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If not, click New Person and enter the buddy’s AIM address, .Mac address, or (if you’re

in the Jabber list) Jabber address. You’re adding this person to both your Buddy List

and Address Book.

Tip: Using the pop-up menu just below your name, you can broadcast your status to other people’s buddy

lists. You can announce that you’re Available, Away, or (by choosing Custom or Edit Status Menu) Drunk.

Cooler still, if you have music playing in iTunes, you can tell the world what you’re listening to at the

moment by choosing Current Track. (Your buddy can even click that song’s name to open its screen on the

iTunes Music Store.)

Let the Chat Begin

As with any conversation, somebody has to talk first. In chat circles, that’s called

inviting someone to a chat.

They invite you

To “turn on your pager” so that you’ll be notified when someone wants to chat with

you, run iChat. Hide its windows, if you like, by pressing c-H.

When someone tries to “page” you for a chat, iChat comes forward automatically and

shows you an invitation message like the one in Figure 11-10. If the person initiating

a chat isn’t already in your Buddy List, you’ll simply see a note that says “Message

from [name of the person].”

You invite them

To invite somebody in your Buddy List to a chat:

• For a text chat, double-click the person’s name, type a quick invite (“You there?”), ...