Ralph Johns

iChat Information Pages

Version 3

 


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These iChat 3 pages are coloured Orange and have the iChat 3 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 and from iChat 2 by having the Running Man removed.

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2[2] 02 Drop Down. Oct 2008

This is the iChat 3 Connection Doctor's Window Drop Down to select the Statistics or the Errors pane. It will be greyed out like this is there is no Error info. It is a grab of just the Drop Down at the top of the Previous picture.

iChat 2 Error pane

It will display the same info as iChat 1 or 2 but just in a separate pane now.

From this example picture of an iChat 2 Error drop down. The bit that says Error log and the messages displayed below will be what you see in the new Pane.

The actual message will depend on how the Chat failed. Both the info here and the Message on the Chat window itself should be used together to establish the cause of the failure as much as possible.

On the whole the messages and error reports in iChat refer to the attempts to connect after the Visible Invite has been accepted. If the Buddy refuses, for instance, the Chat window will say they Declined but there will be no Error message in the Error log here.

If they Mute their Mic for longer than 10 secs in an Audio only chat then you will get the 10 Secs Error message and a Error log like the one on the left.

From other messages and Error logs it can be inferred that ports are not open and similar Networking issues.


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This site is about iChat from Version 1 through to iChat 4.x.x

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

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About This Page

A Picture grab of just the Drop Down at the top of the previous Picture when clicked and what it shows you.

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