Ignore all other settings and choose “Create” – this will setup Facebook messaging client and in a moment you’ll see your Facebook Friends list populate as a buddy list, complete with friend names and friend profile pictures.In “Account Name” enter your Facebook account user name as follows: (a Facebook username is whatever your Facebook profile URL is, for example: ‘the username would be “your_name_here” and the account name would then be Enter your Facebook account password in the password field, this is the same one you use to login to Facebook from the web or the apps.Pull down the menu next to “Account Type” and select ‘Jabber’ from the list.From the message account screen, choose “Other messages account…” and click on “Continue”.Pull down the “Messages” menu and choose “Add Account…”.Open the Messages app on the Mac if you haven’t done so yet.
This basically turns your Messages app into a full fledged Mac Facebook Messenger client, you’ll be set up in just a few seconds with these instructions: See Messenger where you live? give us a shout.How to Add Facebook Messenger to Messages in OS X We’ll update when Messenger for Mac reaches the United States and more markets. This suggests Facebook is using the French market to test Messenger for Mac with users before expanding the rollout to all regions including the United States. The native Mac app will bring its features to a more convenient dedicated window when it launches globally. In the meantime, Facebook does offer Messenger through a web app at. Following the French App Store listing in the United States confirms that the software isn’t yet meant for release in America.įacebook appears to have taken the Slack approach, basing Messenger on Electron and not Mac Catalyst, based on compatibility with macOS versions prior to Catalina. MacGeneration first spotted Facebook’s new Messenger app in the Mac App Store in France, but the app isn’t yet available in all regions yet.
The app is now live, at least in one region, three months after that deadline. The desktop messaging software was first spotted last April in a leaked announcement that included a preview.Īt the time, Facebook was planning to ship Messenger for Mac by the end of 2019. Better late than never, right? Facebook is starting to ship its dedicated Messenger for macOS app through the Mac App Store.
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