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iChat screen name switching
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reemas
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Oct 1, 2004, 12:54 AM
 
is there a fast and easy way to do this without going into preferences everytime. seems really tedious for me my brother and sister to use ichat from one computer.

thanks for the info.
     
thePurpleGiant
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Oct 1, 2004, 05:48 AM
 
Use separate accounts with fast user switching?
     
philm
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Oct 1, 2004, 06:20 AM
 
Dont't automatically login when iChat opens - there is a preference for that. They can then put their details in when iChat starts up. Overall, though, I agree with tPG and would comply with the multiple user strategey of OS X and get them to switch users to do this. If iChat is left running by each user, they will automatically login when they switch into their 'user space' and log out when the switch out. Works well.
     
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Oct 1, 2004, 09:01 AM
 
Tiger...
     
philm
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Oct 1, 2004, 09:12 AM
 
Originally posted by cybergoober:
Tiger...
How does Tiger help? Just curious.
     
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Oct 1, 2004, 11:51 AM
 
Originally posted by philm:
How does Tiger help? Just curious.
ANYONE who knows is not at liberty to say anything about Tiger. NDA people!

- proton
     
cybergoober
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Oct 1, 2004, 06:51 PM
 
Originally posted by philm:
How does Tiger help? Just curious.
proton: Don't get your panties in a bunch.

ThinkSecret or one of those places reported that iChat AV 3.0 featured screen name switching. Of course, this was in the WWDC build and who knows whether this feature will survive through to the final...
     
   
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