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Messages User Guide

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You can mention other people in a conversation to call their attention to a specific message. Depending on their settings, they’re notified even if they turned on Hide Alerts for the conversation.

Note: To send mentions, you need to use iMessage.

Open Messages for me

Mention a person in a conversation

1. Go to the Messages app on your Mac.

2. Select a conversation.

3. In the field at the bottom of the window, begin typing the name of a contact you want to mention.

4. After you type the person’s name, it becomes dim — click it, then select the contact’s name when it appears.

Tip: You can also mention a contact in Messages by typing @ followed by the contact’s name.

Set notifications for mentions

You can receive a notification whenever anyone mentions you, or only when certain people mention you.

1. Go to the Messages app on your Mac.

2. Choose Messages > Settings, click General, then select (or deselect) “Notify me when my name is mentioned”.

   When this option is unselected, you get a notification only if you’re mentioned by someone who’s in your contacts or is someone you previously received messages from.

See Manage notifications from Messages.

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