How to set up an ichat account, how to set up an ichat account

im trying to set up my iChat and email on my macbook, and i am new to mac computers. can someone plz help me?

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How do I set up an ichat account?

how do I set up an i Chat accoiunt?

Hi,
You need a Screen Name or ID fro the service you want to join
iChat 6 (OS X 10.7.x) can do Jabber logins, AIM Logins and Yahoo ones.
AIM valid Scren Names include names registered at AIM and Apple IDs ending with @mac.com or with @me.com (these used to be MobileMe accounts but new ones are now iCloud ones)
Jabber valid names include any Facebook name (Chat has to be enabled at your Facebook settings), Google Mail IDs (Ending in @gmail.com or @googlemail.com) or any jabber name registered at a Jabber server.
IF you have started iChat already and clicked through the Start up Screen then you will then need to start/Launch iChat
Open the iChat Menu (The App Name in the menu bar is a drop down menu) > Preferences then Accounts
In the Accounts is a list.
It will already have Bonjour in it (Everyone gets this and it cannot be deleted)
Click the + button at the bottom
In th new panel click the top item and then chose the type of account you want to Add.
Fill in Details
Click Done.
A Buddy List will then launch and login.
Add Buddies
10:25 PM Tuesday; March 27, 2012
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 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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When I got my Mac I set up an iChat account and now i want to make a new one. Does anyone know how to do this?

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

Hi,
After creating a Screen Name or User ID with the relevant service you can enter this in iChat
With iChat Open go to the iChat Menu > Preferences >Accounts
Use the + button at the bottom of the List
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.
Add details as required.
Click Done.
10:22 PM Thursday; December 15, 2011
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 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

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

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

HI,
You can create and add another Screen Name to iChat.
From iChat 4 you can have as many AIM Logins and Jabber Logins as you want.
"AIM" in this case includes the Apple IDs (@mac.com and @me.com ending names) that also work as Valid AIM Screen Names as well as AIM registered Names.
"Jabber Names" includes using Google Mail IDs and Facebook IDs as well as any registration with any other Jabber server.
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.
Highlight an Account/Name and then the minus button to delete.
Using the Plus button show you the Add Screen.
8:00 PM Sunday; December 11, 2011
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 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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I don't know how to set up a iChat account!

Well.. I don't know how to set up an account on my MacBook ?
I am confused about these fields:
Description, username and password.
Should account should I use? I don't understand all these computer language like AOL and stuff.. I've tried to use my hotmail acc but that didn't worked.

Hi,
iChat is a Messaging app that can join AIM or Jabber services up to iChat 5
At iChat 6 and Messages (in Mountain Lion ) you can also use an Yahoo ID.
Apple IDs ending in @mac.com and @me.com and @icloud.com are also Valid AIM Screen Names.
However the @me.com an @icloud.com ones will only work in iChat 6 and Messages (Apple changed the way those version allow AIM to Access the Password to the exclusion of earlier versions)
AIM is based an a central server where all names are registered or kept.
Jabber works on many Jabber servers that are then interlinked.
This allows both Public and Private servers.
Public ones are where anyone can register a Name/ID with the sever.
Private ones tend to be that can only be joined if your belong to the required group of people such as a work/office set up.
Both Google and Facebook run Jabber servers that then allow people to use their IDs with Google or Facebook.
The Boxes in your Picture do various things
The Description adds a Title to the Buddy List
The Username is the Screen Name form AIM or the Jabber ID you are using.
The Password is the one you used when your registered the Screen Name or ID
Titled Buddy list
So, you need either Name that works with AIM or a ID that works with Jabber.
10:12 PM Wednesday; December 5, 2012
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 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

How to set up 2 ichat accounts in a home office??

Hi guys anybody know how to have 2 ICHAT accounts? do you have to have 2 DOTMAC accounts? i hope not.
thanks in advance,
JOHN
mac book Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi
Get a free .mac http://www.apple.com/dotmac/ click on free trial and name will work after the 60days.
AIM name free HERE
Tony

How to re-set ichat if 1st account setting was s=wrong?

Who can give a hand? I think it's simple for many of U but I am still green ...

Hi,
Jason has the basics
If I followed these steps then My Google Account would get deleted.
Bonjour is always there (it can only be turned "On" or "Off" by using the "Enable this Account" option on the account Info tab on the right - just visible in this pic).
As both the Jabber type IDs and some Vaild AIM names can use the @ symbol it is easy to set an email address as one account type or the other and then find it can not Login.
If adding a MobileMe (Ends @Me.com) you need to select the MobileMe option in the pane that appears when you press the + Button
Same for @Mac.com names. (select @Mac.com that is)
These are both Valid AIM Screen Names and will login to the AIM Servers (login.oscar.aol.com) and is not a mistake.
However Apple does allow these both to have Passwords longer than 16 characters.
Unfortunately the AIM Servers do not allow Passwords over this length and you get a message that the User Name or the password is "Wrong".
You have to Shorten the password.
You can also add Jabber IDs.
These come in the format or User Name and Server Name joined by the @ symbol making them look like Email address but they are not.
If you chose Jabber in the Add Account Pane and type in any old Email address the server name will be presumed to be the bit after the @ symbol
You can look in the server setting tab at this.
Lets say you had an Email address that was [email protected] and entered this as a Jabber account in iChat.
Then the Server setting tab would show you the name as NorthPoleEmailsAreUs.com (although it would use lower case - I just hope that is easier to read)
Obviously this is not a Jabber server (As well as being a ficticous Email server).
GoogleTalk is a Jabber server run by Google.
If you have such a Mail account then you can Enable Talk on your Account settings at Google then use your Email Address in iChat (you do have to enter it as it shows on the Google pages).
However it has a separate entry spot in the Add Pane as Google do not stick to the Naming Convention - so iChat does it for you (It uses talk.google.com and not gmail.com or googlemail.com).
If we have not covered your scenario then lets us know more details.
9:35 PM Sunday; May 8, 2011
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How can I set up email so I can send iPhoto without using a .mac account?

