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03 AIM Buddy.

Oct 2008

3 Adding an AIM Name

This is the iChat 3's next pane in the Add Buddy sequence. It appears out of the Buddy list at the top just under the title of the Buddy List replacing the New Person pane.

Selecting the "right" Account type is very important.

The drop down has two options and the next picture will display the @mac.com option for an Apple Screen Name. This picture shows the AIM Screen name option.

Somewhat confusingly Apple use the description of Account Type and Account Name to be chosen and filled in respectively. This is partly because AIM allow people to register and create a Display Name version as well.

Having chosen the Account type and entered an AIM name if using this version of the Pane you have to decide whether you want to add any info that will cause the entry to be added to the Address Book. I use the Phrase "Real Name" as the title of the Boxes suggest adding a full name but you can enter anything to identify the person. There are ways of adding the info later. An Example would a First Name of "Dad" and the Last Name as either your family Name or that of your Partner's

If you do not add anything to the First or Last name boxes the person will not be added to your Address Book and will display in iChat as just the Screen Name.

Anything that is added as a First or Last Name will be what is displayed in iChat.

You can also chose a Buddy Pic for your Buddy by clicking the Box. This will over-ride any Pic already in the Address Book and any changes they make to their Buddy Pic. iChat has a set of icons people can choose, they can also choose from the System set that are used with User Accounts or they can use Actual pictures/photos.

People can be inventive or use sites like the South Park Avatar creator one. Of course someone will push the boundaries or have a picture up that is so small you can't tell for certian it is NSFW or not.

Alterations and Corrections

Any Buddy can have any of this information altered later.

Highlight the Buddy in the Buddy List and then use the Apple (/Command/⌘) key and i key together (Get Info). You can then access the Accounts info pane and it will bring up a similar looking pane to this main picture - minus the Account Type choice. It is possible on that Pane to add or delete the @mac.com suffix if you have made a mistake in the Account type.

If the person is in the Address Book then it possible that they can have one of three pictures. You can give the Address Book entry one which will also be associated with Mail. You can pick one for iChat in the Accounts Pane and it will be different. If you make no choice in the Address Book or the iChat Info pane then they will display the Buddy pic they are sending at that moment in time.

Next up is the Mac or Apple ID variant.

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Created October, 2008 Major Update/Edit October 2024.

 ©  Ralph Johns. Created October 2008

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This site is about iChat from Version 1 through to iChat 5.x.x
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I ahve made a spcific choice to show you this picture and the next to expalin further the difference on Apple and AIM Screen Names.

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