| Tip 81 | Use Facebook Chat |
The Messages app can be configured as a Facebook chat client, which is to say you’ll be able to chat to your Facebook friends from within Messages, and the messages will appear for them when they’re logged into Facebook. This is possible because Facebook chat uses the Jabber protocol, which is a feature offered within Messages.
Setting up Facebook chat can be done whether or not you’ve configured Facebook within the Mail, Contacts & Calendars section of System Preferences.
Adding Facebook Chat to Messages
Here’s how to set it up:
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Before starting, you must find out your Facebook username. Often this is the latter part of the web address you see when you view your own profile in Facebook (for example, http://facebook.com/ ...
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