Merge buddy lists to one

Is there a way to combine the buddy list windows, i.e., like in Adium?

No.
Use http://www.apple.com/feedback/ichat.html for Wish List stuff.
You will have to State you are on iChat 4 as the version list has not been updated.
8:00 PM Monday; October 29, 2007

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Consolidating buddy lists

I just started using iChat, and I initially setup my google talk acct. in iChat. When I went to add buddies, a new AIM list was created as a separate window, outside my Jabber list. I am wondering, if possible, how to consolidate all my buddy lists into one Jabber list, and how to add all buddies into the one list.
Thank you.

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Saving buddy lists?

I want to switch my screen name, as well as use .Mac for iChat, but I have overe 400 buddies and I don't want to spend the time retyping my ENTIRE buddy list. Is there a way to save my buddy list and import it into the new account(s)? thanks!!!

Hi,
I tried this in AIM 4.7 on my G4
I checked the Options to the save and had everything selected and it saved the list and details as a whole.
The Buddy List appeared in total separated into groups (including Off-line ones).
I saved mine to the Desktop and then Double Clicked on it and it offered the option to View it (I had AIM open at the time)
You are talking about Groups as in the third picture here http://www.ralphjohnsuk.dsl.pipex.com/page8.html ?
You are not trying to amalgamate several iChat Screen name Buddy Lists into one Buddy List ?
8:21 PM Tuesday; June 5, 2007

Company is merging with another company. How do I add other company's Bonjour/Messenger buddy list to our company's Bonjour/Messenger buddy list?

So the company I work for is merging with another company. Our company already has an internal Bonjour/Messages set up so that we can all communicate to each other. The company that we're merging with has the same.
How do I merge their Bonjour/Messenger Buddy List with our Bonjour/Messenger Buddy List so it's all in one list?
Much thanks!!!

Hi,
It will depend how and where the other computers are.
Broadly speaking any Mac computer on the same LAN using iChat or Messages with the Bonjour account enabled will see all the other Macs (The app reads the computer User's Contacts App (Address Book) My Card and broadcasts the name)
This works up to the point you go beyond 255 computers or devices.
The router will have one IP allowing for 255 devices to be connected.
To state this another way.
The Bonjour account in Messages or iChat is a self connecting, self populating Buddy list.
Your Name is read from the Address Book on older systems or the Contacts app in Mountain Lion and above at the one called the My Card and this is broadcast as your "Screen Name".
You see the names in the Buddy list that correspond to other peoples My Card.
On this iMac I am using I am "Ralph Johns"
On my G4 tower I am "Ralph G4" and on my laptop I am "Ralph MacBook Pro"
This means if I hook up the three using Bonjour I know which is which.
(As an aside this also allows me to separate them out on AIM and Jabber lists as well as I have the My Card for this computer and Address Cards for each others)
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How do I create an auto reply for one person in my buddy list?

I want to be able to have an automatic reply to one person in my buddy list whenever they IM me so that i dont have to reply myself. I dont want to block them but i sometimes want to be able to just avoid them and so does anyone know any applescript that i can run whenever they send me a message??

Hi,
In the Buddy List highlight a Buddy.
Use the CMD and I keys together (Get Info)
This brings up their Info Card.
Select Actions (Same as Alerts in the Preferences In Fact some versions do Read "Alerts" )
Change the top item to Invite (Text)
Select the AppleScript option.
Set the Script to be Auto-Decline.
This will produce no response on the Buddies end.
For that go to the General Section of the Preferences and set the option to "Auto-Reply with my Away Message"
This will then send the Away message to the Buddy set in the first bit but to no--one else.
If you wish to be able to Reply when you have an Available Message up, that is a little more difficult.
9:19 PM Thursday; September 29, 2011
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One other user & I can no longer see each other in the buddy list

My friend & I, who have used iChat for years, and also recently, and neither of us has changed anything, can no longer see each other in either one of our buddy lists.
We've checked:
- That neither of us is blocking the other
- That other people can see us - they can
- That we can see other people - we can - we can even see the same people as each other, just not each other
We've tried blocking & unblocking each other, in case that would reset something, and both rebooted our Mac's several times.
Any ideas???

