Part 13 Chatting and Sharing Files with iChat

Chatting online is the digital equivalent of hanging out and chatting with your neighbor. Chatting online involves exchanging text messages, files, images, and more over the Internet. You can also chat with video if your Mac has a built-in or connected third-party camera.

To chat, you must first set up an AOL IM, MobileMe, or Gmail account. Then, add as many buddies as you like. Chatting can be encrypted or unencrypted. Bonjour is yet another way to chat with your local network neighbors without having to set up an account first. You can view your buddies’ status and share your status. The tasks in this chapter show you how to create an iChat account, log in, chat, change your online status, exchange ...

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