These iChat 4 pages are coloured Gray and have the iChat 4 icon on them that was in use at the time, so you know where you are. The icon differs little from the Version 3 version.

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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superseded by Message and FaceTime. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

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iChat 4 Pictures Connection Doctor

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03 Capabilities.

Nov 2008

3 Connection Capabilities screen

This is the iChat 4 Connection Doctor's Window Drop Down with the Capablities showing. These are your Capabilities

Was very New. This whole pane to this drop down is new.

It will display everything that you can do. If you think it should show Video Chat or Audio Only capabilites then check the Enable items in the Video or Audio Menu.

The last item I have highlighted for a reason. This is the difference in what Intels Macs can do over Power Mac Processors. Apple have used the Processor info of the specs of your computer to say if it can do Backdrops in the Video Effects (Video Menu). In truth it is a Video Card issue but as Upgrades to your computer may not be picked up properly or you may be using an Unsupported card Apple have used the Proccessor spec as the Cut off point. This means only Intels can do Backdrops.

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Created October, 2008 Major Update/Edit October 2024.

 ©  Ralph Johns. Created October 2008

Information Block

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Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document.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

A Picture grab of the New Capablities pane of the Connection Doctor in iChat 4.

Compatibility

Confirmed to work 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) should only see a text-based page which, while not the prettiest option, is still entirely usable.

Compatibility

As mentioned above this has had a major Edit/Update in September/October 2024 moving towards being fully HTML 5 compliant 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) should/may only see a text-based page which, while not the prettiest option, is still entirely usable.

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