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Historical Document

These pages have sat here since 2008 with no update. In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superseded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

I will make attempts to renew and refresh Links to either the most current site or use the Way Back Machine Archive so that people can at least look at what was used. I will make Edit Notes on this and on those where I can find no link to replace the older one as I go through the document.

iChat Adding Buddies

iChat In Pictures>> You are in Folder 5_iChat Adding Buddies >> Page: From The Buddies List

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1 Adding Buddies - From the Buddies List

02-10-2006

This series of pictures is how-to Add a Buddy. This First picture is from using the Buddy list as a Starting point

This picture is of the lower left hand corner of a Buddy List window with the + Button used to pop out the Add categories.

Press the Plus sign and use the Add Buddy option. In early versions you may not have Add Group or Edit Groups here and will go straight to the next window.

This series deals with adding AIM or Apple types of Screen Names. Bonjour ones are added automatically and Jabber is dealt with in another page.

Next:- Adding Buddies from the Buddies Menu

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© 2005 Ralph Johns: Edited 24/9/2005, 5/5/2006
Updated September 2006
Updated October 2008. Reviewed and Updated to HTML 5 October 2024

Information Block

This site is about iChat from Version 1 through to iChat 5.x.x
Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document. Some small tense changes have been made but the content is by and large untouched.

It has a mixture of basic info and problem solving help.

The sections below will change for Specifics about info on the page on view

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To the right you can resize or colour the page as well as choose one of three Fonts.

About This Page

Adding Buddies starting from the Buddies List

This set of pictures is somewhat AIM or Apple based Screen Names centric. Bonjour ones are added Automatically. Jabber ones are in a later page.

Compatibility

Much of this page has been altered to be as HTML 5 compatible as possible. This may cause issues with any of the Browser below.

I have tested in Safari 18.1, Firefox 130.x and 131.0, Vivaldi 6.9.3447.48 and iCab 6.2.3 (All Mac Browsers) I don't have access to a PC let alone multiple browsers to test on.

Previously confirmed to work with Win/IE 5.5 and later (should work in 5.0, but not confirmed), Firefox 2, Safari 3, Opera 9, iCab 3.02 and later, Mac/IE 5, Netscape 6 and later

Old browsers (IE version 4 or earlier, Netscape 4 or earlier) may only see a text-based page which, while not the prettiest option, is still entirely usable.