aim shutsdown constantly...help

just downloaded aim v. 4.7 and it barely works. I sign in...send a message and most of the time get an error saying it closed but it was not due to OSX. So why is it doing this????

EDIT: It says and i quote "The application AIM quit unexpectedly after it was relaunched.

"Mac OS X and other apps are not affected."

You might need to update your system. What version of Mac OS X are you running? In any case, I recommend switching to Adium anyway!

AIM for the Mac has not been updated in a LONG time, and AOL should really take it off their website. You have a few choices. The first is to use iChat, which is included in OS X. It is compatible with AIM and can do audio/video chatting. If you go this route, I also recommend downloading Chax which adds some nice features to iChat. You can download it here.

The other option previously mentioned is Adium. It only supports text chat, but is extremely customizable. You can visit their website by clicking here.

Finally, you can download the new AOL Desktop client for Mac by visiting that website by clicking here.

Personally, I use Adium because I chat with users on GoogleTalk, MSN, and Yahoo as well.