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iChat has disappeared. get it back?
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jerseyfreeze
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Jan 31, 2005, 11:35 AM
 
In a weird twist, iChat has disappeared from my work machine, a PowerMac G4 running 10.3.7 with a 1.4 GHz processor upgrade. The Software Restore CDs that came with the machine are for OS 9, so they won't work. I tried using the Software Restore CDs from my personal computer, a PowerBook G4, but that didn't work.

I've asked a coworker to e-mail me his iChat, but it refuses to launch.

What are my options for getting it back?

Thanks,
Jason
     
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Jan 31, 2005, 02:54 PM
 
You could try downloading it from the iChat AV page. Just a thought...
     
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Jan 31, 2005, 02:57 PM
 
Originally posted by mpbritt:
You could try downloading it from the iChat AV page. Just a thought...


I honestly tried that, but couldn't get it to start downloading. I concluded that I had reached some page that wasn't supposed to be live.

Anyway, thanks!
     
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Jan 31, 2005, 02:59 PM
 
Originally posted by jerseyfreeze:


I honestly tried that, but couldn't get it to start downloading. I concluded that I had reached some page that wasn't supposed to be live.

Anyway, thanks!
Whoops. Spoke too soon.

The installer won't install unless I have iChat 2.0 on my machine.

-Jason
     
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Jan 31, 2005, 03:06 PM
 
How did you get iChat onto the machine in the first place? However you did that should work again. If not, something's wrong.
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Jan 31, 2005, 03:15 PM
 
Originally posted by Chuckit:
How did you get iChat onto the machine in the first place? However you did that should work again. If not, something's wrong.
I didn't work here when they upgraded the machine to OS X, but I imagine iChat came with Jaguar or something. But I don't want to have to do an entire Archive and Install just to get iChat back. I just want to install that one app.

-Jason
     
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Jan 31, 2005, 06:01 PM
 
Originally posted by jerseyfreeze:
I didn't work here when they upgraded the machine to OS X, but I imagine iChat came with Jaguar or something. But I don't want to have to do an entire Archive and Install just to get iChat back. I just want to install that one app.
Use Pacifist to extract iChat from the Panther CD.
     
   
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