How to get notified when someone Messages your name on OS X

How to get notified when someone Messages your name on OS X

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-get-notified-when-someone-messages-your-name-os-x' title="How to get notified when someone Messages your name on OS X"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/message-mention-hero.jpg?itok=IANPnxul' />[/url]</p> <p class="intro">Want to get notified when someone talks about you in a group message on Messages on OS X? Here's a tip.</p> <p>There's nothing more embarrassing than being part of a group conversation and missing some of it because you didn't know they were talking to you. If you'd like to make sure that when someone mentions you, you see it, follow these instruction to get the most out of Messages in <a href="osx-yosemite">OS X Yosemite[/url].</p>  <p>This doesn't just work with iMessages: If you're on a Yosemite Mac that's linked to an iPhone, and you're using iOS 8 and Yosemite's Continuity features to get regular text messages sent to your Mac, Messages will also ping you on iOS, too.</p> <h2>To get notifications when someone messages your name</h2> <ol><li>Open <strong>Messages</strong>.</li> <li>Click on the <strong>Messages</strong> menu and select <strong>Preferences</strong> (Alternately, hold down the <strong>command</strong> key and press <strong>,</strong>).</li> <li>Check <strong>Notify me when my name is mentioned</strong>.</li> <li>Close the preferences.</li> </ol><p>Whenever your name is used (either your full name or your first name), you'll see a message pop up indicating that you were mentioned.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-get-notified-when-someone-messages-your-name-os-x' title="How to get notified when someone Messages your name on OS X"><img src='

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