Messages in OS X has two methods of time-stamping messages; an automatically applied timestamp when a new conversation starts or message is received, and a lesser known ability to view the timestamp of any iMessage or text message sent with the Mac Messages app. We’re going to focus on the latter approach since it will allow a Mac user to reveal the exact date and time that any message was sent or received within the Messages app of Mac OS X.
In this article let us discuss about how to view Timestamps in Messages for Mac OS X, simply follow the steps given below :
- Initially open the messages application on your Mac device, if you haven’t done so yet go any conversion.
- Hover the mouse cursor over any chat bubble for second or two to reveal a small pop up contextual item dealing date and time the messaging was sent or received.
The message format of Timestamps viewed as Time and Date. Just view the below picture for better reference.
This works with all type of messages like normal Text Messages or imessages, Multimedia message which can be picture or video, Facebook messenger or many other if it’s in Messages on the Mac, you can see a timestamp this way.
