Any way to get rid of the Jabber box in iMessage ?

[iapplelove]

Hello all, I don't use my Mac often but did update this morning. I opened iMessage and noticed at the bottom of the message box after my last conversation I know have a box that says Jabber.

Is this new? I didn't even really know what jabber was had to look it up. It says offline but was just curious if I could get rid of it all together.

I'm not even sure if it was there before the update. Thanks!

 

[Erdbeertorte]

Do you have anything else in there enabled besides your iMessage account like Google Talk or AIM?

I don't find a way to get that "box" (I think you mean the online status window) showing up with my iMessage ID only, so I can't tell you how to switch it off, but if I remember correctly somewhere in the settings or menus there is a way.

Adding a Jabber account was possible since "forever" and still is in High Sierra.

 

[iapplelove]

Do you have anything else in there enabled besides your iMessage account like Google Talk or AIM?

I don't find a way to get that "box" (I think you mean the online status window) showing up with my iMessage ID only, so I can't tell you how to switch it off, but if I remember correctly somewhere in the settings or menus there is a way.

Adding a Jabber account was possible since "forever" and still is in High Sierra.

It just shows Jabber, which I never had an account for. I only have a iMessage account nothing else.

 

[iapplelove]

Its this down at the bottom. Any way to get rid of it. I don't have any accounts other than iMessage for messaging.

I should have just taken a screen shot lol but this is what it shows.

 

[Erdbeertorte]

It just shows Jabber, which I never had an account for. I only have a iMessage account nothing else.

Do you have a Google or AOL account in System Preferences - Internet Accounts? Maybe Messages got checked there by an update bug. I have no account to try at the moment. AOL(AIM) seems not to work anymore in High Sierra or it's a bug and I just deleted my Google account.
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I should have just taken a screen shot lol but this is what it shows.

Can you change it to anything else but Jabber by clicking on that arrow? It shouldn't be there with iMessage only.

 

[iapplelove]

Do you have a Google or AOL account in System Preferences - Internet Accounts? Maybe Messages got checked there by an update bug. I have no account to try at the moment. AOL(AIM) seems not to work anymore in High Sierra or it's a bug and I just deleted my Google account.
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Can you change it to anything else but Jabber by clicking on that arrow? It shouldn't be there with iMessage only.

nope, can't change it to anything else. I really don't use any other accounts. I have a google account but mainly for email and youtube.

thanks for the replies though! I assumed it was a bug of some sort but since I don't use my mac often I wasn't sure

 

[Erdbeertorte]

Maybe someone else can help better who isn't already on High Sierra.

Did you also look into Messages/Preference/Accounts in the menu bar when the Messages window is activated? Or maybe there is something in the View menu to hide it.

 

[iapplelove]

Maybe someone else can help better who isn't already on High Sierra.

Did you also look into Messages/Preference/Accounts in the menu bar when the Messages window is activated? Or maybe there is something in the View menu to hide it.

Ok played around a little more and yes in preferences the only other account was my google account. When I unchecked it the jabber box went away.

Seems the update checked some boxes that was not previously checked. Thanks !