AIM on iChat?

When you use AIM on iChat does it look the same as in the regular AIM program? ie. same convo box? Or should i just download the AIM program sepperatly? I mean just download AIM.?

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9:02 PM Saturday; April 29, 2006

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Using AIM with ichat

Im trying to use AIM through Ichat and it doesn't seem to be working? can i just install AIM and use it with the Ichat, because that isnt working either...i tried installing aim and when I double click it I get an error msg or it tries to open in Excel??

You don't need the AIM software to use iChat, just sign up for a free screen name.
Create A Screen Name
Steve

Why did AIM for Ichat suddenly return an error?

I was using AIM for iChat earlier this morning and everything was working fine. Then suddenly, without warning, it logs out of every iChat account and returns the error: "An internal error occured that disconnected you from all iChat services. To resume iChat, log in again to your instant messaging account." I can log into my bonjour and jabber account, but as soon as I try to connect to AIM, it brings them all offline. I went to AIM.com and signed in and have been using the web client since, but apparently this has happened to about half of my friends on iChat. Why would this be and what can I do to fix it?

Hi,
Now and then the AIM Servers have a blip and many people seems to get kicked Off Line.
I have server accounts/AIM IDs and keep some using SSL and the api.oscar.aol.com server on port 443 and some using the login.oscar.aol.com server on port 5190 without SSL.
Usually it only effects one group of my logins and not all of them.
It can of course be a server local to you that is having issues.
10:48 PM Sunday; February 26, 2012
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AIM and iCHAT HELP!!!

Just installed AIM on a DELL with Vista, trying to chat with a MacBook. AIM to iCHAT should work, right? But, iCHAT keeps screwing up and saying there's a communication error.

For the last several days, I haven't been able to log onto my screen name. I have a mac book pro and have kept my aim screen name and used it for my ichat as well. I have done this successfully for the last few months.
But now every time I attempt to log on to my ichat or aim I receive the same error message. "You have attempted to log in too often in a short period of time. Wait a few minutes before trying to login again." I waited about 10 minutes before attempting to log into ichat again and the same error message came up. I waited an hour and then attempted to log onto aim and the same error message appeared. I then decided to wait a day and try on a different computer and the same error message appeared when I attempted to log into my aim screen name on the mac and the dell computers.
However, I am able to log onto both ichat and aim using my friend's screen name. Therefore, it appears as though the problem is with my screen name and not with the computers connection or with aim as a whole. I really need to use the screen name as I have had it for over ten years and don't want to change it at this stage. Please help me fix this problem as I seem to have attempted everything.

I cannot send or receive texts or AIMs on ichat

I can video chat without a problem, but I cannot send or receive texts or AIMs on ichat
Help

Hi,
If this is iChat 5 or earlier and an AIM Login then change the port in iChat Menu > Preferences > Accounts > Server Settings tab to port 443 when you are logged out of AIM.
More info would be helpful.
iChat version ?
Account type ?
8:51 PM Wednesday; February 8, 2012
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Hi Guys, For some reason both my AIM and Ichat are not signing on. It passes my screen name and password, but then it just doesn't sign on. What is going on?

Hi Guys,
For some reason both my AIM and Ichat are not signing on. It passes my screen name and password, but then it just doesn't sign on. What is going on?

Hi Stine,
I had not replied earlier as I could not get the reply button to work. I presumed this was beause the topic has no title.
Are your passwords over 16 characters ?
Have you registered a name at both places ?
This FAQ may be of soem help.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121885
Ralph

