Add Someone to Your Buddy List

From Messages, you can send messages to your instant messaging contacts in two ways: by sending instant messages to your contacts on an instant messaging service such as AIM or Google Talk, or by sending iMessage messages to your contacts who use Messages on iPhones, iPads, or Macs.

For your contacts on instant messaging services, you use your Buddy List in Messages. This section shows you how to add a contact to your Buddy List. For contacts who use Messages, you use your Contacts list.

Add Someone to Your Buddy List

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In Messages, click Add ().

The Add menu opens.

Click Add Buddy.

The Enter the Buddy’s Account ...

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