Ralph Johns (UK) wrote:
Hi,
I can see that Accounts/Screen Names can get messed up on the various flags set by an App to and therefore On the AIM servers.
What I can not see in this case is why it seems to be limited to just one Buddy on each computer.
As the Block list (And therefore presumably Allow Lists) are not actually shown in the .p0list I ma hoping that deleting it and restarting ichat at one end at least will reset that iChat form the Defaults haled in the app when you do this.
(you could delete that Account Screen Name from iChat ? Preferences > Accounts to achieve the same things in a more destructive way as it would tend to rewrite all the .plists which may included Jabber ones that are OK
We both did delete our screen names in iChat, and also deleted ALL the prefs manually.
Also, we've tried using entirely different computers to log-in to those same accounts, with the same results - somehow we're blocked from each other.
I think we're both giving up at this stage. We have additional accounts we can use to see each other. But it would be really nice to get to the bottom of it, because if it happens once it can happen again. Who knows? Maybe there are other people in my buddy list that this is happening with right now, but we don't know it. This person just happens to be someone I chat with a lot, and we noticed we weren't seeing each other.

How do I merge two buddy lists?

Just downloaded Chax. I love the tabbed chat feature, but I want to integrate my two Buddy Lists. How do I do that? Does Chax offer that?

Hi heatgrave,
I am not aware of any quick way to do this.
Make sure each Buddy has a Real name or Nickname added to the iChat Address Card. (click once on a Buddy and then use Apple key and i together (Get info). Then select the Address Card).
This adds the Buddy to you Address Book.
Names can be dragged from the Address Book to iChat.
9:55 PM Wednesday; January 24, 2007

Bandwidth problem connecting with one person on my buddy list

I'm connected to the web via cable modem, which is connected to an Apple Extreme Base Station. I was able to video chat with my brother-in-law in LA who is connecting via DSL. Recently we can't video chat. Nothing seems to have been changed in either of our settings and we can both connect with others that we share in common in our Buddy list.
All we get now is the Not enough Bandwidth error. Any ideas why this is happening?

Error 22 will be the Quicktime setting, the Bandwidth setting in iChat or something the ISP is doing top the Connection speed.
Reinstalling Leopard for just that is not likely to change anything.
7:11 PM Saturday; January 12, 2008

Is there a way to combine buddy lists?

I use AIM and Jabber, and am not too crazy about having multiple buddy list windows. Is there anyway to merge them into one?
-p

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How do I fix my ichat? My buddy list appears, but whenever I try to click on a buddy to chat, IChat won't let me. Nothing appears. When I try to click on "File" - "New Chat" Also nothing appears. What's wrong?

My buddy list appears, but whenever I try to click on a buddy to chat, IChat won't let me. Nothing appears. It won't let me chat regularly via text, or by video/audio chat. Even when I click on File -> New Chat, still nothing shows up! But, when I look at how many chats I have open, it says I have "X" amount of chats open! But nothing is there.........
If somebody tries to video chat me from my buddy list, I can see the request.... and then the video chat will work. But I cannot request anybody and if they send me a regular text ichat, ichat won't deliver it to me.
Somebody please help me I've tried so many things and nothing is working!!!!! :/

Hi,
This sounds like it is about Window positions.
iChat has Default places for Incoming Invites.
Video is always top Center of your Screen
Audio and Text chats are Upper right with the Audio slightly lower than Text Chats.
Secondary invites are sort of Stacked like when you open multiple files from the same App.
Your outgoing Windows are "Remembered" as to where the last one was when you used it.
This can be an issue if you use your Mac with a second display and turn Off Mirroring.
You windows can get "left" on the other screen.
Go to System Preferences > Displays and turn On Mirroring and the windows should come back to one Screen/display.
If this does not help go to your Home Folder/Library/Preferences and delete (Drag to Trash) com.apple.ichat.plist and restart iChat.
Unfortunately you will need to reset any iChat Preferences you have changed from defaults.
10:42 PM Tuesday; April 26, 2011
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How to merge multiple spools in one PDF

hi all,
i have a requirement to merge multiple spools into one PDF.
I have the code to merge 2 spools into one PDF but acc to my requirement this number can be any( say 100). hence i need help to merge N number of spools in one PDF.
Regards
geeta gupta

