Ichat webcam icon.

people who i know who have webcams, have the icons. other people, have the webcam icon, and say they don't have one. is this possible, or just bs? lol. just seeking a little clarification on this topic. thanks.
macbook   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

Hi Steven,
It is possible to use an Add-On utility called iChatUSBCam and not have a camera.
It provides a workaround fro starting One-way video chats when you are not the one with the camera.
Having said that I would think this would only apply in very few cases and is probably not what this is about.
The AIM servers send info to iChat about the capabilities of your Buddies.
You can see these if you click once on a Buddy to highlight an then press the Apple key and i together (Get Info).
Then from the drop down at the top of the window that appears you can select the buddies screen name.
This is where to look up their profile (if they have set one) and keep notes about them.
Also on this page is what they can do in terms of Chats and file sending and so on.
Does the listing of capabilities match what you see or what they are telling you ?
If it matches what you see then try deleting com.apple.ichat.AIM.plist
This is in Users/(your account)/Library/Preferences and restart iChat
It may ask you to confirm your details in the Start Up Screens.
2:37 PM Thursday; March 22, 2007

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