[V12]

my friend recently got a webcam(non mac user) and i was on my PC ealier talking to him with no problem on aim (seeing him on his cam)

now i am on my mac and i wanted to see if he could connect, he said that he wasnt able to, is this something with my settings, or his?

what should i do or look into?


any info is aprechiated

thanks

[gperks]

Check any firewall you have. Maybe you routed all the chat ports to your PC and so your Mac can't talk. Or maybe there are ports you need to open. If you have the Mac's software firewall on, you will need to open ports or turn off the firewall.

Go to http://www.apple.com/ichat and there's a link for troubleshooting and working through firewalls.

I know it can be frustrating but it's worth it in the end!

[V12]

since im sot of new with this do you think i will be better off going to the mac store and havbing them wwalking me through it??

[gperks]

If you're uncomfortable with changing the firewall settings, a trip to the Apple Store would be a good idea.

If you want to peek, run System Preferences (you'll find it in the dock), click Sharing, then the Firewall tab. You can at least see if the firewall is on or off. If on, that's the problem iChat is having. You can turn it off to see if that fixes iChat. To keep your security high, it's best to leave the firewall on and only open the ports iChat needs.

Apple ought to add "iChat" as a simple checkbox in the list of known applications.