Lion’s version of iChat is the best implementation of OS X’s built-in chat client to date. But it still lacks the features of third-party instant messaging clients. Apple first offered iChat in 2002, ...

In some cases, when users start a video chat, after a short while the program will freeze and sometimes require a force-quit to get things back up and running. Previously, MacFixIt recommended that ...

Occasionally a situation arises where you need to transfer a file to someone but you have forgotten your external hard drive or burnable disc. In these situations, you can set up a private network and ...

Though Leopard brought a number of new built-in effects with which to, erm, "enhance" your video chats and self-portraits, you might be saying to yourself: "I sure do wish I had at least 30 more to ...

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Android/OS X: Apple’s Messages app on a Mac is a neat way to chat with your iPhone without having to pick up your phone. However, it doesn’t work if you have an Android device. Until now. SMS ...

Graphics whiz Philipp Antoni has transitioned to using Leopard's iChat 4 after years of loyal Adium use. But he sure did miss that slim contact list window. So he did what any other good caring user ...

Reader Luke Rein would like to rein in his iChat alerts. He writes: Is there a way to adjust iChat’s alert volume separately from the main volume? For example, if I’m watching a movie, how can I have ...

Some particular strings of code uncovered in Apple's iOS mobile operating system by iOS developer John Heaton hints that Mac OS X's popular iChat client could come to iOS devices in the near future, ...

Leopard's new and improved iChat boasts two features that are sure to enhance both workplace productivity and friends and family tech support: screen sharing and document sharing. In a nutshell, iChat ...

iChat was once the pantheon of instant messaging clients with its delicious aqua interface, no obnoxious ads (like AIM) and a simple ease-of-use that's undeniable. But since the release of iChat AV (a ...