Jun 23, 2003 The final version of iChat AV will be included as a key feature of the upcoming release of Mac OS X version 10.3 “Panther” and will also be downloadable from Apple for $29.95 (US) as a standalone upgrade for users of Mac OS X v10.2.5 “Jaguar” or later. IChat (formerly iChat AV) is an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), MobileMe, ICQ and XMPP client by Apple Inc. For their Mac OS X operating system. Using a Jabber-like protocol and Bonjour for user discovery, it also allows for LAN communication.

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iChat (previously iChat AV) is a discontinued instant messagingsoftware application developed by Apple Inc. Www.oemden.com downloads for el capitan. for use on its Mac OS Xoperating system. It supported instant text messaging over XMPP/Jingle or OSCAR (AIM) protocol, audio and video calling, and screen-sharing capabilities. It also allowed for local network discussion with users discovered through Bonjour protocols.

In OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and later releases, iChat has been replaced by Messages.

History[edit]

iChat was first released in August 2002 as part of Mac OS X 10.2. 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 HBO dramedy series Entourage had Eric Murphy having an iChat conversation with Ari Gold, marking the very first time that this application was used on a television series.

Interface[edit]

iChat incorporated Apple's Aqua interface and used speech bubbles 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.

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In June 2003, Apple announced iChat AV, the second major version of iChat. It added video and audio conferencing capabilities based on the industry-standard Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). The final version of the software was shipped with Mac OS X 10.3 and became available separately on the same day for Mac OS X 10.2.^[1]

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In February 2004, AOL introduced AOL Instant Messenger (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[edit]

In June 2004, Steve Jobs announced that the next version of iChat AV would be included with Mac OS X 10.4. 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 H.264/AVC codec, which offered superior quality video compared to the older H.263 codec used in previous versions. This release supported the XMPP protocol, which could be directly used to connect to Google Talk and indirectly be used to connect to users of services including Facebook Chat, and Yahoo! Messenger.^[2] However, support was limited as it did not support several common XMPP features such as account creation, service discovery and full multi-user chat support. iChat 3 included the Bonjour protocol (previously called Rendezvous^[3]) which allowed iChat to automatically find other users with iChat Bonjour messaging enabled on the local network.^[4]

In October 2005, iChat received support for encrypted communications, but only for paid subscribers of .Mac (now iCloud) 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 USB video device class (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[edit]

iChat 4 was introduced as a part of Mac OS X 10.5 and received new features including: iChat Theater (inspired by ChatFX^[5] a product from Plum Amazing), Backdrops, and Screen Sharing. iChat Theater allowed users to share any file supported by Quick Look, including photos, Keynote presentations, and movies, over a video chat session.^[6] 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 Photo Booth effects in live video chat, and tabbed chats.

iChat 5[edit]

iChat 5.0, released with Mac OS X 10.6, reduced the bandwidth required for 640×480 video chats and upgraded iChat Theater to the same resolution.^[7][8]

iChat 6[edit]

iChat 6.0, released with Mac OS X 10.7, 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.^[9] iChat 6 was the last iChat version; in OS X Mountain Lion, it was replaced by Messages. The final release, iChat 6.0.1, was published on February 1, 2012.

Messages[edit]

As part of the OS X Mountain Lion preview, Apple announced on February 16, 2012 that its OS X messaging client would be Messages,^[10] and that it would support the iMessage protocol, making it compatible with the iOS client. Messages also incorporates FaceTime support. Apple made Messages immediately available as a downloadable beta version for use on Mac OS X 10.7.

Supported protocols[edit]

iChat's AIM support was fully endorsed by AOL, and used their official implementation of the AIM OSCAR protocol. Using a XMPP transport,^[11] iChat could serve as a client for AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, MobileMe, ICQ and XMPP. iChat could also integrate Google Talk contacts into the XMPP pane.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Johns, Ralph (October 2008). 'iChat Information Pages Version 2'. Ralph Johns. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
2. ^Johns, Ralph (November 2008). 'iChat Information Pages Version 3'. Ralph Johns. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
3. ^Marc Krochmal (April 12, 2005). 'Rendezvous is changing to..'rendezvous-dev (Mailing list). Archived from the original on July 28, 2014.
4. ^'iChat'. MacRumors. Archived from the original on March 2, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
5. ^MacNN Staff (August 6, 2006). 'ChatFX developer on iChat Theater'. Retrieved August 6, 2006.
6. ^Johns, Ralph (November 2008). 'iChat Information Pages Version 4: A Brief review and What's changed'. Ralph Johns. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
7. ^'Refined from installation to shutdown - More reliable, higher-resolution iChat'. Apple. June 8, 2009. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
8. ^Johns, Ralph (June 3, 2010). 'About iChat: iChat 5'. Ralph Johns. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
9. ^AppleInsider Staff (April 6, 2011). 'Inside Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: iChat 6 adds Yahoo IM, account integration, web page sharing'. AppleInsider. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
10. ^OS X Mountain Lion Preview — The Verge
11. ^Rivera, Melvin (October 17, 2009). 'iChat to MSN Through Jabber'. All Forces. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved July 29, 2010.

