My buddy list wont show my buddies

my buddy list will not show my buddies. I have no clue what happened because i was on ichat the other day and it was perfectly fine but today it has problems. Any answers to this?Thanks.

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10:25 PM Sunday; December 30, 2007

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When I open my iChat, the offline buddies appear but will not display as online. I know that people are online and using their chat, but I cannot seem to get Chat to display available contacts. Have I done something wrong?

Hi,
GO to iChat > Preferences > Accounts > Server settings tab and change the port to 443
This is for the TCP login.
iChat also uses this port on the UDP protocol to get feedback for the Buddy list so this port needs to be open on UDP in the Mac Firewall IF ON and in any routing device.
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Yesterday night, March 10, I logged onto iChat and my buddy list didn't show up. So i restarted my computer and nothing happened. Still no buddy list. I logged on to AIM and i got my buddy list to load. So is there anything i can do to get my buddy list to load on iChat? I've tried everything i can, yet nothing works. Everyone just appears offline and even the AIM Bots won't load.

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Before we list everything you have already tried can you list what that actually is please ?
Have you checked the iChat Block List ?
Have you changed the setting from what it is to something else and back again to write it to the .plist ?
Have you tried deleting the .plist
Have you tried the one where you delete your Screen Name from the iChat Accounts section and then re-add it ?
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So I logged onto ichat and my buddy list is gone. Its just a blank window, no groups or anything just a blank window, any advice? I already tried restarting my computer and turning on and off my account

The Original Poster said they were using Snow Leopard and therefore iChat 5.
For some reason this does seem to happen to AIM names.
There tends to be two fixes.
1) deleting the Account/Screen Name in iChat and then re-adding it. (the refreshes trhe Login at a very deep level)
2) In iChat > Preferences >Accounts untick the box "Use this "Account" (Log out)
In the server setting tab disable the SSL option
Log back in again. Sometimes AIM have issues with there SSL server and you need to manual reset iChat.
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Friends "buddy list" not showing after the last update..!!

I just downloaded the update and for some reason i cant see my friends online, i tried restarting couple of time and its still the same, and two of my other friends are having the same problems, any advise ?

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Repair permissions.
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hey guys... my friend for some reason isn't showing up on my AIM Ichat buddy list, he shows up on every other thing i sign into aim on.. he shows up on the drop down menu from the top menu bar! Any help? his end or my end..
I show up on his buddy list though

POsitive... it just deletes him off of the buddy list, i asked a friend to add him also and it did the same thing... but the funny thing is that it says he is added to my list on the AIM program by AOL, adium, and meebo, but not on ichat.
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It would be nice if we can get our buddy list to show up in full-screen mode. Perhaps have it attached to the chat window on the left or right?

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It would nice.
Although iChat dealt with most windows separately the Buddy lists could be joined in iChat 5 and 6.
This would suggest that the Messages window could be linked to other windows or at list a Combined Buddy list if being used.
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I have tried to find the answer to this everywhere in iChat help and this discussion board, but I can't get an answer.
In iChat's buddy list, next to some buddies, there is a little wireless/rss radio symbol. What does that mean?

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Buddies are online, but show up in my buddy list as offline

I have kept my OS and all Apple software up to date. I am not sure when this changed, but now in iChat, even though I know my buddies are online, and I am logged in and my statuus is set to available, they all show up as offline in my buddy list. I show up as offline in their buddy list. We can chat and video chat, which I do not think should be the case, but we cannot share screens which we used to be able to do.
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HI,
It would seem that one end or the other is somehow signalling that it is set to Invisible.
If, with AIM Logins (AIM, @mac.com and MobileMe), you set the status to Invisible you should be able to "See" your Buddies as On-line where as they cannot (they see you as Off Line if they display Off Line Buddies).
However at this point you can Send Text Messages (invites) and Audio Only and Video Invites and chat in all methods if they accept.
(I must admit to not having tried Invisible and Screen Sharing)
It could be that both ends have set Invisible.
More likely it is a "flagging" issue against each account on the AIM Server.
I would go to iChat > Preferences > General Section and Unlink the Buddy list you have logged in
Check the Status of each (And where it is set in any to "Be the Same in All Buddy Lists")
It seems the Yahoo account if you have one will do "Invisible" but will also tend to override the settings of other Buddy Lists.
After that I would rotate the status of all the AIM logins you have from whatever it is now to Invisible and then back to Available.
10:03 PM Monday; March 5, 2012
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Online buddies not showing up in buddy list

