Ralph Johns

These iChat (Version 1) pages are coloured Blue and have the iChat (1) icon on them that was in use at the time, so you know where you are. The icon differs from later ones by having the Running Man.  

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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superceded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

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Oct 2008

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When you Start Up iChat for the first time it runs through some Start Up Screens starting with this Screen. This is the same Screen as the previous picture but with the details filled in.

I have used my everyday AIM name and selected the AIM Type of Account in the drop down in the middle.

The details at the top are the Mac User Account (Test) details I was using.

If you are trying the Sign Up for Mac.com Button it will not work as Apple have changed to MobileMe and the .Mac service pages have been taken down.

If you have got an Apple name from their MobileMe service enter it as a AIM type of account name but type the @me.com bit as well.

The Final picture in this set of three is The Rendevous option.

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©  Ralph Johns. Created October 2008

Revised and Edited Links and Content with corrections and updates Nov 19th 2024.

Information Block

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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superceded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

This 2024 Edit/Update does make some tense changes to the Contents but mostly it stands as written. The general purpose of the update was to move, as much as possible to HTML 5 compliance where I could.

This site is about iChat from Version 1 through to iChat 5.x.x

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

This Information Block will change for Specifics about info on the page on view

About This Page

This is not another Screen as such. It is the previous picture filled in with some details.

Care should be taken to make sure you choose the right Type of Account to enter the details under at the drop down in the middle.

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.