Chapter 13: Chatting

Explore iChat

Like the other “i” applications, iChat is both powerful and easy to use. Its interface is simple and elegant, but packs all the features that you need to have great text, audio, and video chats.

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After you have done some quick configuration of iChat, you can use it to communicate with people all over the world in any format you choose. It can even help when you have problems because you can use iChat to share the desktop of your MacBook with someone else over the Internet or over a local network, such as a network in your home.

Text chat window

Text conversations appear in a text chat window.

Who you are texting ...

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