For several contacts in my address book, I have both a Google Talk and an AIM handle. Messages on OS X (10.9.2) seems to always default to the AIM-based account for these people when they're signed into both, but I'd like to change that to use Google Talk by default. I can't find any way in the contact's Info window to change this.
Messages on OS X: control the default account for contacting a person
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Go to settings on the iPhone. Go to the 'Messages' settings. And select Receive At.
See what it says there. It should be your phone number not Apple ID or email.
If you have a Apple email listed. You can remove it by.
Clicking the 'Apple ID youremail@me.com'
You will get a popup which lets sign out thus removing the mac email address.
There isn't a way to accomplish this at the moment.
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Best Answer
Figured it out: under Messages' Preferences: Accounts options, the sort order of the accounts controls the ordering when sending a message. Dragging and dropping my Google Talk account above AIM fixed it (though this applies to all contacts, I can't find a way to change it on a per-person basis.)
Preferences:
Before:
After: