Adding ichat account names

ever since updating to latest snow leopard, ive had an issue in ichat when adding a name. used to be when i hit the "+" button on ichat, a window would appear where i can enter someone's name. if i had them in my address book and an IM account name was also in my address book, their account name would show in the "account name" box. now it displays a phone number and i have to open address book and cut and paste it in. any others share this problem?

Hi,
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I am busy sorting out my Time Machine Backup drive at the moment for my OS 10.6.4 computer.
My Address Book does not have Address/Contact cards for people who I only have Screen Names for.
I can Add a entry by adding a character to the iChat Info Card > Address Card tab
(I list [email protected] as just a Screen Name - I added just an A as "First Name") Info card is brought up by highlighting a Buddy then the CMD key and i key together.
If I then removed the letter "a" in iChat (info card) the Screen Name as Name then remains in the Address Book.
Adding a Buddy normally presumes they are not in the Address Book and "Asks" for First Name, Last Name.
However it can be linked to an existing Address Book entry by clicking the blue half arrow at the end of the Last Name line (opens a slide out to the Address Book and asks to "Pick a Card")
If you add a Buddy with an Open Chat from either the Buddies menu or the keystrokes (I have not done it with the + Button) then the Screen Name is pre-filled in the slide out (that you call window).
In the Buddies Menu the Add option changes to add in the Buddies Screen Name (the Slide Out is the same otherwise).
ICQ which has been owned by AOL for a long time still uses numbers as IDs
The Screen Name/ID is then added as that number.
In the States you can also do SMS but I can't here.
I forget which type has to have a + sign in front.
Hopefully this will provide you with some clues.
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I'm a full .mac member.
Thus, I am able to create aliases (e.g. [email protected]).
I'd like to use this alias as an iChat account name (so I can have two iChat accounts : one personal, one professional).
Is this possible ?
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Hey i was wondering if you could change your iChat account name to your cell phone number ?

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HI,
I am not entirely sure what you are trying to achieve.
AIM accounts (Screen Names) can be linked to some extent to Mobile/Cell phone
https://settings.aim.com/ You need to Log in here to see more info in the Mobile setting
You can also Send SMS to US based phones (on Carriers that support this)
http://www.aim.com/ Scroll down the page a little.
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When logging in with my .me account that I originally setup, it says that I am the first person in my contacts list (the handle above the 'Available' drop down).
Yes, yes, I read the help file where I'm supposed to go to my Address book and select myself, then "Make This My Card". And yes, I've done that and I'm now set as me...
Yet iChat, in its infinite wisdom, seems to think I'm still the previous person and I can find no way to change this. I've even gone into my actual mobileme account settings and ensured that my name is my name...iChat seems to not care.
Ideas?

Hi,
When you went through the Start Up Screens the first time was another name (from the Address Book) in the First Name Last Name spaces ?
You are talking about this spot ?
If the "Handle" part is not you then you have to go to iChat menu > Preferences > Accounts and delete that Screen Name/account and re-set up the account with the "Right Screen Name.
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Hi,
You haven't added any Spec for your machine or iChat version but you seem to imply it is new so I will presume Lion and iChat 6
iChat can use 4 types of names and some of those have sub-categories if you like.
In the iChat Menu > Preferences > Accounts you should have at least the Bonjour Option in the list even if you have no other accounts.
This is used between Macs on your LAN.
If they are using iChat and have Bonjour Enabled then you will see their Name as they call themselves in their Address Book. iChat will broadcast your Name as at the My Card in your Address Book (Head and Shoulders icon card).
iChat can join the AIM service and these can be one of three (sub) type of Names, although the Buddy list can have Buddies of each type.
You can register at AIM themselves, with @Mac.com and use a MobileMe name (Ending @Me.com)
Generically the Account/Buddy List is referred to as an AIM list as @Mac.om and MobileMe names are Valid AIM Screen Names
iChat can use Jabber Names/IDs. These include Google and there is an Option with iChat 4 onwards to use this a a separate sub category when adding an Account to iChat (In creating a BUddy List)
A Jabber ID can add Goolge Buddies or a Google Buddy List can have Jabber Buddies.
iChat 6 adds the ability to use a Yahoo ID as well.
Although the Yahoo for Mac App (it is still in Beta) can add MSN contacts this cannot be done in iChat.
Adding Buddies.
In an "AIM" List you can add Buddies by clicking the Plus icon at the Bottom of the Buddy List and selecting Add Buddy
You type the Buddy's name in full (As in [email protected], or [email protected] or the AIM name that the persons tells you (it may not be an Email) )
Allowing or Blocking a Buddy is then done in the iChat Menu Preferences > Accounts > Security tab.
With a Jabber/Google List you have to Authorize the Buddy as you Add them. A Person has to be in th Buddy List rather than allowing or Blocking them later.
To be more precise a Request to Authorize is sent to the Buddy and they either Accept or Deny.
In iChat 3 through 5 this needed to be done when the Buddy was On Line as iChat does not repeat the Request. From what you post it seems this has not changed in iChat 6
(Other Jabber apps continually send the request until such time as the person actually sees the request and does something about it.)
So it may not be that the Name is "Wrong" or that you have set up your account incorrectly.
I have no info on setting up a Yahoo account at present or how Buddies are added for Allow/Block Authorise or not.
What you cannot do is use an AIM Account to add Google or Jabber buddies to (Or vice versa) even though on the whole the naming formats (email Style IDs) applies to both.
AIM Registrations ask for a second email for Password recovery
@mac.com Registrations require a second email to Verify the Apple ID you are creating (It happens to be an Valid AIM screen Name as well (@mac.com look like email but are not so you cannot verify them back through @mac.com as it were).
The Waiting for Authorisation message only comes from a Google Talk ID or a Jabber Buddy List.
It will show if you add an AIM valid Name or if the Buddy is Off Line and not seeing the Request to answer it.
Example iChat 4 pic
(not sure why I had these to options crossed out but I may have been talking about iChat 3 when I used it)
Obviously iChat 6 has Yahoo as well.
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You should know who is contacting you fro the Chat Window itself.
It's title will either be the Screen Name of the Contact or the Real Name if they are in your Address Book.
Either way the Screen Name will also shows as the Grey text info at the top of e Chat Area.
The Apple IDs ending in @mac.com and @me.com (from MobileMe) are valid AIM names.
You can see the Screen Name of someone in your Buddy List by mousing and holding over their Entry.
This may display two or more names if you have them listed on their Address Book Entry.
They should change their Password, either at AIM if it is an AIM Name or via iForgot for Apple ones.
Then change it in iChat so it will then log in
Next, no matter what sort of AIM valid name it is they should go here and Log in.
Next they could use the Lifestream option and set the Privacy Level they want.
Repeat for the Actual Privacy setting.
It used to be possible to Create a Display Name in the Registration Process (It was a one page deal where you could see it)
The current Process for Registration is a step based process and I have not created a new name to follow it through to see if Display Names are allowed.
However it still appears in those AIM Settings
Choose Manage Account > Click the Edit Button (You will be asked a security Question)
At the new page choose the Greetings option far right.
Another new screen has a drop down to alter the Display Name.
This means that someone could have search Lifestyles and then used a new Screen Name and added a Display Name that at first glance Looks like your Buddy.
I doubt that they have been Hacked as such.
It is more likely the DIsplay Name method has been used.
There is one other option.
If they have used Mac in a public place and entered their Screen Name in to iChat there And their Password the computer will remember the password to the Keychain.
Even if the iChat Account is deleted from iChat the Keychain will still have the details and anyone with access can find out the Password.
(if you don't enter the password iChat will pop up a separate request each time you try and login)
If this is the case then changing the password should help
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If another computer (Or app) is logged in when you next start up iChat you will get a Text chat from AIMSysMessage (An automated response from the AIM servers) asking if you want to Log the other login out. Reply with a 1 (type just the 1 and hit enter) will log the other instance out.
I spent some time searching the AIM/AOL help pages and using Google to see if I could find anything but only came across prompts on how to do it on the AIM for PC app.
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After creating a Screen Name or User ID with the relevant service you can enter this in iChat
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Chose from the top item whether the Account (Screen Name) you are adding is going to be AIM, (inlcuding Apple variants), Jabber (including Google variant) or in iChat 6 a Yahoo account.
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When I got my Mac I set up an iChat account and now I want to make another one. Does anyone know how to change it? F

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If you are not happy with the one you have you can delete and stop using it.
Both Adding and Deleting are done in iChat > Preferences> Accounts.
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Hi,
Open iChat again
Go to the Preferences. Then the Accounts section.
At the bottom of the list on the left (Should have the account you entered in the set up procedure and Bonjour), press the + (plus) button at the bottom.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3245947?tstart=0
This will open a new Screen.
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Alternatively you can select @Mac.com and use the "Get an iChat Account" Button
This will take you here to the @mac.com registration page.
If using this one you need to have an Email Address that is not associated with an Apple ID already.
Also do not make the password over 16 characters in length as this is the Limit with the AIM servers (The page encourages longers to be "More Secure")
Just to be clear.
AIM and the two Apple IDs (MobileMe and @mac.com are all Valid AIM Screen Names)
Family MobileMe accounts that are not the Master account tend not to work as they are alias email account and not full Apple IDs.
Other forms of Apple ID are Not Valid AIM Screen Names (Unless you happen to also register it with the AIM registration process.)
iChat version 3, 4, 5 and 6 can support you using Jabber IDs
These include Googlemail ID where Talk has been enabled on your Google Account setting. (Google run a Jabber server).
Facebook also run a Jabber server and your ID can be used in iChat.
Other than Google and Facebook most Jabber IDs require you use a Jabber app to register an ID as most Jabber servers do not have a web browser page to register.
In iChat 6 (with Lion) you can also use a Yahoo ID
Again you have to have Registered this beforehand (this can be done On-line in a web browser)
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Any Jabber/Google ID and Yahoo ID will only Video Chat to other users who are using iChat as well at their end.
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