.mac account for iChat

do i have to buy a .mac membership for iChat or is there a way to get a .mac account restrected to using iChat for free?

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I know my Apple Id (not .mac) and password but I can't logon to ichat. I keep getting a message of password not matched. Do I need to create a new account for Ichat?

I know my Apple Id (it isn't ".mac") and password but I can't log on to ichat. I keep getting a message of password not matched. I saw somewhere that my Apple id is the same as my ichat account. Do I need to create a new account for Ichat? I've already reset my Apple id password 3 times in the last 2 days. What am I doing wrong?

Hi,
At one time only Email IDs from Apple (when it was just @Mac.com) were referred to as "Apple IDs"
Other IDs such as to log in to Discussions were know as Discussion IDs
Things like the Online Store and iTunes and Apple realising that people would prefer one ID to have access to Everything tended to move things together.
There can be a variety of combos now
iChat Name
@mac.com before MobileMe
@mac.com post MobileMe
AIM Names
AIM names current
MobileMe (@Me.com)
Style
Email Address valid with the .Mac service prior MobileMe Note 1
Email style Name Valid with AIM
May or may not be an Email address
Can be AIM issued or third party Email address
Valid Email with MobileMe Service
Other Abilities
May also be Currently valid email linked to a MobileMe account
Maybe Valid Apple ID
Is a Valid AIM Screen Name
May Not be a Valid Apple ID (was an option choice at one stage)
Is a Valid AIM Screen Name
May not look like an Email (No @whatever.com) but may be linked to either an AOL email account or AIM one
Current Registration seems to be pushing Email registration (@AIM.com)or asking to use another you currently use.
Trial Accounts are limited to the Trial Period Only as Emails, Valid AIM Screen Names and Apple IDs.
Apple ID
Possibly (likely)
Possibly (depends when Registered)
More currently Yes.
No
No
Yes
Glad I could help.
8:39 PM Thursday; September 15, 2011
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Hi, I've been using iChat AV with my .mac account since december, and it was all fine 'til some weeks ago.
From the end of may 2006 I have many problems using my .mac account in iChat AV.
Sometimes I can connect, but usually I can't connect! And the problem is the same on my iMac G5, on my old iBook G4 12" 1.33, and on my new MacBook 1.83...
When I try to enter with a AIM account it's fine and I connect!
But all my friends have my .mac account and I want to use it!
Can anyone help me?
P.S. I tried to use programs like adiumX, but I still have the same connection problem using my .mac account! And I still pay for it!!!!

Hi maurizio79,
Every now and then AIM sort out what they think are unused account names and make them available again.
Whilst they are doing this there are often problems with .mac names for some reason.
After the period that lots of people were having problems, there have been cases of invidual .mac users who have problems.
The solution is to speak to .mac and ask them to look into it.
2:47 PM Saturday; June 17, 2006

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Hi,
I am using OS X mountain lion 10.7.5. When I recently updated my software, it asked me to install ichat (which I did). My problem is that I cannot login to either .me or .mac accounts to see my contacts. I use the same username and password as the one I used to login in to apple's store and itunes. None of them work. How can I log in to these account to get my contact list? I should mention that I can login to icloud just fine as well as all other apple sites and services except ichat.

Hi,
This thread is iChat and tagged with "iChat".
You mention you have Lion which would be iChat 6 and the Message Beta has run out now.
From there I surmised you were logging your AIM valid Apple IDs into the AIM servers.
Nothing has happened to any or all of your iMessages contacts (Unless you have deleted your Address Book)
However you do now need Mountain Lion to login to the iMessages servers (and the Messages app that does that bit for you).
10:24 PM Friday; December 21, 2012
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Can't make an account for ichat, can't make an account for ichat

Hi
I just bought me a new macbook pro and i wanted to use ichat.
The problem is, I can't make an account to use it.
I just have hotmail.com accounts, and it doesn't work on ichat.
And i fail in making an account that is compatible for ichat.
Can you help me ?

Hi,
In iChat 4 there was a Get an iChat Account Button that linked to the @mac.com registration page (when you selected @mac.com in the add account drop down)
In iChat 5 this had an option for the AIM Option to link via the same button to the AIM registration page.
Then AIM moved their Registration page.
For iChat 5.x.x. Apple have since disabled the Button (or pointed it to s different page saying the service has sort of ended)
The Button is not there in iChat 6
The @mac.com registration Page is Here
This allows you to link an external to Apple email ID to an @mac.com name (It is sort of Hard Linked so you can only use this Email once this way)
You cannot use an Email already Linked to an Apple ID.
The Password you create here must not exceed 16 characters (AIM Server limit)
The Name is both Apple ID and AIM valid Screen Name.
A name create here will work in any version of iChat.
iCloud.
You can create a iCloud ID and this will end @me.com
Again the password should be kept to 16 characters max.
You can link existing Apple IDs to this as the creation process but again this "Hard Links" the emails
iCloud does allow you to create IDs from scratch (i.e with an email not already used with an Apple ID)
These names will only work in iChat 6 or Messages beta or Above (there's bound to be an "Above" at some stage as they say Messages will be in Mountain Lion)
AIM registration page is here
This can create any ID you want (it says it will be @aim.com but your don't enter this Suffix)
You can use a secondary email for Password recovery and confirmation as many times as you want.
The password is limited to 16 automatically
You an in fact list any existing email as the AIM name (I have seen both Google mail IDs and Hotmail IDs as AIM Screen Names and technically it is possible to use an Apple name/ ID and the Name at AIM - most times it will tell you it is already in use)
9:53 PM Friday; April 6, 2012
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Can't use my .Mac account in iChat

Does anyone have the server address and port for .Mac? My computer thinks I am trying to connect to the AOL server.

