Apple has finally given the long-awaited refresh to its Messages app for Mac with the introduction of macOS Big Sur. As expected, the stock messaging app brought in most of the goodies like its iOS counterpart, Memoji stickers, and super cool screen and bubble effects. If you like using these effects on your iPhone, you may also want to use the iMessage effects on macOS Big Sur. Let me show you how they work!
How to Use iMessage Effects on macOS Big Sur
For those who don’t know, animated effects were first introduced in iOS 10 in 2016. Thanks to their ability to add lots of fun elements to messaging, iMessaging is very popular with those who are fans of blue bubbles.
When you want to brighten up the whole messaging mood, animated effects come into play. To ensure your arsenal is varied enough to express different emotions, the messaging app comes with: Various effects like heart, balloon, confetti, firework, bump, laser, loud, celebration, echo, spark and spotlight.
Not only that, there’s also an invisible link to your personal message that offers some privacy. Save it for when you’re busy with some secret messaging with your loved ones. On top of that, the messaging app automatically triggers different effects when you send certain emoticons (more on that after the jump). Now that you know what you’ve got, it’s time to get started with the steps!
- Automatically Trigger iMessage Effects on Mac
- Manually Send an iMessage with Different Effects
- Frequently Asked Questions
Automatically Trigger iMessage Effects on Mac
When you type certain phrases like Pew Pew, Congratulations, Congratulations, Happy Birthday and Happy New Year, the Messages app automatically uses the corresponding effects. So, the next time you want to send a congratulatory message, just enter these phrases and send. The app will automatically add the appropriate effect to spice up the speech.
Manually Send an iMessage with Different Effects
When you want to raise the mood of the message, you can manually choose from a variety of predefined animation effects.
- Start Messages application on your Mac.
2. Now, a existing conversation or a new a.
3. Then beautifully write your message that you want to send to your friend. Then click on App Store icon To the left of the iMessage text field.
4. Next, select Message Effects on the menu.
5. Choose the effect you want from a variety of options, including: balloons, confetti, fireworks, love, and more, depending on the theme of the message or your mood.
If you want to send a very private message with some privacy, invisible link effect. With invisible ink, your iMessage will remain blurry until the recipient clicks to reveal it.
6. After selecting an effect you prefer, shoot arrow for sending iMessages with effects.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How to Send an iMessage with Effects on Mac?
As mentioned in the guide above, sending an iMessage with different effects like balloons, lasers, echo and more is pretty straightforward. Just open the conversation -> write a message -> App Store icon -> Message Effects. Now select an effect and hit the submit button.
Q. Can iMessages Be Tracked?
No. Apple offers end-to-end encryption to protect iMessage from prying eyes. Knowing how much Apple cares about security and privacy, you shouldn’t have to worry about protecting your personal messages.
Q. How Does iMessage Work on Mac?
Deeply integrated into the Apple ecosystem, iMessage works seamlessly on Mac as well as other iDevices like iPhone and iPad. Like other messaging apps on the market, they use the Internet to deliver messages.
To get started, open the Messages app and enter your Apple ID email address. Next, click on the Messages menu -> Preferences -> Accounts tab and then select the phone number and email address you want to reach you on.
Q. Can You Receive iMessages on Apple TV?
Unfortunately you can’t. However, we expect Apple to bring it to Apple TV sometime in the future.
Use iMessage Effects to Brighten Messaging on Mac
Here are the ways to use iMessage effects to spice up messaging on your Mac. As someone who loves iMessaging at its core, I give a thumbs up to the introduction of animated effects on macOS. They have further enriched iMessaging.
Alongside the Messages app, Safari for macOS also has some cool enhancements like customizing the start page and even setting a custom background image. If you haven’t tried it yet, take a closer look at this beautiful feature. Also, don’t forget to share your thoughts on Big Sur and what makes it stand out.
