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Encyclopedia > Microsoft Messenger for Mac
Microsoft Messenger for Mac
Microsoft Messenger for Mac v5.0 running on Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger"
Chat window on Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger"
Maintainer: Macintosh Business Unit
Latest release: 5.0 / August 9, 2005
OS: Mac OS X, Mac OS
Genre: Instant messenger
License: Proprietary
Website: www.microsoft.com

Microsoft Messenger for Mac, previously MSN Messenger for Mac, is a production of the Macintosh Business Unit, a division of Microsoft. It allows users of the Mac OS to use the popular MSN Instant Messaging protocol. However, the feature list is limited in comparison to that of its Windows counterpart, currently at version 7.5 beta. Users of the Mac client cannot have have audio or video conversations via webcam or microphone. In response to the lack of features, many third party clients have been designed for the Mac platform, for example Mercury Messenger, Adium, Proteus, and aMSN to name a few. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (703x691, 244 KB)Microsoft Messenger 5. ... Software maintenance is one of the activities in software engineering, and is the process of enhancing and optimizing deployed software (software release), as well as remedying defects. ... Macintosh Business Unit (informally known as Mac BU or MacBU) is a division of Microsoft, formed in 1997, that produces software for the Apple Macintosh platform. ... A software release is to create a new version of the system or program and release it to the user community. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ... Mac OS X (pronounced Mac OS Ten) is the latest version of the Macintosh operating system, and is designed and developed by Apple Computer to run on their Macintosh line of personal computers. ... Original 1984 Mac OS desktop Current 2005 Mac OS X desktop Mac OS, which stands for Macintosh Operating System, is Apple Computer’s name for the first operating systems for Macintosh computers. ... A software genre is a classification of software by its common function, type or topic. ... A screenshot of PowWow, one of the first instant messengers with a graphical user interface An instant messenger is a client which allows instant text communication between two or more people through a network such as the Internet. ... A software license is a type of proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software — sometimes called an End User License Agreement (EULA) — that specifies the perimeters of the permission granted by the owner to the user. ... Proprietary indicates that a party exercises private ownership, control or use over an item of property, usually to the exclusion of other parties. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... Macintosh Business Unit (informally known as Mac BU or MacBU) is a division of Microsoft, formed in 1997, that produces software for the Apple Macintosh platform. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the worlds largest software company, with worldwide annual sales in the tens of billions of dollars and over sixty thousand employees in more than sixty countries. ... Original 1984 Mac OS desktop Current 2005 Mac OS X desktop Mac OS, which stands for Macintosh Operating System, is Apple Computer’s name for the first operating systems for Macintosh computers. ... MSN (or Microsoft Network) is an Internet service provider and web portal (initially meant to be a parallel net to the Internet) created by Microsoft on August 24, 1995, coinciding with the release of Windows 95. ... A screenshot of PowWow, one of the first instant messengers with a graphical user interface Instant messaging is the act of instantly communicating between two or more people over a network such as the Internet. ... MSN Messenger is Microsofts instant messaging client for Windows computers aimed toward the home user. ... Adium is an instant messaging client for Mac OS X supporting multiple protocols through the libgaim library. ... Proteus is an instant messenger client for Mac OS X that can access the Jabber, AIM, .Mac, ICQ, MSN, Lotus Sametime, Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Japan networks, as well as supporting chat over local Bonjour networks. ... aMSN running on Fedora Core aMSN is an MSN Messenger clone licenced under the GPL. Its main objective is to assist users who are new to the Linux operating system keep in contact with those who use the Microsoft program, available only on Windows and Macintosh, by creating a similar...

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Versions

MSN Messenger for Mac v2.5.1 running under Classic emulation of Mac OS 9.2, under Mac OS 10.4"
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MSN Messenger for Mac v2.5.1 running under Classic emulation of Mac OS 9.2, under Mac OS 10.4"

The versions of Microsoft Messenger for Mac compiled to run on Mac OS X feature new Aqua-esque graphics, whereas the versions running on Mac OS 9.2 and below have graphics similar to Windows Messenger. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (431x627, 72 KB)MSN Messenger for Mac 2. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (431x627, 72 KB)MSN Messenger for Mac 2. ... Mac OS 9 was the last version of the classic Mac OS, the operating system of the Apple Macintosh computer, which was widely used in the late 1990s, as the successor to Mac OS 8, up until the debut of Mac OS X in 2001. ... Mac OS X (pronounced Mac OS Ten) is the latest version of the Macintosh operating system, and is designed and developed by Apple Computer to run on their Macintosh line of personal computers. ... Mac OS X 10. ... Windows Messenger is an instant messaging client from Microsoft that can communicate both via SIMPLE and . ...

