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Mixa · Jul 13, 2007, 10:35 AM

Höj!

I have just installed MM 6.0.2 on my brand new MBP. The thing is, i can't see my my contacts avatars, only those on a Mac. Second, how can i see my groups? As it is now, there's only "Online" and "Offline"

Cheers!

TETENAL · Jul 13, 2007, 10:57 AM

Try this instead:

Adium - Download

gradient · Jul 13, 2007, 11:38 AM

A second for Adium. Unless you do a lot of file transfers over IM - Adium has extremely slow file transfer.

shinykaro · Jul 13, 2007, 11:43 AM

Yet another vote for Adium. Hear hear.

kenada · Jul 13, 2007, 11:51 AM

Adium all the way

Mixa · Jul 13, 2007, 12:39 PM

Thx for the recommendation. But that won't solve my problem

I'll try Audium out, but i still wan't to know what i should do in MM.

peeb · Jul 13, 2007, 01:24 PM

They are suggesting that you ditch MM and use Adium instead.

angelmb · Jul 13, 2007, 02:36 PM

About the avatars, be sure your PC contacts run the latest Messenger version available.

dru · Jul 16, 2007, 03:59 AM

One more for Adium here.

NobleMatt · Jul 16, 2007, 04:57 AM

hey, to get ya groups back on MM, go to:

Contact > Sort Contacts By > Groups

& then

Contact > Group Off Line Contacts Together

PhotoBug · Jul 16, 2007, 11:47 AM

another for adium. love it

wr11 · Jul 16, 2007, 01:39 PM

Put simply, you can use Adium for your MSN buddies. It works the same way as Messenger but it also works with AOL, ICQ, .Mac, Jabber, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger and Gadu-Gadu. Basically Adium is the best Mac chat client out there.

Suikolove · Jul 16, 2007, 01:43 PM

The only negative things I can think about Adium are: It gives false alerts (my friend uses it, and it tells him when people have closed the convo window. It was telling him I was closing the convo windows all the time, but I wasn't; the windows were still open) and as somebody else mentioned, the slow file transfer rate.

Mixa · Jul 17, 2007, 03:21 PM

Well, i tried Adium, and i'm not really keen on it

Maybe it's because i'm a switcher I like messenger better. Anyway, i think the problem with the avatars is that Microsoft Messenger for Mac can't download the pictures from a user, using Windows.

NobleMatt · Jul 17, 2007, 05:24 PM

yer it can, my best mate runs windows like most ppl on my MSN and i see all of there Personal Display Pics

Mixa · Jul 18, 2007, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by crazyreaper

yer it can, my best mate runs windows like most ppl on my MSN and i see all of there Personal Display Pics

Well, then why can't i see em'?

NobleMatt · Jul 18, 2007, 07:41 AM

no idea

variozin · Jul 18, 2007, 07:37 PM

Adium doesnt support video conference and not even voice chat

.
But yes it do have plethora of great features, like mutiple logins..

TETENAL · Jul 18, 2007, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by variozin

Adium doesnt support video conference and not even voice chat

Well, neither does Microsoft's Messenger for Mac.

FireWire · Jul 19, 2007, 04:02 AM

I didn't try Adium for long, but I find that aMSN looks and behaves more closely to the original Messenger (even surpassing it in a few areas). But on the other hand, it's not very Mac-like and consumes a lot of CPU power, but I suggest giving it a shot (be sure to update to the latest SVN version for better performance).

Daracle · Jul 19, 2007, 11:21 AM

I love Adium but like its been mentioned....So support for Video.