Take the data of all spools into a internal table then create a new spool with this data then downlad this data into pdf format.
By this method you can download any number of spools into a single pdf file. Please see the below code
Fetch spool number
Select rqident from tsp01 into table g_t_data
where...............
Read sool data and take this data into a internal table
Loop at g_t_data.
           Call program to read spool as follows
      SUBMIT rspolst2 EXPORTING LIST TO MEMORY AND RETURN
      WITH rqident = g_t_data-rqident
      WITH first = '1'
      Read memory where spool data is stored
      CALL FUNCTION 'LIST_FROM_MEMORY'
           TABLES
                listobject = mem_tab
      Convert spool data to Ascii
      IF NOT mem_tab[] IS INITIAL.
        CALL FUNCTION 'LIST_TO_ASCI'
             EXPORTING
                  list_index         = -1
             TABLES
                  listasci           = g_t_text1(table type c length 10000)
                  listobject         = mem_tab(LIKE TABLE OF abaplist)
        APPEND LINES OF g_t_text1 TO g_t_text.
      ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
Create new spool with internal table data
NEW-PAGE PRINT ON
KEEP IN SPOOL l_keep(variable type c default u2018Xu2019)
LINE-SIZE      300
LIST NAME      l_list (variable(30) TYPE c default 'combined_pdf')
NO DIALOG.
LOOP AT g_t_text.
    WRITE: g_t_text-data.
ENDLOOP.
NEW-PAGE PRINT OFF.
COMMIT WORK.
Fetch this spool number from TSP01
SELECT rqident rqcretime FROM tsp01 INTO TABLE l_t_pdf(internal table having two fields rqident LIKE tsp01-rqident and rqcretime LIKE tsp01-rqcretime)
WHERE   rqowner = sy-uname AND
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Download spool data into pdf format
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERT_ABAPSPOOLJOB_2_PDF'
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            src_spoolid   = l_t_pdf-rqident
       IMPORTING
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       TABLES
            pdf           = g_pdf(table like table of tline)
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'
       EXPORTING
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            filename     = l_data
            filetype     = 'BIN'
       TABLES
            data_tab     = g_pdf.
Hope this will help you.

Open Buddy List instead of Chat Window

I remember at least with iChat, when you clicked on the icon in the dock, you could have it open the Buddy List to pick a name to start a conversation. Now with Messages, everytime I click on the icon, it just takes me to a new chat window. I've looked around in the options and can't find a way to default to opening the Buddy List instead of a window, even if I move a particular chat account above iMessage in the Accounts window.
Any workarounds? If not, I'd like to see this make it to the feature request list.
Thanks!

Hi,
The Window Menu (once Messages in Launched) and the keystrokes listed remains the only place that this can be done.
The option to Chose any Window that is Open from the DOCK icon has gone (Used mainly when the app was Not "front")
The other method of using the Menu bar icon drop down to get to individual buddy List also does not work as it does not list which Buddy list is "Front" (you can opt to show or not Show the Bonjour Buddies (making Bonjour the "Front" Buddy list but it does not tell which is when the Bonjour one is not)
Like you I am somewhat "iChat Centric" about this.
8:59 PM Thursday; March 15, 2012
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How to get the iChat Buddy List to automatically appear on the Desktop

On my friends computer iChat is set to launch whenever he logs into his account, but the Buddy List does not appear on his Desktop. So when I see him online there is no green video camera mark next to his name.
If I want to do a screen share with him, I have to ask him to go to the iChat icon towards the right side of the Menubar (the round 'speech ballon') and click on Show AIM Buddy List at the bottom. Once he has the Buddy List on his Desktop, I can screen share with him.
Surely there must be a way for the Buddy List to always appear on the Desktop when logging into his computer... Can anyone help out?

