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Nov 13, 2008 2:00 PM
by: Ray Haneski
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iChat AV: Unable to chat after migrating to new computer
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Oct 1, 2008 8:03 AM
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Hi all,
I used Carbon Copy Cloner to migrate my entire drive to a new computer while my wife uses my Powerbook on a job out of town. Everything seems to be working fine--except that while we can chat with other folks, we cannot chat with each other. We really want this to work, so that our four year old daughter can see her mom. Can anyone suggest why this is happening?
We have both trashed all four iChat prefs and recreated our AIM accounts. I have even created a new MobileMe account. Our computers recognize each other, we can invite each other chat, we can accept the invitation, but then we always get the "communication error" message.
Again, as I say, we both can chat with others, so this does not seem to be a port or iSight problem. I would guess it's something deeper in the OS that prevents the computers from talking to each other because they think they are each other. I couldn't find anything to change in Accounts in System Prefs. But what do I know?
Any advice?
Thanks.
Powerbook g4 17
Mac OS X (10.5.4)
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Re: Cloned Computers Can't Chat
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Oct 1, 2008 8:19 AM
in response to: franzmetcalf
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Did you change one computers name in the sharing preference pane?
Powerbook g-4 17 inch, Macbook 2.0 core duo 10.5.2
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
1.5 ghz 1gb ram
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Re: Cloned Computers Can't Chat
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Oct 1, 2008 7:32 PM
in response to: Ray Haneski
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Ray et al.,
No, I did not change one computer's name in the sharing preferences pane. I'll do it immediately. I assume you think that might be the problem. Seems reasonable. We'll try again tonight and see if this is a fix.
Thanks so much,
Franz
Powerbook g4 17
Mac OS X (10.5.2)
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Re: Cloned Computers Can't Chat
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Oct 1, 2008 9:30 PM
in response to: franzmetcalf
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Ray,
A huge thank you! Immediate success!
Frankly, also a big thumbs down to the Apple engineers who never considered this issue or posted a helpful hint about it. Could it be that hard to consider this situation? Perhaps so. Still, what a simple fix--yet one I would never have thought of. Why should "sharing" issues prevent iChat functioning? How would I know, being kept in the dark by Apple? There is, I'm sure, a clear answer if Apple would treat us like adults. But since they want to avoid that (it's like politics), we're dependent on the kindness of strangers. Thank you, Ray, for being my kind stranger today. Watching my wife and daughter laugh together on iChat was an experience beyond the power of my words to convey.
Bowing,
Franz
Powerbook g4 17
Mac OS X (10.5.2)
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Re: Cloned Computers Can't Chat
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Oct 2, 2008 6:20 AM
in response to: franzmetcalf
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Solved
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basically the computer thought it was trying to talk to itself, which it cant do.
Powerbook g-4 17 inch, Macbook 2.0 core duo 10.5.2
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
1.5 ghz 1gb ram
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