Chapter 8. Chatting with Text, Audio, and Video

Chatting with Text, Audio, and Video

When you need to communicate instantly on your local network or across the Internet, use iChat, the Mac OS X application for instant messaging. You can choose between chatting using text only and chatting with audio and video. You can even send files while you chat.

Open and Close iChat 174

Add Someone to Your Buddy List 176

Chat with a Buddy Using Text 178

Chat with a Buddy Using Audio and Video 180

Send and Receive Files While You Chat 182

Open and Close iChat

To start using iChat, you open the application from the Dock or from your Applications folder.

The first time you run iChat, you set it up with your ...

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