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mackid97140
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Jul 24, 2003, 11:50 PM
 
is there any possibility that iChat will also be able to send messages to people on the MSN Messenger Network instead of just the AIM network?
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Jul 25, 2003, 12:02 AM
 
Yep you can do that..

Hold Shift + Apple and type QMSN

Open iChat Preferences and you should see a popup that allow you to change to MSN

Have fun
     
rytc
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Jul 25, 2003, 01:46 AM
 
Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Yep you can do that..

Hold Shift + Apple and type QMSN

Open iChat Preferences and you should see a popup that allow you to change to MSN

Have fun
Huh? Command + Shift + q is the log out command?!
Where do you type QMSN after pushing Command and Shift?
     
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Jul 25, 2003, 02:13 AM
 
He was talking in jest. And exasperation I presume, with the original poster. A way to say RTFM.

mackid97140: Go to apple.com/ichat for all the info you'll ever need. iChat only works on AIM.
     
mackid97140  (op)
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Jul 25, 2003, 09:55 PM
 
As far as i knew, i only worked with aim, i'm just wondering if it will ever go to MSN as well. i like iChat better than MSN messenger but all my friends are on MSN. Just wondering if there is any way that that is going to change.
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Jul 25, 2003, 10:28 PM
 
iChat AV now works with some ICQ clients as well. This is a nice side effect of the ICQ/AOL deal. But MSN is still not available.
     
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Jul 26, 2003, 12:44 AM
 
yeah all my friends have msn and are too lazy to download aim, i wished there was a way to add support to iChat via modules or sumthin where u could access msn and yahoo (if needed).
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Jul 28, 2003, 05:24 AM
 
Originally posted by Mastrap:
He was talking in jest. And exasperation I presume, with the original poster. A way to say RTFM.

mackid97140: Go to apple.com/ichat for all the info you'll ever need. iChat only works on AIM.
Yes I thought that must be the case, but better to look dumb and ask than to miss out on a useful trick
     
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Jul 28, 2003, 05:36 AM
 
Originally posted by mackid97140:
As far as i knew, i only worked with aim, i'm just wondering if it will ever go to MSN as well. i like iChat better than MSN messenger but all my friends are on MSN. Just wondering if there is any way that that is going to change.
Um, get new friends?
     
Ilja
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Jul 28, 2003, 09:36 AM
 
Well, I've got the exact same problem. EVERYBODY I know uses MSN, so iChat is pretty useless for me... Until iChat is able to communicate with MSN I have to stick with Proteus....
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Jul 28, 2003, 02:07 PM
 
AIM is used be exactly NOBODY in Europe
     
   
 
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