going to the Mac, … Read More ⌘ Read more