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Messenger for Mac updated: version 7.0.2 available

Kip Kniskern — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:16:58 GMT

Just happened to notice that Microsoft Messenger for Mac was updated yesterday (Feb 5), and the new version, 7.0.2 is available for download, in 11 languages.

Not much more information seems to be available, there isn’t even a blog post on the Microsoft's Mactopia website, and no Mac here to give it a spin. Leave us a comment if you use Messenger on a Mac and you notice changes.

Pre-Beta Mac client for Live Mesh – Review only [updated]

Chris — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:42:00 GMT

After the recent flurry of Live Mesh posts we’ve done in the last 2 weeks, here’s one more. With all the recent updates that have gone on, users have been looking for client applications to run on devices other than Windows PCs, specifically for Macs and mobile devices. Check out the comments on the Live Mesh blog to see what I mean.

After a large slice of luck and a little investigative work on our part, ~~we bring you a download link for the Mac~~ installer . Its worth highlighting here that 1) this is not a beta release, therefore still a work in progress and is still under development 2) functionality isn’t complete 3) performance isn’t optimised 4) it has bugs and may not work correctly and 5) please re-read this sentence again. MS took it down now, so just screenshots for now.

Of course not having a Mac it was somewhat difficult for us to review the Mac client, so we turned to James and Kevin, bloggers from jkontherun, for their thoughts and screenshots. For those who don’t read the blog, these guys are to mobile devices as we are to Windows Live. Here’s the highlights, check out their post for more information. The key difference to the Windows client seems to be the lack of Remote Desktop functionality, you'll see from the screenshots below that the overall feel and functionality are very similar.

Please note: this was only tested this on Intel machines using OS X Leopard 10.5.4.

Update

Finder Integration

Here's the Mesh integrated into Finder on the Mac, showing the Mesh sidebar alongside. The Meshbar shows the members and synchronised devices just as on Windows devices.

Sync Options

Synchronisation options for each directory are again similar to what we're used to with Windows devices. Consistency across devices is clearly a key factor here, meaning that users only have to learn how to use Live Mesh once.

Images courtesy of jkontherunClubhouse

Messenger 7 for Mac released

Kip Kniskern — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:12:15 GMT

Ina Fried is reporting that Messenger 7 for Mac is now available for download. According to the Mactopia website, the new Messenger for Mac is designed for use on either older PowerPC Macs, or the newer Intel ones:

Messenger for Mac 7 is an integrated communications client that enables you to communicate with contacts within and outside your organization. Messenger for Mac 7 is a Universal application that is built to run on both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs and makes it easy to take advantage of the full power of real-time communications.
For personal Windows Live account users, Messenger for Mac 7 includes the following new features:

Customize your contact list with nicknames that you choose

Use Bonjour to see other Messenger for Mac contacts who are online and near your location

Search for contacts in your personal contact list