AIM and ichat, video not working

I have 2 aol email accounts and aim with those. I am a little confused on some things. First I have the free aol email and instant messenger. Nothing is downloaded onto my computer, I just signed up for an email account and set it up in mail and ichat. I keep seeing things about versions of aol, well I don't have a version downloaded.
Can this be the reason that I can not hear people when they conference to me? They hear and see me, and I see them, just no sound from them.
A friend of mine has same computer I have, bought his 2 days before I bought mine and he said he's had no problem using his ichat. then last night he started having problems and he said the only thing he did was run permssions repair. Which I had also done. So either the permission repair caused something to change that we can no longer use it or there is something else going on.
I have a linksys router, I have plug and play enabled, I have also tried enabling ports, there is no firewall. The friend has same setup and he NEVER went in and changed settings on his router, it just instantly worked. We also have the same ISP. No ports are being blocked by them. I have also enabled all ports to see if that would help.
the other person I can not connect to is another story. I need to get mine up and running before I work on hers. She has a wireless pc, and dsl..I am going to check her setting, aol version, and such once mine is proven to work with someone.
I also can not use big board games...I get a message that says I am behind a firewall (which I am not), I had also tried same thing with the ports, or it says that I have a translated network address. I am guessing that these problems are linked.
Another person that is a pc tech suggested I setup static ip for my computer and all that mess, and we tried it and still no fix.
Someone here suggested changing a setting in quicktime for streamline to be less than 1.5 it was set to 384 (or something) so I left it there.
Yes, all microphones where turned on..it is built in isight.

Well, this problem is solved, it took several different posts to get answers that worked.
But here is what got me up and running.
First, reason I can not connect to pc friend is because she is using the newest version on aim and she needs to be using 5.9 (tried finding who here told me that to give credit, but I can't find the info)
I don't know why I can't connect to my mac friend. I may be able to now that I fixed somethings, but he's not been online for me to test it out. However, he was able to chat with other people and then he changed some things and now he's not. So, when he is online again I will go over his setup as well.
Ichat would have worked with no special configurations for me, right out of the box. However, big bang board games will not let me get online and trying to get that online is where I changed things that prevented ichat from ever working.
If you are having this problem with linksys or netgear router..just turn on plugnplay in router configurations. It is usually on be default. No need to have ports enabled.
For you mac firewall, just have it turned on, no special ports being opened.
I do have bonjour chat checked in settings, but I am told that this does not need to be checked. Do not have apple remote sharing checked.
I do have 10.4.8 installed, so I did not need to go back to an older version.
This just boiled down to I turned my firewall off and never thought that would cause me not to be able to chat.

Using AIM through iChat

Ok. I've already been using AIM on my iChat, and let me tell ya, it works much better than AIM itself.
Anyway, I was wondering, is there an easy way to put all of the screen names in AIM onto my .Mac account? This way I can just use that account for email and IM.
Thanks for your help! I appreciate it!

This is taken from the ichatav3 help menu:
Click the Add button in the Buddy List window. A list appears, showing cards in your Address Book. Choose the person you want to add to your Buddy List. If the person is not already in your Address Book, click New Person.
If the person does not have an instant message address, you need to enter one. You can enter more than one screen name by separating each with a comma. If your friend signs on using any of the screen names you enter, you'll see them in your Buddy List.
You can also drag a person's name from your Bonjour list to your Buddy List to add that person to your Buddy List. The person in the Bonjour list must have a a valid AIM or .Mac account.
When you add a new person to your Buddy List, a new card is added to Address Book.
Your Buddy List is stored on an instant message server, so you can log in to your account from any computer and see if your buddies are online.

Use AIM with iChat

I don't have an .Mac acount, so I use MSNforMac to talk with an Hotmail account to my PC friends.
I want to use iChat because MSNforMac don't let us make videoconferences.
But can I talk to my friends (that use MSN in a PC) by iChat with an AIM Acount?
So I tried to create an AIM acount
But now, when I write the screen name and the password of my AIM acount in iChat, appears an message saying that iChat couldn't connect to AOL service.
Answer, please, if you know...
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi BrunoMCP,
Yes the Jabber side of iChat can be made with the aid of "Transports" to connect to other services such as MSN.
However this does not include Video or Audio with the current Codecs used.
Your options are aMSN or Mercury Messenger for Video to MSN Buddies or as has been said move to Skype.
For links to aMSN and Mercury go here
http://www.ralphjohnsuk.dsl.pipex.com/page5.html
8:10 PM Tuesday; December 19, 2006

Wireless connection with AIM and ichat

Why will instant messaging not work with my netgear wireless? My son told me that I have to use instant messaging (AIM) in order to video chat.
*I am new to using a MAC

