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Historical Document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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superseded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.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

iChat In Pictures >> You are in Folder 6_iChat Ports >> Page: Services tab

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2 iChat Ports Firewall - Services tab

02-10-2006

This pictures shows the next thing you will see in this sequence. Namely that the Services tab will be highlighted and on show.

The items on Display are the ones Apple consider Standard.

Some of their areas are:- Personal File Sharing allows other Macs to Login to your Computer and look at the Files in the User Account they login in with. Windows Sharing was mostly about sharing by Windows computers for Printer Sharing. Personal Web Sharing allows access to User/Sites and a web site set up here. Remote Login and Apple Remote Desktop are linked (use one of the other) as they allow Screen Sharing. Remote Apple Events allows OS 9 (or lower) computers to access things like Printer Sharing, which itself is about Sharing your Printer to other Macs.

You need to choose the Firewall tab to be able to Describe the ports a specific app uses - in this case iChat.

Next:- Firewall 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Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document.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

This page deals with what you see next after opening System Preferences and selecting the Sharing button/icon

The Services Tab is always the one selected when you get here.

It displays the Standard set of Apps and Services that can be allowed or not by checking the Check Boxes

Click the Firewall one to access the Firewall Settings where you can add other (new) Apps.

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.