Lion’s version of iChat is the best implementation of OS X’s built-in chat client to date. But it still lacks the features of third-party instant messaging clients. Apple first offered iChat in 2002, ...

Leopard's iChat Theater feature makes remote video presentations far easier and more flexible than before. But the experience doesn't always match up with the elegant effect of Apple's demos.

Occasionally a situation arises where you need to transfer a file to someone but you have forgotten your external hard drive or burnable disc. In these situations, you can set up a private network and ...

Some particular strings of code uncovered in Apple's iOS mobile operating system by iOS developer John Heaton hints that Mac OS X's popular iChat client could come to iOS devices in the near future, ...

The next version of Mac OS X will deliver an updated version of iChat capable of logging into Yahoo IM accounts, providing an improved experience when using multiple accounts, and adding web page ...

Reader Luke Rein would like to rein in his iChat alerts. He writes: Is there a way to adjust iChat’s alert volume separately from the main volume? For example, if I’m watching a movie, how can I have ...

In some cases, specific settings on routers and other networking hardware can cause problems in Apple's iChat. MacFixIt reader Craig Sayer reports that his router's uPnP (Universal Plug and Play) ...

iChat was once the pantheon of instant messaging clients with its delicious aqua interface, no obnoxious ads (like AIM) and a simple ease-of-use that's undeniable. But since the release of iChat AV (a ...

Facebook Chat is a wonderful little service opening you up to the incessant, sub-literate, real-time blatherings of the wide array of superficial acquaintances you’ve coalesced over the many years: ...

Graphics whiz Philipp Antoni has transitioned to using Leopard's iChat 4 after years of loyal Adium use. But he sure did miss that slim contact list window. So he did what any other good caring user ...

If you're getting the Macworld jitters, easily identified by the recurring dreams of Steve Jobs showing up for the keynote with nothing but a loaf of bread tucked under his arm: "I give you... the ...