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 ...

Leopard's iChat Theater feature makes remote video presentations far easier and more flexible than before. But the experience doesn't always match up with the elegant effect of Apple's demos.

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 ...

The next version of Mac OS X will deliver an updated version of iChat capable of logging into Yahoo IM accounts, providing an improved experience when using multiple accounts, and adding web page ...

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OS X 10.5’s Mail application includes something Apple calls Data Detectors which can be quite useful. Basically, Mail watches for words that might indicate a meeting, address, or phone number, and ...

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, ...

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 ...

Personally, I'm an Adium user at heart -- iChat is super nice (especially for a built-in chat program), but it just doesn't have the features and customizability that that Adium does. But if you have ...

It's things like the iChat Theater page at Apple's Developer site that make me just fine with the delay of Mac OS X Leopard. They say 'good things come to those who wait,' but from what I'm reading at ...