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Historical Document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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superseded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.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 Internet Ports

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1 System Preferences - Firewall - Sharing

02-10-2006

This set of pictures shows how to access the details of your Mac's Firewall and therefore potential Port settings.

This picture shows that "Sharing" gets highlighted by the time you have typed the whole of the word Firewall into the Search field. (We are going to System Preferences > Sharing > Firewall Tab and this demonstrates how you can look for it).

To get to this Screen (above) means using the option in the Apple Menu in the Menu Bar or the System Preferences icon in the DOCK (the pic is from Leopard but should be the same or similar in earlier versions of the OS).

Next:- Firewall Services tab

Upward Arrow saying Top Top of page

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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Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document.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

Options to This Page

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

About This Page

A Picture of the System Preferences window using the search feature which in turn highlights where the Firewall is (for Tiger, Panther and Jaguar).

There is also a Picture of the System Preferences Icon the DOCK if you need it.

This page is all about Location of the Mac Firewall as it is not obvious at first glance.

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.