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Using MSN on iChat
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Can someone please tell me how to use MSN on iChat. I have googled a lot and I'm so confused...
Thanks in advance!
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Unfortunately MS keeps the MSN system closed (the other clients you can connect with do so by reverse engineering the official client). so you can't use iChat with MSN.
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But I have read that this is possible.. =S
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Join Date: May 2001
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No, it isn't. iChat uses the ICQ/AIM network whereas MSN uses the MSN/Yahoo chatting network. You will have to use one of the MSN clients for the Mac. The most popular one is Adium (which is roughly the equivalent of Trillian on PCs), but you can use MS' official client or one of the others.
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Oh.. Thanks anyways. It's a shame that iChat doesn't support MSN... Right now I'm using Microsoft Messenger for Mac, although before I was using Adium.
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You can use MSN on iChat through Jabber, but it's not very usable. Just use Adium for all your needs. It's great.
Good luck,
onlyone-jc.
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Yeah I've gotten MSN to work in iChat via Jabber. So yes it is very possible.
But like onlyone said, it's HORRIBLY implemented.
Another vote for Adium.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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All is fine, but I want something that could use the voice chat of msn, yahoo, or google talk to work on mac
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Join Date: May 2001
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Use Skype, it's the best cross-platform voice/video chat app out there.
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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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Join Date: May 2007
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I've been using aMSN, but I'll give Skype a shot, especially if it does voice.
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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another vote for Skype here.
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Skype here too, ditch MS. There is also a hack for the mac to essentially double the resolution of your video, as long as you and the other person on the other end have a fast internet connection. It is really good all around.
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Another vote for Adium- a really great app. File transfers with MSN are still slow, however.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by onlyone-jc
You can use MSN on iChat through Jabber, but it's not very usable. Just use Adium for all your needs. It's great.
Good luck,
onlyone-jc.
Jabber works great for me in iChat with everything except file transfer.
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES
Jabber works great for me in iChat with everything except file transfer.
What Jabber server are you using? The one I had been using dropped their MSN transport with no intention of bringing it back. I haven't had much luck finding another server with a working MSN transport.
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aMSN with nightly build updates works great.
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Personally I also use Adium to log on to most services (on the relatively rare times I do any IM) and then fire up Skype for any video and audio chats.
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aMSN with nightly build updates works great.
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iMac 20" C2D 2.16 | Acer Aspire One | Flickr
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Join Date: May 2005
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Personally I'd love to get iChat to reliably work with MSN... but thus far its not.
For voice/video chat, its Skype all the way. For daily text chatting, its Adium all the way. If Adium ever becomes capable for Skype, I'd gladly pay/donate them money.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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The day after I posted this tread I went back to Adium. I figured out that Adium can be synched with Address Book, just what I was looking for!
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