• Welcome to the Off-Topic/Schweb's Lounge

    In addition to the Mac-Forums Community Guidelines, there are a few things you should pay attention to while in The Lounge.

    Lounge Rules
    • If your post belongs in a different forum, please post it there.
    • While this area is for off-topic conversations, that doesn't mean that every conversation will be permitted. The moderators will, at their sole discretion, close or delete any threads which do not serve a beneficial purpose to the community.

    Understand that while The Lounge is here as a place to relax and discuss random topics, that doesn't mean we will allow any topic. Topics which are inflammatory, hurtful, or otherwise clash with our Mac-Forums Community Guidelines will be removed.

gChat with iChat

surfwax95

surfwax95


Joined
Aug 27, 2005
Messages
2,406
Reaction score
210
Points
63
Location
Fayetteville, AR
Your Mac's Specs
15" Powerbook G4 • 24" iMac • iPhone 3Gs
I didn't even know iChat could tap into Google's gChat, but using Jabber, it apparently can.

Here is the link to the instructions.

They're very clear and work perfectly.

I use gChat (with Firefox) at work all of the time, but I have a few friends that stay at home and don't want to keep a Firefox (gChat doesn't support Safari) window open. So, I found this tut on Google's help pages and figured some of my fellow Mac-Foruminians could benefit from it. :mac:

Is that the proper way to say it? "Mac-Foruminians"? :p
 
novicew

novicew


Joined
Jan 4, 2006
Messages
1,385
Reaction score
146
Points
63
Location
Hamburg, Germany
Your Mac's Specs
MacBook Pro | iMac(2.1 G5) | MacBook(2.16 C2D) | MacMini (1.67 CD) | iPhone 4 | iPad (3rd Gen)
Sounds like a cool idea but the link directs me to iBackup.

Mac-Foruminians lol
 
OP
surfwax95

surfwax95


Joined
Aug 27, 2005
Messages
2,406
Reaction score
210
Points
63
Location
Fayetteville, AR
Your Mac's Specs
15" Powerbook G4 • 24" iMac • iPhone 3Gs
LOL! Oooops...I was copying/pasting around and must've got the wrong thing in there, it's fixed now. Thanks novice. :)
 
dtravis7

dtravis7


Retired Staff
Joined
Jan 4, 2005
Messages
30,133
Reaction score
703
Points
113
Location
Modesto, Ca.
Your Mac's Specs
MacMini M-1 MacOS Monterey, iMac 2010 27"Quad I7 , MBPLate2011, iPad Pro10.5", iPhoneSE
Oppsie! I do it from time to time, wrong url. Most of the time I see if before anyone else does and fix it.

Very good info though. Few people I know seem to know what you can do with ichat.
 

Shop Amazon


Shop for your Apple, Mac, iPhone and other computer products on Amazon.
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon and affiliated sites.
Top