Best messenger service to combine MSN/AOL in to one?

silverpenguin · silverpenguin #1 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 12:04 PM

I recently purchased a Mac Mini and now do the majority of my surfing on it and just leave the pc upstairs for picture editing etc.

I use MSN and AIM but would like to not have two seperate apps running at once to talk to people. What is the best one out there that will let me combine my contacts from both of these into one?

Thanks for the help

New2Macs · New2Macs #2 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 12:14 PM

I use I Chat and it works fine!!!

silverpenguin · silverpenguin #3 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 12:17 PM

Ah cool, so that lets me use my MSN contacts too then? I did a search on here under iChat and it only mentioned AIM so I wasn't sure.

Thanks

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #4 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 12:23 PM

IChat does AIM and .Mac which is Apples chat. There are several Free applications that allow you to run all of the major Chat services at the same time. My favorite overall is Adium but there is also Fire that works great too. They will do AIM, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo and others.

There is another that I like called Proteus but it's a Pay program. It's farily cheap though, but try Adium and Fire first since they are free.

silverpenguin · silverpenguin #5 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 01:21 PM

How do I get all my contacts to show using Adium? I just installed it and it has only come up with 1 contact out of about 15 for MSN and none for AIM?!

mangoSharingan · mangoSharingan #6 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 02:38 PM

Click on 'View' and then select 'Show Offline Contacts'.

Murlyn · Murlyn #7 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 02:44 PM

Right now I use Proteus, but I hear that the latest beta of Adium is finally doing things right.. so Im pretty excited to try it out when it becomes stable.

edgefusion · edgefusion #8 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 05:03 PM

I used Adium, then used Proteus and I'm back to Adium again. Proteus was good but a bit plain, Adium doesn't do much well but it (can) look **** cool.

d-funct · d-funct #9 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 05:12 PM

I gotta say I've found adium the best IM client I've used ... for me its been stable customisble and pretty.

They have just released v.8rc1 (a Release Candidate) and I've found it stable enough to run as I would a full release

Check the Full Release here : http://www.adiumx.com

and

Check out the beta here : http://www.adiumx.com/beta.html

silverpenguin · silverpenguin #10 (**permalink**)

04-28-2005, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mangoSharingan

Click on 'View' and then select 'Show Offline Contacts'.

Many thanks

ocie · ocie #11 (**permalink**)

04-29-2005, 02:33 AM

adiumx

anyone knwo how to view file transfers...without opening the console?

d-funct · d-funct #12 (**permalink**)

04-29-2005, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ocie

adiumx

anyone knwo how to view file transfers...without opening the console?

Grab a beta

silverpenguin · silverpenguin #13 (**permalink**)

04-29-2005, 06:35 AM

It seems ok although everynow and again I get a message come up about people not being part of a group or something and do I want to add them, only does for the same few people.

Also, I can't move the buddy list! If I try to drag it I just pull whichever group heading I grabbed but it springs back when you let go...!?

fiery · fiery #14 (**permalink**)

05-01-2005, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silverpenguin

I recently purchased a Mac Mini and now do the majority of my surfing on it and just leave the pc upstairs for picture editing etc.

I use MSN and AIM but would like to not have two seperate apps running at once to talk to people. What is the best one out there that will let me combine my contacts from both of these into one?

Thanks for the help

I like GAIM

meltbanana314 · meltbanana314 #15 (**permalink**)

05-01-2005, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fiery

I like GAIM

Adium is based off of the gaim project. The two projects frequently exchange code and ideas from what I hear.

dtravis7 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,807 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	04-28-2005, 12:23 PM IChat does AIM and .Mac which is Apples chat. There are several Free applications that allow you to run all of the major Chat services at the same time. My favorite overall is Adium but there is also Fire that works great too. They will do AIM, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo and others. There is another that I like called Proteus but it's a Pay program. It's farily cheap though, but try Adium and Fire first since they are free. ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines Last edited by dtravis7; 04-28-2005 at 12:26 PM.
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Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	04-28-2005, 02:44 PM Right now I use Proteus, but I hear that the latest beta of Adium is finally doing things right.. so Im pretty excited to try it out when it becomes stable. ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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silverpenguin #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	04-28-2005, 12:04 PM I recently purchased a Mac Mini and now do the majority of my surfing on it and just leave the pc upstairs for picture editing etc. I use MSN and AIM but would like to not have two seperate apps running at once to talk to people. What is the best one out there that will let me combine my contacts from both of these into one? Thanks for the help
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New2Macs #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 23, 2004 Location: Annapolis Maryland Posts: 130 Mac Specs: Power Mac G4 Sonnet 1.0 512 Ram 10.3.6	04-28-2005, 12:14 PM I use I Chat and it works fine!!!
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silverpenguin #5 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	04-28-2005, 01:21 PM How do I get all my contacts to show using Adium? I just installed it and it has only come up with 1 contact out of about 15 for MSN and none for AIM?!
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mangoSharingan #6 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	04-28-2005, 02:38 PM Click on 'View' and then select 'Show Offline Contacts'.
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edgefusion #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 16, 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 407 Mac Specs: MacBook \| 1.83ghz \| 2gb ram	04-28-2005, 05:03 PM I used Adium, then used Proteus and I'm back to Adium again. Proteus was good but a bit plain, Adium doesn't do much well but it (can) look **** cool.
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d-funct #9 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	04-28-2005, 05:12 PM I gotta say I've found adium the best IM client I've used ... for me its been stable customisble and pretty. They have just released v.8rc1 (a Release Candidate) and I've found it stable enough to run as I would a full release Check the Full Release here : http://www.adiumx.com and Check out the beta here : http://www.adiumx.com/beta.html
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ocie #11 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	04-29-2005, 02:33 AM adiumx anyone knwo how to view file transfers...without opening the console?
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silverpenguin #13 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	04-29-2005, 06:35 AM It seems ok although everynow and again I get a message come up about people not being part of a group or something and do I want to add them, only does for the same few people. Also, I can't move the buddy list! If I try to drag it I just pull whichever group heading I grabbed but it springs back when you let go...!?
	QUOTE Thanks

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