The git repo contains detailed installation instructions, but either install method on a modern Mac and granting the server requested permissions should get you moving. You can download the server software directly from this link or install it from source from this git repo. It should be signed into the iMessage account that we want to access from our “classic” Mac. We need to install some server software on our modern Mac, giving us hooks into its iMessage send/receive capabilities. Setting up your “modern” Mac to run iMessage Server Set up an intermediary machine to handle communication between our “classic” Macintosh and our “modern” Mac (can be the “modern” Mac itself).There are 3 major things we’re going to do to get Messages for Macintosh chatting: Running within an emulator is outlined in the companion article here. Alternatively, this is all capable of running in emulators on a single modern Mac for development and testing purposes.A USB floppy drive and floppy disk, or some other way of transfering files to your classic Macintosh.It is known to not run on System 1.1 due to unimplemented function calls, but may be able to run on a 512k Mac with System 2.0 or greater – if anyone tries it, let me know! I have not tested System 7 or greater but they should work fine. In my case I will be using a Macintosh Classic running System 6.0.8 with 4MB of RAM, but the software has been tested in an emulator down to a Macintosh SE running System 2.0 with 1MB RAM. A “classic” Macintosh, with its modem serial port connected to the previously mentioned machine via the previously mentioned cable.A USB to mini din 8 RS422 serial cable (see this article for how to build your own).A network-connected machine capable of running CoprocessorJS (we’ll include setup instructions for that here) connected to your “classic” Macintosh via a serial port - a raspberry pi is a great option, but I used a 2011 i5 Mac Mini running Ubuntu 20.04.I tested this using an M1 Mac Mini running macOS Monterey. A “modern” Macintosh, capable of sending and receiving iMessages through Messages.app.If you want more in-depth instructions involving local development workflow, see here. ![]() ![]() This article will outline the simplest path to getting up and running, without a functioning development environment. The purpose of this article is to outline how to get your classic Macintosh system set up to send and receive iMessages with a familiar interface, just like what you would get on new Mac, iPhone, iPad, etc. Messages for Macintosh is a new software suite for classic Macintosh (System 2.0 through MacOS 9.2.2) systems to interoperate with Apple iMessages via a familiar interface, with supporting software running on a newer Mac computer.
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