  • Version 2.5.1 is available for users running Mac OS 9.2 or earlier.
  • Version 3.5 is available for users running Mac OS X revisions previous to 10.2.8
  • Version 4.0.1 is available for users running Mac OS X revisions more recent than 10.2.8
  • The latest version of Microsoft Messenger for Mac is 5.0 running on Mac OS X v10.3 or later.

Mac OS 9 was the last version of the classic Mac OS, the operating system of the Apple Macintosh computer, which was widely used in the late 1990s, as the successor to Mac OS 8, up until the debut of Mac OS X in 2001. ... A screenshot of Mac OS X v10. ...

Current features

  • Ability to chat with AIM and Yahoo contacts through a Live Communications Sever - not for home users.
  • Ability to recieve custom and animated emoticons
  • Brushed metal interface
  • Corporate messaging; similar to Windows Messenger's feature of the same name
  • Multiple file transfers
  • Number of contacts increased to 300
  • Number of people per conversation increased to 15
  • Revamped conversation history system
  • Tighter integration with Office 2004
  • "User tiles"; display pictures
  • Global address

The Mac version is the only one to offer Microsoft Office integration; instant messages can be sent to contacts in Microsoft Entourage; IMs and files can also be sent from the Microsoft Word reviewing toolbar. Windows Messenger is an instant messaging client from Microsoft that can communicate both via SIMPLE and . ... Microsoft Office is a suite of productivity programs created by Microsoft and developed for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems. ... Entourage is an Macintosh email client and Personal Information Manager, similar to Microsoft Outlook, developed by Microsoft Corporation. ... Microsoft Word is a word processing application from Microsoft. ...


See also

Sending an MSN IM from the Word 2004 reviewing toolbar; also note the option to send the current document via file transfer
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Sending an MSN IM from the Word 2004 reviewing toolbar; also note the option to send the current document via file transfer

Image File history File links Sending an MSN IM from the Word 2004 for Mac reviewing toolbar. ... Image File history File links Sending an MSN IM from the Word 2004 for Mac reviewing toolbar. ... MSN (or Microsoft Network) is an Internet service provider and web portal (initially meant to be a parallel net to the Internet) created by Microsoft on August 24, 1995, coinciding with the release of Windows 95. ... IM or im or Im may stand for: Computing: ImageMagick Information management Identity management Input method Instant Messenger/Instant Messaging Induction motor Infected Mushroom Infectious mononucleosis International Master title in chess Imaginary part Iron Maiden Individual Medley in Medley swimming intramuscular administration of a drug This page expands and disambiguates... Microsoft Word is a word processing application from Microsoft. ... The reviewing toolbar is a toolbar in Microsoft Office applications, used for the addition of comments and also to track changes made in a document. ... MSN Messenger is Microsofts instant messaging client for Windows computers aimed toward the home user. ... Windows Messenger is an instant messaging client from Microsoft that can communicate both via SIMPLE and . ... MSN (or Microsoft Network) is an Internet service provider and web portal (initially meant to be a parallel net to the Internet) created by Microsoft on August 24, 1995, coinciding with the release of Windows 95. ... Macintosh Business Unit (informally known as Mac BU or MacBU) is a division of Microsoft, formed in 1997, that produces software for the Apple Macintosh platform. ...

References

  • Macworld Expo San Fransisco 2005
  • MSN Messenger for Mac

External links

  • Petition to add more features to MSN Messenger for Mac
  • The New Zealand Microsoft Mactopia site has images of the new Microsoft Messenger v5.0
  • Microsoft Messenger 5.0 Help files, republished on 8th of August 2005

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Microsoft Messenger for Mac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (465 words)
Microsoft Messenger for Mac, previously MSN Messenger for Mac, is a production of the Macintosh Business Unit, a division of Microsoft.
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