Set up ichat account

i tried to create ichat account, but i forgot my email address (me.com), how can i retrieve my me.com address or shall i just create a new one?
secondly, where can i find imessage in mac book pro? i went through application, its not there.

go to https://auth.me.com/authenticate    and on the bottom of the screen is your option. 
Currently iMessage is unavailable for the Mac. You can only iMessage on iOS devices such as the iPad and the iPhone. 

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  • Cant set up ichat account

    Im trying to set up an iChat account...
    I go to... Get an ichat account
    Fill in all of the info
    Then go back to prefs to add in new account, but keep getting the following message
    The MobileMe password you entered is not correct.
    What am I missing here? Am I supposed to be paying for some other service to get iChat account?

    Hi,
    iChat is a Free app if that is what you are saying.
    You can use An AIM name which is free to get.
    You can use a lapsed Paid for @mac.com name or a Old trial account for Free as well
    You can sign up for a trial of @me.com (MobileMe) and the name will work in iChat for 60 days or until you cancel the trial.
    Jabber names are free and GoogleTalk is a Jabber server and if you have a Googlemail account you already have an ID.
    iChat will Video to any AIM on PC user if they are at AIM 5.9 on XP (AIM movewd the goal posts on that)
    iChat will Video to any iChat user with an AIM Valid Name (Includes Apple variations)
    iChat will video chat to any iChat User with a Jabber ID if you have a Jabber ID
    Read Audio Only chats where you see Video above.
    Of course the hidden fact of iChat is that it sends loads of data in a Video chat and your ISP may charge you extra if you exceed your monthly allowance
    9:54 PM Sunday; April 12, 2009
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  • Ichat confusion- Can't set up an account?

    I have had my imac for a bit...just had a software update and am running os x 10.6.6. Ichat is version 5.0.3.
    My mom keeps harassing me to set up an ichat account. She said hers set up automatically with jabber. I tried setting me up..it takes me to the set up screen. I have tried doing the jabber..but don't have an account name.. From what we understand..the imacs already have jabber? My mom said hers filled in automatically with her name. My didn't. So I cannot get ichat to work..
    Thanks in advance for any help

    Hi,
    Welcome to the    Discussions
    If you start iChat for the First Time it will read any Info already in the My Card in the Address Book.
    There is a section here for Screen Names and the plus button can add more and you can use a drop down to Specify AIM or Jabber and some others.
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    The more regular method is to Get an Screen Name before running the Start up Screens and entering an AIM one or an Jabber one in the relevant Screen (there are two separate screens for this).
    Also NOTE that AIM at this stage is any Name that can login to the AIM Servers and Include @Mac.com Names and MobileMe (@me.com) name as well and Jabber includes Google Talk.
    In iChat 5.x it is possible to "Get an iChat Name" in the iChat Preferences.
    (If you have clicked through all the start Screens iChat will only list Bonjour whether it is Enabled or not)
    See this section
    The First pic is to just show the Preferences are in the iChat Menu (Even though the highlight is for something else)
    The Next pic show th Add Button in the Accounts section.
    In here the top Drop down will show you five choices.
    Choosing AIM will take you to this page on clicking the Get an iChat Account.
    Choosing one of the two Apple Options will take you here
    This page now does two things.
    It takes Any email address you supply and makes that an Apple ID (This can be an issue if you only have one Email Address and have used it already for the ID to Post here or in iTunes).
    The main purpose though is that you get an @Mac.com name (It looks like an Email but is not) that you can use with iChat.
    Both these options are free.
    You then enter that name you get in to the Add Account screen you started from.
    Alternatively you can choose Jabber and enter any Jabber ID you have (Or use the GoogleTalk option and enter your Google ID.)
    NOTE:-
    GoogleTalk has to have Talk enabled at your Google Accounts settings
    iChat also insists that you enter it as it shows when you go to the Google mail Web Page (the Mail apps does not seem to fussy and @googlemail.com seem interchangeable with @gmail.com in Mail)
    10:48 PM Thursday; January 6, 2011
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  • When I got my Mac I set up an iChat account and now i want to make a new one.  Does anyone know how to do this?

    When I got my Mac I set up an iChat account and now I want to make another one.  Does anyone know how to change it?  F

    Hi,
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    Use the + button at the bottom of the List
    Chose from the top item whether the Account (Screen Name) you are adding is going to be AIM, (inlcuding Apple variants), Jabber (including Google variant) or in iChat 6 a Yahoo account.
    Add details as required.
    Click Done.
    10:22 PM      Thursday; December 15, 2011
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  • When I got my Mac I set up an iChat account and now I want to make another one.  Does anyone know how to change it?  F

    When I got my Mac I set up an iChat account and now I want to make another one.  Does anyone know how to change it?  F

    HI,
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    From iChat 4 you can have as many AIM Logins and Jabber Logins as you want.
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    "Jabber Names" includes using Google Mail IDs and Facebook IDs as well as any registration with any other Jabber server.
    If you are not happy with the one you have you can delete and stop using it.
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    Highlight an Account/Name and then the minus button to delete.
    Using the Plus button show you the Add Screen.
    8:00 PM      Sunday; December 11, 2011
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  • I don't know how to set up a iChat account!

    Well.. I don't know how to set up an account on my MacBook ?
    I am confused about these fields:
    Description, username and password.
    Should account should I use? I don't understand all these computer language like AOL and stuff.. I've tried to use my hotmail acc but that didn't worked.

