Imac external speakers

hi!
i conected to my imac a 2.1 normal speakers, its all work fine, the sound is great, but the only prob is that the only sound that i get is from the external speakers and the imac speakers are scilent and i dont getting any voice from them.
there is a solution ?
thanx!

Hi Don,
Griffin made the iFire a few years ago that does just that...connect the Pro Speakers to any computer. Google it and I'm sure you can find one.
John

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When you start Messages fro the first time you are asked for an Apple ID
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The App should have also picked on on those iChat Accounst you had before.
These should be Enabled if they were when you last used iChat.
Exactly which "Accounts" are logged in can be seen in Message Menu > Accounts and will include the iMessage "Account" and Bonjour.
In the Window menu you will see CMD +0 for the Messages window and CMD+1 for the "Buddies" window which is a combined list at this stage.
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There is no Buddy list for iMessages side
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