so, for some reason, i only have one "buddy" that will show up on my list as online. this is not a coincidence....for some reason the rest of my buddies who are online are not showing up in the ichat column.

So you changed the Quicktime setting
And the Port Change to 443 and had no luck.
You repeated these steps in a new Mac User Account ?
And got the same result with the same Buddy List ?
IF you have no other computer or application using the same Buddy List then the problem is with the AIM servers.
In iChat > Preferences > General Section there is a choice to "When I Quit iChat, Setmy Status to Offline" Are you using this option checked or Unchecked ?
If Unchecked can you check it and Quit iChat.
When you start up iChat again have things changed ?
This will be the limit of what you can do on the Mac.
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I have added a new user to our server, but for some reason they are not showing up in others' Buddy Lists to be able to message them on a local network. If I enable Bonjour they show there, and they are able to access the file server just fine. To make the situation more confusing, looking into the logs I see them appear to be connecting to the chat server correctly. Any ideas as to what may be wrong?
Aug 21 05:47:08 mavserve.local jabberd/c2s[3995]: Authentication succeeded, mech: DIGEST-MD5 client IP: ::ffff:192.168.1.46 client port: 49190 username: krislg
Aug 21 05:47:08 mavserve.local jabberd/c2s[3995]: int od_auth_check_service_membership(const char *, const char *): checking user "krislg" access for service "chat"
Aug 21 05:47:08 mavserve.local jabberd/c2s[3995]: int od_auth_check_service_membership(const char *, const char *): mbr_check_service_membership returned 0
Aug 21 05:47:08 mavserve.local jabberd/c2s[3995]: int od_auth_check_service_membership(const char *, const char *): user "krislg" is authorized to access service "chat"
Aug 21 05:47:08 mavserve.local jabberd/c2s[3995]: [10] DIGEST-MD5 authentication succeeded: [email protected] ::ffff:192.168.1.46:49190 TLS
Aug 21 05:47:08 mavserve.local jabberd/c2s[3995]: [10] bound: jid=[email protected]/kris's iMac
Aug 21 05:47:08 mavserve.local jabberd/sm[3993]: session started: jid=[email protected]/kris's iMac
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I was able to message the user directly [email protected] and he received it fine, apparently he is just invisible in the Buddies window. Stumped.

Lion Issue - Buddies not in Buddy List

I can see my Buddies in the menu bar drop down but not in my buddy list. Any ideas?

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If you have several Buddy Lists that Login to AIM then the Menu Bar iCon drop down will show all those that are On line.
There may be some that are Not in a Buddy List when you view it.
It does similar thing with multi-Jabber Buddy lists
The Drop down will show All but lets say you have Google List, that will only show you your Google Buddies (Buddies added to the Google List)
Of course the other thing is that the Drop Down can display Jabber Buddies whilst you look at a AIM (Login) Buddy list or vice versa)
8:14 PM Monday; November 28, 2011
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Hi,
Short answer is Yes.
The Long answer also depends on both ends iChat menu > Preferences > Accounts > Security tab settings when it is an AIM (@mac.com or MobileMe as well) Account.
If they set Allow Buddy List Only but don't add you then you can not see them either.
Same if they Block you
Same if they use Allow Specific People and don't add you.
Actually with these settings neither end can see each other.
With Invisible, the person who is set to Invisible can see which of their Buddies is On line (Available or Away), like a one way mirror.
Add to that mistyping Screen Names and such and it can get hard to find out what is actually up.
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10:21 PM Wednesday; September 21, 2011
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