These iChatAV (Version 2) pages are coloured Green and have the iChat 2 icon on them that was in use at the time, so you know where you are. The icon differs from Version 1 by having the camera logo added.

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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superseded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

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01 Mac Firewall

Oct 2008

1 The Mac Firewall Picture

There is only one picture in this series. If you are not sure of the instruction below have a look at the main set.

This is the place where to add the Ports to the Mac Firewall.

To get to this spot you need to open System Preferences then choose Sharing.

Once Sharing has opened choose the Firewall Tab. At that point on the right is a New Button. Click that and the pane above will drop down.

Where it says Port Name you need to choose "Other" as shown. Then enter the ports - 5060, 5190, 5297, 5268, 5353, 5678, 16384-16403 The commas are important as is the dash for the range of ports.

I will suggest you look at the Windows set of pictures next.

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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Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document.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

About This Page

This is the Firewall pane in System Preferences > Sharing > Firewall. Under the Pop Out panel there are places to turn on File Sharing and Printer sharing and the like. These have presets that are turned Off or On as required. The Pop Out panel appears when the New or Edit buttons are used.

In this pic yout get to see some of the Ports that iChat uses in the text field box. However there are more than can be shown hence the blue text added over the top.

Compatibility

As mentioned above this has had a major Edit/Update in September 2024 meaning that the Browsers listed below are likely to no longer work.

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.

The original pages worked 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) would only see a text-based page which, while not the prettiest option, is still entirely usable.

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