Send or Receive Files through iChat


You may want to send a picture or some other file to a buddy in your list. This technique only works if your buddy is also an iChat user. If he is an AOL user, you'll have to send the file as an email attachment.

To send a file to another iChat buddy in your list

1.

Drag a file's icon on top of a buddy's name in the Buddy List.

2.

An alert appears on your Desktop so you can cancel or send the file. Click "Send."

On the recipient's computer (assuming it's an iChat user, not an AOL user), an alert appears warning of an incoming file, as shown below-left.

1.

Click anywhere in the white alert panel to transform it into the "Incoming File Transfer" window (below-right) which identifies the sender, the file name, the file type, and the file size.

2.

Based on the information in the "Incoming File Transfer" window, you can choose to "Decline" the transfer, or click the "Save File" button and download it. If you save the file, it will appear on your Desktop. You can specify another location to save received files in the General pane of iChat Preferences.

If you know you do not want any file from this person, click the red Close button in the top-left corner. If you do want to see what file is incoming, click anywhere in this panel.



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