How to get rid of imessage on a Macbook air

People who have access to my itunes username and password can use my phone number for imessage on their computers. How do I prevent this besides changing my itunes password? I do not want this to happen again.

The only real solution is to change your password and keep it safe. Whenever someone uses imessage on your account you should get an email from apple so you will know. Don't give out passwords if you don't want people to take advantage of it.

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How do I turn off imessage on my macbook air?

Open Messages and then in the menu named "Messages" click Preferences and go to the Accounts tab to remove the account.

How to get rid of iMessage on my iPad

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While Demo is correct (as always), there is another solution if you prefer:
Since your phone number is associated with a non-Apple device, it makes no sense to use it as a potential iMessage recipient address.
You could go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive and delete that telephone number from the candidate addresses you may have there. To delete, you may have to click the little white arrow in the blue circle on the right.
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How do I get rid of Genieo on my Macbook air

I have been trying to rid my Macbook air of Genieo. Can anyone help please.

You installed the "Genieo/InstallMac" rootkit. The product is a fraud, and the developer knowingly distributes an uninstaller that doesn't work. I suggest the tedious procedure below to disable Genieo. This procedure may leave a few small files behind, but it will permanently deactivate the rootkit (as long as you never reinstall it.)
Malware is constantly changing to get around the defenses against it. The instructions in this comment are valid as of now, as far as I know. They won't necessarily be valid in the future. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for more recent discussions or start a new one.
Back up all data. You must know how to restore from a backup even if the system becomes unbootable. If you don't know how to do that, or if you don't have any backups, stop here and ask for guidance.
Step 1
In the Applications folder, there should be an item named "Genieo". Select it and open the Finder Info window. If it shows that the Version is less than 2.0, download and install the current version from the genieo.com website. This may seem paradoxical, since the goal is to remove it, but you'll be saving yourself some trouble as well as the risk of putting the system in an unusable state.
There should be another application in the same folder named "Uninstall Genieo". After updating Genieo, if necessary, launch "Uninstall Genieo" and follow the prompts to remove the "newspaper-style home page." Restart the computer.
This step does not completely inactivate Genieo.
Step 2
Don't take this step unless you completed Step 1, including the restart, without any error messages. If you couldn't complete Step 1, stop here and ask for instructions.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
/Library/Frameworks/GenieoExtra.framework
Right-click or control-click the line and select
Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.
If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
A folder should open with an item named "GenieoExtra.framework" selected. Move that item to the Trash. You'll be prompted for your administrator password.
Move each of these items to the Trash in the same way:
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.update.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.engine.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieoinnovation.macextension.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.genieoinnovation.macextension.client.plist
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.genieoinnovation.macextension.client
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~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.update.plist
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Restart and empty the Trash. Don't try to empty the Trash until you have restarted.
Step 3
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Make sure you don't repeat the mistake that led you to install this software. Chances are you got it from an Internet cesspit such as "Softonic" or "CNET Download." Never visit either of those sites again. You might also have downloaded it from an ad in a page on some other site. The ad has a large green button labeled "Download" or "Download Now" in white letters. The button is designed to confuse people who intend to download something else on the same page. If youever download a file that isn't obviously what you expected, delete it immediately.
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My name is Maurice and I work for Softonic’s Customer Support team.
I´m very sorry about your experience with your download.
As the biggest multiplatform software guide in the world, we are always trying new services to give our users the most complete software experience in each platform. In this case, we were testing an Installer for Mac on selected software and thanks to your post and other users information, we have immediately stopped the distribution of this installer until our provider corrects the error.
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