Most Jabber servers cannot be registered "on-line" with a web Browser and require you use a third party Jabber app like Psi that include a Registration Module. GoogleTalk is based on Google Mail Names and but despite being a Jabber server it does not follow the same Server name Convention others do. Names from Jabber servers and GoogleTalk. You may also have an ISP that has made a similar agreement to the one Apple did that gets and names recognised as Valid AIM Names and this may also work.
Requires active discontinuation of the trial or you get charged) (Costs after 60 days but has other services - IMPORTANT. The Getting a Screen Name page also points out about MobileMe.
(The one will not works as an email address) If you select AIM in the drop down you get taken to the AIM registration page.īoth these are Free. In iChat 5 with Snow Leopard if you select in the Start up screen (or in the Alternatives Add Screen Name option) then the Get iChat Name takes you to the Registration Page. at the Alternative section further down (How to add a Screen Name from the iChat Preferences)
You will find the "Account Type" item in the middle has a drop down that lists (Shown), AIM and MobileMe (Accounts from Apple ending you have clicked through this part and iChat launches without the Start Up Screens (First Run only) then see this page This screen is for entering names that can work with the AIM server. This iChat 4 pic defaults to being in the Drop down and the lead-in blurb also reads that way LED Cinema Display G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11) iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9) External iSightĪs EZ Jim says the statement on the second screen in the iChat Start Up Screens can be confusing as it tends to default to a Apple ID option rather than AIM. (5) If you need someone to test your system once you have successfully logged into AIM, some names you can add to your buddy list for testing your iChat setup are here: (4) For detailed instructions, including pictures, see Ralph John's great iChat FAQ site. Info on Setting up iChat starts here: IChat > Help can give you, take a look at (3) If you need more assistance than your Mac's (2) If you want to establish accounts at Google, Jabber, or any of the other possible iChat account name sources at a later time, you need to go to their websites and create accounts there before they can work in iChat. However, unless you are using your master MobileMe name and password, I recommend you first create and test an AIM name.
You do not need to install any AIM or AOL software on your Mac to use the AIM name for iChat.
You can get FREEĪs soon as your new account name is confirmed, you can enter it and its associated password into iChat and begin using it immediately. (1) For sake of simplicity, I suggest you create an AIM name to use for your first iChat accounts. In order to use Jabber, Google Talk, AOL, or dot Mac account names, you must have established them separately. They will not be the same name as your MobileMe name unless you have made them so when you created these other accounts. However, other account names are different, so you cannot merely use one name with different account types. Your master MobileMe account name and password should work in iChat. Login data for Apple Discussions and for iChat are almost always different, so don't let that confuse you. I know for a fact that I'm typing in the right password and ID because if I wasn't, I wouldn't of been able to sign on here.haha. I've tried logging into each one of these, and it has not let me sign in because I've forgotten my password or login. When trying to login to iChat is says to type in my Apple ID and it gives me the option of signing under Jabber, Google Talk, AOL, Mac or MobileMe. There is only one problem that I've come across. I just bought my MacBook one week ago, and I'm so excited to really start getting use out of it.