Messages openning automatically

When I get one text and press on the badge to open it opens the message automatically - is there a way to change this and just open to the list view?
Please help!

thank you but that didn't fix it. Maybe I'm not explaining it right...the badge will have one new message...and when I press it it automatically opens the message. I remmeber it going to the list (preview) view before. Not sure why it's not doing this anymore...

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I think this add-on will do what you want:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/deselect-on-delete/
http://chrisramsden.vfast.co.uk/3_How_to_install_Add-ons_in_Thunderbird.html

When I boot up my Mac, Messages opens automatically. I quit the app, but it just re-opens itself. It won't stay off!!! I can't figure out what's wrong with it!

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This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. For instructions, launch the System Preferences application, select Help from the menu bar, and enter “Set up guest users” (without the quotes) in the search box. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
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Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
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Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login.
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Shut down your computer, wait 30 seconds, and then hold down the shift key while pressing the power button.
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My sms messages open automatically when messages icon is pressed can this be stopped?

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resetpassword
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I like to edit my images in Photoshop. Could you please advise why after I upload raw files into LR and using photoshop as external editor, the file opens but not in the PS (photoshop) raw processor. I have to work around this by first finding the image in windows explorer and dragging this file into PS. Shouldn’t the file open automatically in the PS raw processor ?

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Hi there,
I use an iMac at work and an MBA at home. I also use an iPhone and an iPad. Don't ask.
I quite like the integration of all the message across these devices. However, I keep encountering the problem that whenever I receive an iMessage or a text, the Messages app automatically opens up (not just a notification but the app starts and shows me the iMessage window with the appropriate conversation). This happens when I am using my computer or when I wake my computer (both of them) from sleep. On the iPhone and iPad, I get the messages too, but once I read them in any device, the notification (the app badge) goes away so that any messages I've received and read on Messages show up on either iPhone or iPad but not as new. At any rate, I'm looking for a solution that lets me use the Messages app to send/receive iMessages ONLY WHEN I HAVE IT OPEN, but not when it's not on. Getting diverted from using a full-screen app because someone has texted me in the middle of my work day is both annoying and breaks my concentration. Any help anyone can provide would be great.
By the way, I've played around with my Messages preferences like crazy, but nothing seems to work.
Thanks,
J

HI,
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The iMessages ones in particular are in fact not deleted (or at least saved differently) and can appear to be more persistent than AIM or Jabber IMs
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In the Finder use the Go Menu > Go to Folder
Paste this in to the Dialogue box ~/Library/Preferences
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When you change the Setting does the com.apple.imagent come to the top ?
8:44 PM Tuesday; October 23, 2012
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I seem to be having the opposite problem that others have been posting about, which is that iTunes doesn't open when they connect their iPhones/iPods.
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Message was edited by: Steve Porritt

Hehe, I was able to recreate your scenario exactly, and I got mine to work, hopefully it will for you too:
To recreate your scenario (greyed out "Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected", it NOT checked, yet iTunes still opens when iPhone is connected) I did this:
I don't know if this part matters, but I started out with "Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected" checked in the device summary tab (too lazy to see if it matters. ;o)) then I went into preferences -> syncing and CHECKED "Disable automatic syncing for all iPhones and iPods". After this, I went back to the Summary tab and sure enough, got the greyed out message for "automatically sync" and it now it is UNCHECKED. Closed iTunes, plugged in my iPhone and lo and behold iTunes still opened!! This is your scenario exactly right?
So it appears that the combination of settings issue, because here is what I did to fix it: Preferences -> syncing and UNCHECKED "Disable auto sync", then went to the summary tab and UNCHECKED "Automatically sync" (because it ungreyed out and became checked again after changing the other setting), closed iTunes, connected my iPhone and iTunes stayed closed.
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After mistakenly clicking a link, my safari does not open automatically and unexpected webs open up.

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Back up all data before proceeding.
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Ferro wrote:
... is very irritating to go and search all the time
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Photoshop closes and re-opens automatically when I use some tools (without losing my work).
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Considering the great amount of bloatware that most builders load a machine up with, I am surprised that a user can do anything beyond using Notepad.
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Good luck,
Hunt

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I'm using my mac to try and get some work done, and as a result have apps such as messages closed (I'm trying to focus.) I even have pop-up notifications disabled in the notification center. However, whenever I receive an imessage messages.app automatically opens itself, disrupting my concentration. How can I disable this behavior?

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 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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