IMessage icon menu bar
While iMessage is not running its icon is still shown in the menu bar. How can I remove it?
Hi Tuttle,
Thanks. I was unware of that change.
Just tried it.
Any Buddy List Account (AIM, Yahoo, Jabber (Google and Facebook included) plus Bonjour) will activate that second section of the General Preferences for Messages 8.
EDIT
Notes
Re-enabling several Accounts (Up to 10) at once does not always make the Buddy Lists appear if you are using them.
Swapping between two to test did show the Buddy List but re-enabling did not.
8:15 pm Sunday; November 3, 2013
iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
Couple of iPhones and an iPad
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