How do i stop iChat from showing that i'm idle?

Disable it in the Security area of the Accounts tab of iChat's preferences. This may not be available for all account types.

(56833)

Hi,

Also in the General Section of the Preferences tick the box that reads:-
"When iChat is Quit, Set my Status to Off Line."

If this is not set then iChat will leave sort of Partial Login so that you can get Off Line IMs (which will start iChat up if the computer is On)

If you have iChat allowing Off-Line IMs these will still be saved at the Server until you Log in again.

Off Line IMs can be stopped if you reply to the AIMSysMessage Buddy text with a "no"
They can only be reinstated by changing the setting here https://settings.aim.com/
You need to Login first and this can be also done with an @mac.com or @me.com name



7:47 PM Tuesday; February 15, 2011

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

Hi,

AS Neil pointed out some iChat "Accounts" so not have the Security Settings tab.
All Jabber Based accounts are like this as is the Bonjour one.

Otherwise you will need this
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=200402181751007&query=IChatidletime

Jiggler is another option.



10:47 PM Tuesday; February 15, 2011

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

Hi,

For the points



7:28 PM Friday; February 18, 2011

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"