Hello!
I am trying to send an iPhoto via email. Since I do not want to set up the .mac account yet, how do I correctly set the email send and receive perimeters? POP?
I want to use my yahoo email.
Thanks!
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Thanks again Allan.
I figured out the AOL iChat LATE last night.
I finally got my email up and running. I called Cox to get the correct POP and SMTP addresses. It still wasn't sending, I spoke with Apple who confirmed I had all my perimeters set up correctly. Back to Cox. After a couple frustrating hours, the only reason the email was not sending was that Cox did not support the SSL that I had checked off.
The great thing about Mac (which I kept overlooking) was when I was trying to send my email, it was giving me hints for example the error message smtp.etc is not connecting with the SSL. I could have saved myself some trouble by unchecking that and testing it earlier.

How to use iChat to register a new Jabber Account

I work in an office with all Macs and we'd like to begin using iChat for intra-office messaging. Many of us already have AIM accounts, but we'd like to keep internal office communication strictly internal. We have a computer running Parallels Server and I've downloaded some different Jabber virtual appliances. The difficulty is that when I try to connect from iChat I'm continually prompted for a password.
Now, I've read that Jabber needs an account to be "registered" and several messaging clients (Psi, Adium, etc) support that registration process. What I'd like to know is either:
a) How can one use iChat to perform the Jabber account registration process?
or
b) Is there another suggested piece of software that could be used by an administrator or one individual that could complete that process so that clients could use iChat?
That ought to do it.
Thanks.

Hi,
With the exception of the Get a iChat Screen Name button in the First pane of Add an Account ichat has no other way to Register any name.
AN MobileMe name from Apple, an AIM Name for the AIM site or a Google Name all require that you register via a web Browser on a site.
Some Other Jabber servers also allow you to do this but on the whole it needs something like Psi or AdimuX that have the Jabber Registration module.
However if you are using OX Server then the Tiger and Leopard version have an iChat Server (which is a Jabber Server) on which Accounts can be set up.
Leopard iChat Server Forum
9:30 PM Tuesday; June 2, 2009
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HT204053 if i have an Apple ID associated with a hotmail account...how do I use IChat?

i am learning how to set up IChat and have an Apple ID associated with a hotmail acct. Do I need to set up a mac.com or me.com acct in order to use IChat?
or if I had an old AIM acct how do recover that password?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your iOS device, you need to delete the account from your iOS device first, then add it back using your updated details. (Settings > iCloud, scroll down and hit "Delete Account")

How do you remove an account name from iChat?

The Help function in iChat is not helping me. A friend was at my home with her son and he set up his account on my computer, I would like to delete it, but can't figure out how!!
Thanks!

Also go to your Keychain and remove the reference to his Screen Name there as well.
7:03 PM Tuesday; November 17, 2009

How Can I Set Up iChat in Tiger?

Hello. How can I set up iChat in OS X Tiger? I don't have a .Mac account, or a .Me account, but I do have an iCloud account and an Apple ID. How can I use these to set up iChat?

Hi, I'm not sure icloud account works with 10.4.11, but you can get a free AOL/AIM account that will work...
Creating a new AIM ID
If your system cannot be upgraded to OS X 10.7.2 or later, you can create a new AIM ID to use with your current version of OS X by following these steps:
Create a new AIM ID from the AOL website.
Add this new account to iChat by following the instructions in this article.
After setting up your AIM account in iChat, Open iChat preferences.
Click the Accounts button in the preferences window, then select your new AIM account from the list of accounts.
Click the Server Settings tab and make sure that the option to use SSL is selected for your new AIM account.
Close the iChat preferences window.
Creating a new Apple ID requires you to re-add your buddies to your new buddy list. Re-add your buddies to your by following the instructions in this article.
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How to ichat using bonjour with no AIM account

how do you get ichat to work with bonjour when one user has NO AIM account. This is on a local network in the workplace. Is it even possible? I think it is because I used to work at an Applestore and any computer could chat with any other computer, and I know they weren't using AIM names.

thanks but still confused.
I have an AIM account.
I have a window with the title "AIM buddy list"
Both my Bonjour window AND my AIM window mirror my "away" setting. when one says away, the other says away. OK.
But in prefs, there is a setting when the Bonjour account is selected that says, "When iChat opens, automatically log in". Do you have to "log in" to Bonjour. AIM is automatic.
that is now checked in Bonjour. Does sharing or anything else need to be turned on.
There is also a check box to "publish my email and IM address".
In my AIM account, I have to add people to my buddy list. How do you add someone to your Bonjour list.
Thanks

How can I un-setup my AIM account from iChat?

Maybe this is a dumb question but I'm a new mac user. I just set up iChat with my old AIM account but I decided I don't want anything having to do with AOL on my new computer. Can anyone tell me how I can UN-setup my AIM account with iChat?

Hi
Goto ichats prefs/accounts highlight the account and click on the - button at the bottom of the window.
Tony

How do you reconfigure iChat set-up

Need to change a setting but can't figure out how to access (it's not through iChat preferences) nor can I get to it thru my iMac account?

Hi Omoo,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions
Which setting are you trying to change ?
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How to set up an ichat account, how to set up an ichat account

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