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iChat Basics
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iChat is part of every new Mac
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and it's a great way to stay in touch
with friends and family.
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With iChat you can video,
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text or audio chat with anyone, anywhere.
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iChat is so powerful
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you can even video chat with up
to three people at the same time.
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When you first launch iChat
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you can set up your chat account.
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iChat works with many different
types of chat accounts:
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MobileMe,
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Google talk,
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and AOL Instant Messenger or AIM.
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To set up iChat with an AIM account,
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just select it
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and then enter your screen name
and password.
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If you don't already have an iChat account
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click "Get an iChat Account...".
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Once you have iChat set up
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you can start chatting with buddies
anywhere in the world.
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Using the Buddy List
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The buddy list shows all of your contacts
that are online.
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To add someone to your buddy list,
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click the plus (+) sign in the lower left
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and then choose "Add Buddy...".
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Then enter your buddy's account name,
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choose a group
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and enter their name,
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so you will see that in the buddy list
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instead of their account name.
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Everyone has a buddy icon
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and you'll see it next to your buddy's name.
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To add or change your own buddy icon
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click on your icon in the upper right corner
of the buddy list
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then choose another icon,
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or use any image that you have on your Mac.
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In the buddy list
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an icon lets you know if your buddy
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can do audio or video chats,
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you'll see a telephone or camera
icon next to their name.
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Video Chatting
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Lets start a video chat with Lynn.
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Just click the video icon in the buddy list
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and iChat send an invitation
to video chat with you.
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When Linda accepts
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she appears right on your Mac.
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Video chatting on iChat is a great way
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to be there when you can't be there.
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To start a multi-buddy video chat
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hold down the Command key
on your keyboard
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and select buddies with the camera icon
next to their name.
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Then click the camera button
at the bottom of the buddy list,
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As soon as your friends accept your invitation
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all four of you appear in a room as if you were sitting across from each other.
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You can even do your chat full screen.
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[People chatting]
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Text Chatting
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Text chatting couldn't be be easier,
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just double-click anyone in your buddy list;
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a chat window opens
where you can type in your message.
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And just like video chatting
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you can chat with more than
one person at a time.
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Just hold down the Command key
on your keyboard
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and select the buddies
that you want to chat with.
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Then click the text button (A)
at the bottom of the buddy list.
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Now you can all chat together in one window.
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Audio Chatting
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To start an audio chat with someone
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just click the telephone icon next to their name.
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Once they accept the invitation
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you'll see an audio chat window
with a level meter
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that lets you know you're connected.
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Now just start talking.
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[People talking]
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Best of all you can talk as long
as you want for free.
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Thanks to iChat your friends and family
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are always as close as your Mac.
page revision: 1, last edited: 09 Jan 2010 17:05
