iChat Question

pathfinder55 · August 22, 2007 8:09PM

Is the only way to use iChat, is though a .mac accout?

jupiterone · August 22, 2007 8:14PM

No. AOL instant messenger (AIM) works just fine.

pathfinder55 · August 22, 2007 8:16PM

So you have to either have a .mac accout or AIM account?

bobmarksdale · August 22, 2007 8:20PM

jabber will work too. (Gmail is one.) I don't know how any other chat services transmit. Jabber is kind of a catch-all though.

teedoff087 · August 22, 2007 10:26PM

If you're talking about video chat, AIM and .Mac are the only protocols that iChat supports that also support video chat. If you don't use video chat, Adium should work (very) well, and it supports every protocol imaginable.

stephend · August 28, 2007 10:18AM

You can video/audio chat over Jabber as well, albeit only with other iChat users.

HTH,

--> Stephen

aquamac · August 29, 2007 12:17AM

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Originally Posted by stephend

You can video/audio chat over Jabber as well, albeit only with other iChat users.

HTH,

--> Stephen

Sorry, Jabber is not supported to use video or voice iChat.

You need an AIM (free) or .mac ($100/year) account.

I recommend Skype. It is independent of iChat but works more reliably. And it is also FREE.

bobmarksdale · August 29, 2007 9:56PM

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Originally Posted by AquaMac

Sorry, Jabber is not supported to use video or voice iChat.

umm... yeah it is. I just had a one way video/two way audio chat yesterday with my friend who lacks an iSight

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You need an AIM (free) or .mac ($100/year) account.

Or... you could sign up for the .Mac free trial for 60 days, and when it expires, you will lose all of its features except that you can continue to use your .mac for iChat without paying...

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