Robert Shaw1
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Q: iChat AV/iSight Program for OS 10.4.11

I just purchased an older replacement G5 iMac which came with a external iSight cam/mike.  I find no iChat/iSight software on the hard drive within its existing OS 10.4.11. Where can I get the iChat AV / iSight program? Can it be found on the original OS.10 that came with my now useless first G5 iMac?   Any help will be appreciated.   rgs

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Pismo-Powerbook-G3-Firewire

Posted on Feb 24, 2012 2:52 PM

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Robert Shaw1

Q: iChat AV/iSight Program for OS 10.4.11

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  • by EZ Jim,

    EZ Jim EZ Jim Feb 25, 2012 7:56 AM in response to Robert Shaw1
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    Feb 25, 2012 7:56 AM in response to Robert Shaw1

    iChat is automatically installed in your Mac's Applications folder with Mac OS X.

    Unless someone has moved it, you should be able to navigate to it using

    the Finder > Go > Applications menu command.

     

    Reinstalling Tiger (OS X 10.4) will automatically put iChat in the correct location.  However, if you want to reinstall ONLY iChat, the process is discussed at http://discussions.apple.com/thread/1486891

     

    To avoid possible problems that might occur due to other previous "modifications" the previous owner(s) may have made, I would zero the Mac's hard drive and do a clean install of Tiger before I installed anything else.  Use the Disk Utility on the OS X

    install DVD that came with the Mac to securely erase the disk with one write of zeros before you install Tiger.  When finished with the erase and install, use the

    Mac's Software Update... to apply all needed updates before adding any other software.

     

     

     

    Message was edited by: EZ Jim