Hi,
Some modems and routers do sometimes have presets that you can use in firewalls and sometimes port settings.
My Netgear only lists AIM on TCP on port 5190 which is not the same as all the iChat ports (29 ports with some needing TCP and UDP protocols)
In the case of Netgears there are other things that can effect the smooth operation of iChat.
Firstly turn the Netgear firewall Off. (you can turn it on Later with iChat ports if you wish).
Next check the UPnP page has the UPnP Enabled.
Then GO to the WAN page.
If the Netgear is also your modem as well as a router there are two things that I find are needed.
First of these is the DOS or SPI feature. By default it is on. Without any controls or setting this feature decides what is unsuitable traffic to your LAN and prevents data on the port it happens on getting through.
iChat can trigger this with the amount and speed other people can send stuff to you.
So this needs to be Disabled. It needs to be Checked to Disable.
The second is the "Respond to Ping on Internet WAN Port"
part of iChat's data is seen as a Ping and I find that allowing this response helps This needs to be Checked to Allow.
So,
UPnP
No SPI or DOS acctive.
Respond to WAN Pings.
10:21 AM Sunday; November 11, 2007

Trouble with AIM and IChat! Cannot connect to IChat, and AIM keeps crashing

I just got my Macbook, and installed AIM. However, it often says "AIM shut down unexpectedly." Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
Also, I want to use IChat, but i try to connect, and I can for a few seconds, and then it says "Connection with AIM lost." I'd appreciate any suggestions or advice!

I used to have the same AIM problem. Have you tried Adium instead? If you haven't heard of it, it's an instant messaging program that uses your AIM account but is specifically designed for OS X. It looks nicer too.
Hope it helps!
www.adiumx.com/

Add Address book contacts aim to ichat?

Hello,
Is there a way where I can import my address book contacts that have screen name for aim account to ichat?

Hi,
For the points
Exchange Address ?
Are you using Entourage or are you connected to a Microsoft Exchange Server ?
that has screen name to the on my Mac categories.
I think there is a word (or two) missing here and I did not quite follow.
Just Curious on the above.
I am glad the info was good enough to Help.
9:06 PM Monday; February 8, 2010
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Can I update my Buddy Info for AIM using iChat?

Hi. I just ordered my new Mac yesterday and I was wondering if there was some way I could change my buddy info while using my mac. Also, does anyone know if there is a more recent version of AIM for mac (the one I found was 4.7 and from 2004)?

AIM 4.7 is the Current and last version.
AIM have not updated it since iChat came out.
10:24 PM Friday; July 18, 2008

AOL AIM and iChat

HI,
My AIM does not work all the time.. sometimes it lets me in and most of the time it either closes the application abruptly saying that it has unexpectedly closed. After the error message, if I try to sign on again it keeps trying to sign me on until the session times out. Error message: aim could not sing me in because the session has timed out. Does anybody know why this is? Let me know if this can be fixed. Thanks!

AOL and AIM are poor applications, even more so poor for mac versus PC.
To use Instant messaging I would suggest using iChat (it is very reliable), or a program similar to AIM called "adium" found at www.adiumx.com
Why have ads on your mac with AIM? Both the other programs I suggest are ad free, look great, and work great.
A lot of people make extras for Adium as well, it is very customizable.
Good luck, try these more reliable programs.

Lost audio between AIM and IChat

Hello.
Up until a few days ago I was able to engage in A/V chats with my dad. I have an IMac G5 using IChat and he has a PC with AIM 5.9. For some unknown reason, I no longer get audio when we connect. I can see him and he can see and hear me, but his audio is gone. Any ideas??

Hi Ralph.
Walked my dad through the re-tune procedure in the link. All went well, and during the microphone tune the lighted input bar responded as it should. All indications are that his microphone is working fine. Unfortunately, I still get no audio from him.
One note of interest. When we first establish an IChat video connection, there usually is a bit of speaker hiss on my end - as if the the PC microphone is connected and ready to transmit audio. However, the minute either one of us begins to talk, the speaker hiss is instantly silenced and I get no audio from him. Then nothing but silence.
I was beginning to suspect that his microphone/camera was defective. However, given that the tuning procedure seemed successful, I'm not so sure.
Any more ideas?
Regards, Michael

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