Hi,
Interesting one.
If I were telling you how to create this it would be like this:-
1) Go to System Preferences > Accounts > Your account and enter iChat in the Login items. (Makes iChat launch at Computer Start Up)
2) to Hide the Window (Buddy List(s) ) at Start Up click the Red Button to close the Window/Buddy List before Quitting.
This will cause the next Start Up to not show th Buddy List.
How you make the Buddy List appear after that depends on how you bring it in to View.
NOTES:
Some Windows in iChat from Buddy List to the Preferences to th Actual Chat Windows will appear in the places you left them for the most part.
The Exceptions are Incoming Invites.
This means the Buddy List will be were you left it, your Outgoing Invite/Preview whilst waiting for Connection will always be where the last outgoing Video Chat window was.
Using the Red Button on a Open Chat Window will end the Chat (All types).
However doing it to a Buddy List only Hides it.
In addition to this using the Item (or the Keystrokes) from the Window Menu of iChat for a Buddy list when it is On view will Hide it (or Bring it back if Hidden)
The Show AIM option in the Menu Bar icon's drop down is a two edge thing as it shows All Buddies (Available ones) from all AIM Buddy lists if you have more than one (Apple names are also AIM Names in this case).
Does he want to change this Behaviour ?
He would be better off using the iChat Window menu (or Keystrokes) after he has clicked the icon in the Dock to bring the app to the Front so he can access the Menu bar with ichat in it.
He could also click and Hold the icon for iChat in the DOCK and select the Account Name there. This, if I remember correctly, will have the same effect as presenting the Buddy List from the Menu Bar icon (it will be hidden at Next Start Up)
9:58 PM Saturday; November 13, 2010
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How can I see my jabber buddy list as a default and not a new message window on my message app??

I recently got my OS reinstalled and since then I had a multitude of issues.
1) my texts kept showing up on my macbook pro so I took my cell number off the preferences on messages on macbook. Can I still have people facetime me using my cell phone number?
2) I do see my jabber buddy list when I click on the message center as a default. I keep getting the new message window, can i set a default that when i click on it I see who is online vs. having to go to windows and select buddy list all the time??
3) what is bonjour and why would i want to use it?

Hi,
Re 1)
The settings for Messages > iMessages are separate from the FaceTime ones on both Mac and iOS devices.
Re 2)
If you have a Jabber (Google or Facebook Chats included) ID in Messages > Preferences > Accounts you can go to the Window Menu and display them.
By default they are a combined list (Any AIM, Jabber, Yahoo or Bonjour account that is logged in)
In the Preference > General section you can untick the item that gathers them into one list to show them separately.
They also appear in the Window Menu separately with their open CMD + # keystrokes.
Once you have them On show quit the app that way.
It will "Remember" that they were on Show the next time you open the app.
Re 3)
Bonjour is a process on the Mac that "sees" all other Macs on your LAN and shows them in the Side bar of the Finder window as "automatic" Shares.
In iChat and Messages it is an included account that cannot be deleted
If Enabled it can have it's own Buddy List (see 2) )
It shows the Names of the peopel singed in on the other Macs on your LAN that are also using iChat or Messages with the Bonjour Account Enabled.
The name is taken from the My Card in the Address Book or Contacts app.
The My Card should have the Mac User's details (you on Your computer when Logged in) and a head and Shoulders icon.
I have three computers
One is running iChat 4.x.x and on that machine (running Leopard) the My Card calls me Ralph G4 as it is running on G4 tower.
My Laptop has me as Ralph MacBook Pro
This iMac I am posting from has the My Card of Ralph Johns
On this computer if I have iChat running on the other I see Ralph G4 and Ralph MacBook Pro as "Buddies"
It can do everything that the AIM and Jabber logins can do.
Text Chat, Audio Only Chat, Video Chat, Screen Sharing, File Transfers etc.
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How do i edit a name in message AIM buddy list

my daughter shows one way to me in the AIM buddy list and another way to another one of my daughter's. this leads me to believe that i can change the representation on my machine, but i cannot figure out how to do it. how do i do it?

Select the name in Messages Buddy list -> Buddies -> Show Info -> Address Card

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