Use iChat Theater

iChat has one more trick up its sleeve that's not precisely screen sharing, but worth mentioning: iChat Theater. With iChat Theater, you can share any file that Leopard can preview with Quick Look—movies, images, and Keynote presentations, for example, as well as slideshows of iPhoto albums, events, or libraries. This sharing can be alongside video, but a video camera isn't needed on either side to use this option.

Here's how to set it up:

  1. In iChat, start with the File menu:

    • To share a file, choose File > Share a File with iChat Theater. In the resulting dialog, select any items you want to present; Command-click to select multiple items. Click Share.

    • To share from iPhoto, choose File > Share iPhoto with iChat Theater. In the resulting ...

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