IMessage in Mavericks - the screen goes black

the screen goes black if I am not using it. Messages works fine, but it's annoying to have to click on the window to get the screen from black to text

Hi,
Use CMD+Shift+ 4 anf the scribe round the window (with some other space around it) and then use the camera icon in a Post to navigate to it (the Screen grab should be on your Desktop) and post a pic here please.
You may want to use Preview or some other app to anonymise any info shown.
I can't say I have heard of this.
10:08 pm      Thursday; March 13, 2014
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