Chatting with Others in iChat
With iChat, you have three ways to communicate with others. If you just want to type messages back and forth, choose a text chat. If you just want to talk to each other and mimic a telephone, choose audio chat. If you want to talk to each other and see each other at the same time, choose video chat.
Starting a Text Chat
A text chat lets you type messages back and forth. Text messaging is best when using a slow Internet connection or when you’re chatting with someone who doesn’t have a microphone or webcam that would allow them to participate in an audio or video chat.
To start a text chat, do this:
Start iChat.
Click the name of a Buddy in your Buddy List who is currently online.
Click the Start a Text Chat icon at the ...
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