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Messages is one of Apple's communication apps (the other being FaceTime).

It can have 5 types of Accounts.

When you open it for the first time it will ask you for an Apple ID.

Once this is set up the Messages app > Preferences > Accounts show two default accounts (you can never delete these one Disable or remove the Apple ID in the case of the iMessages one). These are the Bonjour account which by default is disabled and the iMessages account. Bonjour works to other Macs on your LAN.

After that you can add AIM/AOL accounts, Jabber accounts via the 'Other' option and Yahoo.

The Choice dialogue box also offers Google. This is a Jabber server but it does not conform to the standard Server naming protocol so it gets it's own choice.

Some History to explain a little further.

Previously (before Mountain Lion) the App was called iChat.

iChat 1 was a Text only app which worked with AIM and Bonjour (although it was called Rendezvous back then). It was not actually called iChat 1 either.

iChat 2 brought Video and Audio only chat abilities.

iChat 3 added Jabber. (some resetting allowed it to work with Google).

iChat 4 adds 4 way (you are 1) Video chats and 10 Way Audio Chats and Screen Sharing in AIM, Jabber and Bonjour.

At this point Bonjour, AIM and Jabber accounts can Video or Audio Only to other Mac. The AIM account can also Video to AIM on PC users.

At iChat 6 a Text Only Yahoo option is added. This is in Lion (OS X 10.7.x)

The Numbering continues in Mountain Lion when the App becomes Messages (version 7) and adds the iMessages account.

SO that is:-

AIM,

Bonjour,

Jabber (including Google and Facebook Chat)

Yahoo and

iMessages

iMessages is Text only in Mountain Lion and Mavericks. (when you can see the Video icon when chat to a Contact it invokes the FaceTime App).

You can send certain files and Pic-in-chats.

In Yosemite it can Screen Share but unlike the AIM, Bonjour and Jabber accounts it invokes another app like it does for Video and Audio Chats.

In this case it is the Screen Sharing app which needs System Preferences > Sharing > Screen Sharing to be Enabled.

With iOS 8 the iMessages account can sync iMessages to and from iOS devices.

It can be set up on the iPhone to 'Text Forward' SMS messages to the Mac (the Mac and iPhone need to be on the same LAN. Starting the process on the iPhone causes a code to appear on the Mac which needs entering back on the iPhone). The Text Forwarding effectively Syncs SMS Messages as well.

Bonjour is Text, Video, Audio Only and Screen Sharing to LAN based Macs at your location that are using Messages or iChat. If you LAN is divided into Subnets then only your subnet can be seen.

AIM is Text, Video, Audio Only and Screen Sharing to other Macs using Messages or iChat. Certain Apple IDs ending in @mac.com @me.com if linked to iCloud and @icloud.com will also work as valid AIM names if the password is 16 characters or less.

It can Text to several other Mac based AIM clients and to PC version of AIM and web based AIM Logins.

An AIM account can also do SMS but ONLY to certain Carriers in the United States.

Jabber including Google and Facebook Chat is Text, Video, Audio Only and Screen Sharing to other Macs. Again it will Text to various other logins for those servers. There was a PC app called GoogleTalk that you cannot Video to but you can text chat. The same as you can text chat to someone with Facebook Login and the Chat part enabled.

Yahoo must use a Yahoo ID. (The server works with several different type of valid ID not issued by Yahoo)

It is Text only (not even File Transfers that applies to the others).

Video chat can be up to 4 people in the Bonjour, AIM and Jabber accounts.

As I mentioned early it invokes FaceTime in the iMessages account to Video and Audio Chat and invoke Screen Sharing app to Share Screens and the Yahoo account is Text only.

Audio Only chats can be up to 10 people in those same three account types.

Screen Sharing is only 1-1 but works in the AIM, Jabber and Bonjour Accounts. It include an Audio Only chat along side the Screen Sharing.

NOTE AS of August 2015 there appears to be a problem with this service (it is run though an Apple Server called SNATMAP) and a 'fix' is being looked for.

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In System Preferences > Sharing the Screen Sharing and Remote Management cannot be Enabled at the same time.

Both use the Apple Remote Desktop engine (as does the Screen Sharing in the AIM, Bonjour and Jabber accounts).

This form of Screen Sharing can be started from the Finder > Go Menu > Go to Server and starting the link VNC:// rather than SMB (Windows) or AFP (Apple File Protocol).

This Starts the Screen Sharing app that is actually in Hard Drive name/System/Library/Core Services/Applications in Yosemite.

In the iMessages account it includes an Audio chat.

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