11. Conducting Live Chats and Video Conversations

What You’ll Do

Create an Instant Message Account

Start iChat

View iChat

Change My Status

Use the iChat Status Menu

Add a Buddy

Change a Buddy Picture

Create and Manage Buddy Groups

Send and Receive Instant Messages

Block a Buddy

Send a File During an Instant Message

Have a Audio and Video Chat

Enhance a Video Chat

Chat on a Local Network

Change the Appearance of a Chat

Get Notification Alerts

Get Started with FaceTime

Make a Video Call with FaceTime

Introduction

Mac OS X makes communicating with other computers over the Internet easier than ever with iChat 6.0. You can talk to others over the Internet (like you do on a telephone), use full screen video to see and be seen by others while you ...

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