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iChat
is a wonderful way to communicate! It let’s you easily stay in
touch with friends and family and all for free! The first thing that
you will need is to
create an IM account. IM stands for instant
message, which is what an ichat is. Go ahead and open up ichat, the icon
should already be on your dock. You’ll get a welcome message the
first time you open it, click continue. Account Setup, this is where
you will set up your screen name. If you already have a mobileme account,
or .mac account or AIM account, then go ahead and enter the information
here. Otherwise, you need to create a new account, so click on get an
iChat account. Go ahead and fill out the necessary information. Pick
a screen name, that is the name that people will enter to find you. Once
you are finished, return to ichat to enter the info. Enter the
information and click continue, then you're done. Once it connects you,
you’ll
notice that it says available here. That means you are online and other
people who know your screen name can click on you to start a chat. Just
click this plus sign at the bottom and then add buddy. To initiate a
chat simply double click on the person’s name and type something,
when you are finished typing, hit return to send. At this point the other
person needs to accept
your chat invitation and then you can chat back and forth! If you start
up ichat and your friends names are greyed out in the offline section,
this means that they are not online and you can’t chat with them.
Both people need to be online, meaning the computer is on, you have an
internet connection and you both have iChat open, in order to talk. If
both people have web cams, either built in or external, then you will
see a video icon next to that person’s name. To initiate a video
chat simply click on the video icon next to their name and wait for them
to accept.
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