Hi,
Umm, now we enter the muddy waters of what is an Apple ID and where can it be used.
You can create an Apple ID for Logging in here at Discussions, iTunes, the On line Store and a few other places like the Developers areas.
In most cases this ends up being an Email address that you have.
You certainly have to list an Email for contact and for retrieval of Passwords and such.
Using the iChat "Get an iChat Account" option in iChat 4 when set to the @Mac.com setting (And the MobileMe and @Mac.com options in iChat 5) will take you to this page to register for an @mac.com name
At this point some history may help.
@mac.com names were the email names that Apple gave when people registered for the .Mac Service that preceded MobileMe.
At that time a Trial accounts worked in iChat forever, as did Lapsed accounts.
MobileMe does allow Trial accounts but the name as a valid iChat Screen Name stops working once the Trial is cancelled.
Apple Email addresses from @Mac.com or MobileMe (@Me.com) are automatically Apple IDs
They are also automatically Valid AIM Screen Names (iChat Names)
So. You Apple ID if based on an Email that does not come from Apple is not likely to be an Valid AIM screen Name.
Therefore in the screen in iChat > Preferences > Accounts > + Button at bottom of list, you cannot use the @mac.com option (Or the MobileMe option) and enter the Apple ID as the Name. (If that is what you meant by "create")
If you go on to select @mac.com or the MobileMe option and then hit the Button "Get an iChat Account" it will depend which version of iChat you are using as to where you get Linked to.
All options including the AIM one lead to the Apple @mac.com name registration if using iChat 4
In iChat 5 the AIM one leads to the AIM Registration one and both Apple ones lead to the @mac.com page.
Stated another way.
Any Apple Email ID is also an Apple ID (iTunes, Stores, Discussions) AND An Valid AIM Screen name - Logging in then need the password to be 16 characters or Less.
Any Apple ID not based on an Apple Email is NOT an Valid AIM Screen Name.
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There's more.
Any @Mac.com name will work in iChat. If this was registered before the MobileMe service began AND the account was paid for - at the start of MobileMe you got a @me.com and for Email Purposes these could be linked and you could effectively still use the @mac.com ending one with the MobileMe service. (They are somewhat interchangeable in Mail)
On the iChat front though, this gives you TWO iChat Screen Names. (They are not Interchangeable here)
I hope all this lets you see where you are at.
8:37 PM Friday; March 18, 2011
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.Mac account expiring. Will I lose my iChat account with the same name?

Hi,
Generally speaking a @mac.com name if it is/was a trial still works in iChat even if a paid for account lapses (No matter when you got the trial account).
However MobileMe accounts do not work after the trail Period is stopped or the account lapses.
Since Mobileme allowed people to keep their @mac.com names and we are now only just coming up to the renewal time I don't have any info on whether @mac.com names that were used with MobileMe will keep their iChat functionality.
The current button on the Adding a new Screen Name that says "Get an iChat Account" does in fact link to a Apple Web page to get a @mac.com name for free.
This would suggest that @Mac.names will work after they lapse even if they were linked with a MobileMe account.
8:48 PM Tuesday; May 19, 2009
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.mac account with ichat

Is it possible for me to have my .mac name appear to everyone else as just my .mac username?
For instance
.mac account = [email protected]
what we want = johnsmith
anyone?

Hi Kagan,
Whatever screen name you use is what is displayed to the other person.
In iChat you can toggle between you screen name and the "Real Name" in the Adress Book Me Card which holds your info.
Your Buddies can, if using iChat add your Real Name or suitable moniker to their iChat Buddy list and therefore Address Book for their entry for you. Other IM clients can do this as well.
@mac names will diplay you as [email protected] which can be a problem if it is an live email address as well. (which is probably what you want to know)
Either get a new trial @mac account and create a name that gives less info and not add it to Mail or get an AIM name and do the same thing.
10:20 PM Tuesday; August 8, 2006

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Hello,
I think I might be confused about how iChat works. I have a dot-Mac account, and have that information entered correctly in the iChat preferences. However, when I start iChat, it asks me for AIM account information. Am I mising something here? Does iChat only work with AIM accounts? I thought iChat worked with dot-Mac accounts, too (especially since I have the option of dot-Mac iChat encryption). Do I need to have an AIM AND a dot-Mac account (this doesn't make sense, but I suppose you never know)? I have tried deleted the plist and restarting the computer, but no matter how many times I try to rebuild my iChat account, it keeps asking me for AIM account info. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Is your password too long ?
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You just have to select the @mac option
Ralph
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