[jordemort]

This could be an interesting way to run mautrix-imesssage. I wonder if they've got it hooked up to some sort of remote console solution; I've never been able to figure out how to get less-than-wretched performance out of the VNC server baked into the OS.

[gizdan]

> This could be an interesting way to run mautrix-imesssage

Wouldn't you be able to have only a single identity? Because unless you can have multiple identities with a single instance, it would be a very expensive way of having iMessage capabilities.

[djrogers]

VMs have been a thing in the Mac world for a long time now, and these would be powerful enough to run a bunch of them.

[gizdan]

I'm aware, but I thought iMessage had some hardware identifier that was necessary to use it. I guess my understanding was incorrect then!

[KarlKemp]

The identifier is part of it, as I remember from my mackintosh days, but it cannot be all: MacOS works well as a multi-user system, including separate iMessage accounts for each user.

[gizdan]

Aah, that's a good point.

[gruez]

Apparently mautrix-imessage supports jailbroken iphones. Isn't that much more cost effective (eg. $50 for a used iphone 4s) than paying $50/month?

[sgt]

Is it reliable? iMessage is not reliable on Hackintosh (over multiple years) due to security checks etc.

[smoldesu]

I never had any issues with it when I was hackintoshing. I stopped around Catalina though, so ymmv I guess.

[yodon]

Have you run mautrix-imessage? I'm trying to work through the docs to understand if I could use it as a way to proxy my received imessages (and iOS text messages?) onto my windows device as they arrive.

[jordemort]

Yes, right now I run it on an old MacBook Pro, that is otherwise sitting idle. It is very reliable. The only issue I have is HEIC attachments not being displayed on the Element desktop client (due to a lack of support in either Electron or Chromium, I forget what piece was ultimately to blame there.)