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Golden Halo · Feb 26, 2006, 02:31 PM

I am curious if anyone has been having a problem wih AIM on the new intel imac? Whenever I roll the ball of he mightymouse and then click (not on the ball) it quits. Thanks

mavherzog · Feb 26, 2006, 02:34 PM

Why aren't you using iChat for AIM?

Golden Halo · Feb 26, 2006, 02:39 PM

I havn't tried yet but I have been using AIM for years before i got a mac so I have only really been trying to use AIM. I will give it a try tho thanks. Also does anyone use Fire ? If so what do you think about it?

baw · Feb 26, 2006, 02:57 PM

http://www.adiumx.com/

iREZ · Feb 26, 2006, 03:31 PM

i used to think there was no replacement for aim as well.....boy was i wrong. do yourself a favor and use ichat or adium.

Golden Halo · Feb 26, 2006, 03:48 PM

Thanks, I will give them both a try. I am also curious if anyone has come across the problem that i have been having with AIM.

i need help · Feb 26, 2006, 05:13 PM

hey, i have an emac and the same thing happens to me where aim randomly shuts down, i never noticed it was b/c of the mighty mouse though. Maybe i'll switch back to my regular apple mouse for a while and see if that helps, i don't quite understand what would prompt it to shut down though. I've been using ichat for a while and it's fine but i do feel AIM has some advantages over it so i'd like to get that resolved if anyone knows what the problem is?

mavherzog · Feb 26, 2006, 07:34 PM

I typically use Adium for text IM'ing. I mention iChat because it should already be on your system AND is the best solution for video chatting (since you DO have a new iMac with built-in iSight).

Golden Halo · Mar 1, 2006, 03:26 PM

I took the side scroll option off of the mighty mouse and AIM hasnt quit once since. So if your looking to keep using your mightymouse and really wanna stay with aim try doing what I did.

hickey · Mar 1, 2006, 04:54 PM

adium is awesome, ichat has its benefits too. but AIM sucks, I got too frustrated with problems similar to yours. It would randomly sign off, then wouldnt sign back on because of something like "you have tried to log on too many times recently, please a few minutes and try again"

praterkeith · Jul 15, 2006, 11:44 AM

noone actually answered your question i see.......um, i havent had any problems with aim and you shouldn't either. i still prefer aim after all of the programs that has come out so i feel ya.

GSixZero · Jul 15, 2006, 11:59 AM

Adium rocks!

SpaceMonkey · Jul 15, 2006, 01:07 PM

Whenever I use the official AIM client it crashes within 30 minutes (PowerBook G4, any version of Tiger, no peripherals or anything). But I switched to Adium a long time ago.

SLiMeX · Jul 15, 2006, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by baw

http://www.adiumx.com/

THANK YOU! I am so happy someone beat me to it!

ghporter · Jul 16, 2006, 04:56 AM

This is about an application (or which application to use), right? It should have been in the Applications forum, since there's nothing hardware specific that anyone has brought up. If this question hasn't been answered, start a new question in the Applications forum.