Create Additional Chat Accounts


In addition to your .Mac account, you can also set up an existing AOL Instant Messenger Account (AIM), additional .Mac accounts, or use your AOL screen name as a different account. No matter how many different accounts you have, though, only one can be active at any time. Each account you create has its own Buddy List. You can switch between accounts whenever you want.

Set up iChat to use another chat account

1.

From the iChat menu, choose "Preferences…."

2.

Click the "Accounts" icon in the toolbar.

3.

Click the + button beneath the "Accounts" pane.

4.

In the sheet that opens (below-left):

  • From the "Account Type" pop-up menu, choose an account type .Mac Account, AIM Account, or Jabber Account.

  • Enter your account name in the ".Mac Name" text field.

  • Enter the password for that account.

  • In the "Description" field, type another name (such as "SchoolBuddies") if you want the account to be identified as something other than the official account name that you typed into the first text field. The account will be listed as this name in the Accounts pane.

5.

Click the "Add" button.

6.

Checkmark "Use this account" to make it the active one.

7.

The new account is added to the list of accounts (below-right).

After you've set up additional accounts, you can choose one from the iChat menu. From the iChat menu, choose "Switch To," then from the submenu choose one of the accounts you've set up as described above.

To delete a chat account from the Accounts pane, select the account in the list, then click the minus button in the bottom-left corner.




    Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps. A guide to iLife '05,  .Mac, and more.
    Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps. A guide to iLife '05, .Mac, and more.
    ISBN: 321335902
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    Year: 2005
    Pages: 277

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