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• Apple Ichat Download For Mac

Alright so you downloaded iMessages for Mac beta and decided it was a little too beta for every day use, and now you want to use iChat again right? As you probably noticed, when you install Messages it replaces iChat, but that doesn’t mean that iChat is gone for good, and uninstalling Messages Beta is actually extremely simple. AIM offers an IM experience for Windows that some users feel is similar to Mac's iChat. It contains many of the same features that Mac users had with iChat. It contains many of the same features that Mac users had with iChat. IChat lets you chat with folks thousands of miles away in a full-screen personal video conference over any broadband connection. Thanks to the advanced graphics built into Mac OS X, they'll truly look like themselves, instead of strangers made of children's building blocks.

Contents. History iChat was first released in August 2002 as part of. It featured integration with the Address Book and Mail applications and was the first officially supported AIM client that was native to Mac OS X (the first-party AIM application at the time was still running in Classic emulation). One episode of the first season of the dramedy series had Eric Murphy having an iChat conversation with, marking the very first time that this application was used on a television series. Interface iChat incorporated Apple's interface and used and pictures to personify the online chatting experience. With iChat, green (available), yellow (idle), and red (away) icons could be displayed next to the name of each connected user on the buddy list.

For color-blind users, this could be altered to show different shapes, circle (available), triangle (idle), and squares (away), to illustrate status with shape rather than color. IChat AV In June 2003, Apple announced iChat AV, the second major version of iChat.

It added and conferencing capabilities based on the industry-standard (SIP). The final version of the software was shipped with and became available separately on the same day for. IChat AV 2 In February 2004, introduced (AIM) version 5.5 for Windows users, which enabled video, but not audio, chats over the AIM protocol and was compatible with Apple's iChat AV.

On the same day, Apple released a public beta of iChat AV 2.1 to allow Mac OS X users to video conferencing with AIM 5.5 users. IChat AV 3 In June 2004, announced that the next version of iChat AV would be included with. IChat AV 3 provided additional support to allow up to four people in a single video conference and ten people in an audio conference. Additionally, the new version of iChat used the codec, which offered superior quality video compared to the older codec used in previous versions. This release supported the XMPP protocol, which could be directly used to connect to and indirectly be used to connect to users of services including,.

However, support was limited as it did not support several common XMPP features such as account creation, and full multi-user chat support. IChat 3 included the protocol (previously called Rendezvous ) which allowed iChat to automatically find other users with iChat Bonjour messaging enabled on the local network. In October 2005, iChat received support for encrypted communications, but only for paid subscribers of (now ) service. These features were part of iChat 3.1, released as part of the Mac OS X v10.4.3 update. This version also added support for XMPP multi-user chat. In March 2007, Apple released the Mac OS X v10.4.9 update, which allowed (UVC) cameras to be used with iChat, rather than FireWire cameras only.

This allowed a wider range of cameras to be used with iChat AV. IChat 4 iChat 4 was introduced as a part of and received new features including: iChat Theater (inspired by ChatFX a product from Plum Amazing), Backdrops,. IChat Theater allowed users to share any file supported by, including photos, Keynote presentations, and movies, over a video chat session. Backdrops allowed users to insert movies or photos as a backdrop in video chats.

Screen Sharing allowed two users of Mac OS X Leopard to have control of the same desktop and work collaboratively. Minor features in the new release included multiple logins, animated icons, use of effects in live video chat, and tabbed chats. IChat 5 iChat 5.0, released with, reduced the bandwidth required for 640×480 video chats and upgraded iChat Theater to the same resolution. IChat 6 iChat 6.0, released with, added support for Yahoo Messenger account and allowed iChat users to have text, voice and video chats using their Yahoo Mail accounts. It also supported third-party plugins, eventually allowing other protocols to be compatible with the software. IChat 6 was the last iChat version; in, it was replaced by Messages.

The final release, iChat 6.0.1, was published on February 1, 2012. Messages. Main article: As part of the OS X Mountain Lion preview, Apple announced on February 16, 2012 that its messaging client would be Messages, and that it would support the protocol, making it compatible with the iOS client. Messages also incorporates support. Apple made Messages immediately available as a downloadable beta version for use on Mac OS X 10.7.

Supported protocols iChat's AIM support was fully endorsed by, and used their official implementation of the AIM. Using a XMPP transport, iChat could serve as a for,. IChat could also integrate contacts into the XMPP pane.

See also. References. Johns, Ralph (October 2008).

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