    Hi,
    iChat is a Messaging app that can join AIM or Jabber services up to iChat 5
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    Apple IDs ending in @mac.com and @me.com and @icloud.com are also Valid AIM Screen Names.
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    Jabber works on  many Jabber servers that are then interlinked.
    This allows both Public and Private servers.
    Public ones are where anyone can register a Name/ID with the sever.
    Private ones tend to be that can only be joined if your belong to the required group of people such as a work/office set up.
    Both Google and Facebook run Jabber servers that then allow people to use their IDs with Google or Facebook.
    The Boxes in your Picture do various things
    The Description adds a Title to the Buddy List
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    The Password is the one you used when your registered the Screen Name or ID
    Titled Buddy list
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    10:12 PM      Wednesday; December 5, 2012
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  • HT2515 Can't launch iChat from dock or applications/finder, it won't open to set up new account. Suggestions?

    When accessing iChat for the first time to set up an account, clicking on the iChat icon from either finder-applications, or from the dock, iChat will not open and take me to the account set up to create a new account. Suggestions?

    HI,
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    Drag them all to the Trash
    Restart iChat.
    If iChat is NOT at version 6.0.1 then download and reinstall the COMBO version of the OS  X 10.7.3 Update over what you have.  (this should Update iChat)
    9:09 PM      Wednesday; March 21, 2012
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  • How to set up 2 ichat accounts in a home office??

    Hi guys anybody know how to have 2 ICHAT accounts? do you have to have 2 DOTMAC accounts? i hope not.
    thanks in advance,
    JOHN
    mac book   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

    Hi
    Get a free .mac http://www.apple.com/dotmac/ click on free trial and name will work after the 60days.
    AIM name free HERE
    Tony

  • How do I create an IChat account with 10.6.8?

    I keep getting routed to a page that says:
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    iChat's "Get an iChat account" no longer works in Mac OS X v10.6.x.
    Products Affected
    iChat, Mac OS X 10.6
    Resolution
    This feature has been replaced by iCloud, which requires OS X Lion v10.7.2 or later.
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    Hi,
    Alternatively Apple IDs that end with @mac.com can be used as Valid AIM names in iChat.
    You can still register for these Here
    The Password you use should be 16 characters or Less (AIM Server limits)
    You also need to link it to an Existing email address.
    This cannot be one that you already use with another Apple ID 
    (If you only have one Email Address you use it is simpler to use the AIM registration method).
    10:12 PM      Thursday; December 15, 2011
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  • Setting up ichat

    Help can someone help me to set up ichat.I have called apple twice and no one seems to have help me. I have set up a mac and aim account, but I am having a problem setting up a video chat with someone else. They also have a mac and aim account, and added them to my buddies list. I am get very disgusted with it. I someone can help me.
    de.dd7

    Hi,
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    8:25 PM Monday; December 21, 2009
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  • I want to delete my ichat account and make a new one

    i just got my mac and made a ichat account. i think i messed uo because i had used two different emails. i tried to add my friend but everytime it said waiting for authorization and it keep saying i was offline. i was wondering if there was any was i could fix this problem. PLEASE HELP SOMEONE!

    Hi,
    You haven't added any Spec for your machine or iChat version but you seem to imply it is new so I will presume Lion and iChat 6
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    Generically the Account/Buddy List is referred to as an AIM list as @Mac.om and MobileMe names are Valid AIM Screen Names
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    Adding Buddies.
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    Allowing or Blocking a Buddy is then done in the iChat Menu Preferences > Accounts > Security tab.
    With a Jabber/Google List  you have to Authorize the Buddy as you Add them. A Person has to be in th Buddy List rather than allowing or Blocking them later.
    To be more precise a Request to Authorize is sent to the Buddy and they either Accept or Deny.
    In iChat 3 through 5 this needed to be done when the Buddy was On Line as iChat does not repeat the Request.   From what you post it seems this has not changed in iChat 6
    (Other Jabber apps continually send the request until such time as the person actually sees the request and does something about it.)
    So it may not be that the Name is "Wrong" or that you have set up your account incorrectly.
    I have no info on setting up a Yahoo account at present or how Buddies are added for Allow/Block Authorise or not.
    What you cannot do is use an AIM Account to add Google or Jabber buddies to (Or vice versa) even though on the whole the naming formats (email Style IDs) applies to both.
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    @mac.com Registrations require a second email to Verify the Apple ID you are creating (It happens to be an Valid AIM screen Name as well  (@mac.com look like email but are not so you cannot verify them back through @mac.com as it were).
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    Example iChat 4 pic
    (not sure why I had these to options crossed out but I may have been talking about iChat 3 when I used it)
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    8:30 PM      Sunday; August 28, 2011
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  • How do i make a new iChat account?

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    Hi,
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    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3245947?tstart=0
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    9:11 PM      Sunday; August 7, 2011
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  • HT2020 iChat account?

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    Hi,
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    As I mentioned earlier a MoblieMe account needs to be currently active.
    This will continue for some until June when MobileMe will end completely (Presumably people will have moved to iCloud)
    9:26 PM      Wednesday; February 8, 2012
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    Hi,
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    You can change them so that your have three different Pictures.
    10:28 PM      Friday; November 9, 2012
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