Available buddies not showing up?

Hi,
Last night I updated my software and ever since, my available buddies aren't showing up on iChat. I use Jabber and prior to the upgrade it was working just fine so I'm not sure if it's related. Any suggestions on fixing this?

Hi,
Welcome to the  Discussions
I take it you mean you updated to OS 10.6.5 ?
There was no update to iChat 5 in this Update (the last one was in 10.6.3)
I also take it you have Quit iChat and restarted it if you keep it on all the time ?
Have you restarted the computer a second time (at least) since the Update ?
Are the Jabber Buddies a mixture of people using different Jabber servers including GoogleTalk Buddies ?
If all the Buddies are using one Server then that particular Server may be the issue.
11:33 PM Wednesday; December 15, 2010
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If the setting on one or other to the computers does not allow the other she will not show up even when chatting.
If you do not have someone in your Buddy list you can use the File Menu > New chat to start a Text Chat.
To see if the Screen Name is in the Buddy List at all go to the View Menu and select Show Off Line Buddies (If there are not many buddies then Show them as a separate group).
If your Daughter's real name shows up (As they have her in their Address Book) mouse over her name and check the spelling of the Screen Name.
(Use the Apple Key (CMD) and I to alter if required)
IF her scree Name shows up on it's own then checking the Spelling is easy.
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ralphjohnsr
[email protected] and
[email protected] are three Different Buddies and only one will work.
This counts as a Misspelling. The AIM Servers only allow Valid names they don't tell you whether the name exists so it is possible to enter all three of the above in a Buddy List but only one will show as On-line.
As I said before this can be complicated by the Allow and Block setting at either computer.
Allow All is a Better Test.
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Parental Controls.
IF the Mac User Account on the Buddy has Parental Controls Enabled then they have to Add your Daughter's Screen Name to the iChat Settings as well.
A Complication on this is if you have a test Mac User Account and try iChat there with the regular iChat Screen Name then set Parental Controls.
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If you find that the Security Settings are set to Allow All and the Buddy is not Blocked and your daughter is not using Parental Controls and has never had her iChat Name used in another Mac User Account (i.e Nothing I have said applies) then try deleting com.apple.ichat.AIM.plist on both Macs and then restart iChat This recreates the .plist as iChat uses Defaults and the Keychain info to Log In again afresh.
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Online buddies not showing up in buddy list

so, for some reason, i only have one "buddy" that will show up on my list as online. this is not a coincidence....for some reason the rest of my buddies who are online are not showing up in the ichat column.

So you changed the Quicktime setting
And the Port Change to 443 and had no luck.
You repeated these steps in a new Mac User Account ?
And got the same result with the same Buddy List ?
IF you have no other computer or application using the same Buddy List then the problem is with the AIM servers.
In iChat > Preferences > General Section there is a choice to "When I Quit iChat, Setmy Status to Offline" Are you using this option checked or Unchecked ?
If Unchecked can you check it and Quit iChat.
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I have multiple iChat accounts (AOL, ME.com, Mac.com, Jabber). When I change the default behavior to log all accounts in at the same time with the same message (basically setting all but one acocunt to "offline") my buddies all disappear. It appears there are now separate buddy lists for each account - but now way to populate those lists from the other accounts (no ability to import/cut-paste).
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Although both type of Buddy List can have Screen Names that look like emails - so therefore have the same Format- which causes them to look like they will be Buddies, they will always appear Off line in the New list and you will not be able to Contact them.
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Highlight (Using CMN Click if required) the Buddies you want to move and just drag from one list to the other.
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When you drag they will be put in the Group that you happen to be hovering over when you let go. (place them in the new list
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Hi, I just upgraded to snow leopard and every time i add a buddy they show up offline. I know that they are online because there computer was right next to me and on the same network.

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There can be several reasons.
In Snow Leopard/iChat 5 you don't have to chose the Type of Buddy you are Adding in any AIM Based List. You now type the Screen Name in full.
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