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Hello!
I'm on a Mac OS X Lion. Can I use iChat to talk with people who only have MSN???

If not natively, his there any software I may install that will allow me to do this???

BTW, will iMessage allow MSN interaction??

Thnak you very much!

Posted on Jun 24, 2012 8:30 AM

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Posted on Jun 30, 2012 1:02 PM

Hi


You can add MSN Buddies after doing this

http://allforces.com/2005/05/06/ichat-to-msn-through-jabber/


You will then be able to Text Chat only with them


Messages (when it comes In Mountain Lion) will do iMessages to iPhones and iPads and some Touches

These iMessages are to Apple IDs (or Phone Numbers) used on the Phones or iPads and some people may have used an MSN email as an Apple ID.


To be Clear - the app name is NOT iMessages.

The App will be called Messages and one thing it can do (As well as all the iChat stuff) will be to send or use the iMessage service that Apple now runs which includes syncing said messages between the iOS and the Mac you are running Messages on.


We know this as Apple released (for a time) Messages Beta which has it's own Community.



User uploaded file
8:57 PM Saturday; June 30, 2012

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


 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

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Question marked as Best reply

Jun 30, 2012 1:02 PM in response to JMPC

Hi


You can add MSN Buddies after doing this

http://allforces.com/2005/05/06/ichat-to-msn-through-jabber/


You will then be able to Text Chat only with them


Messages (when it comes In Mountain Lion) will do iMessages to iPhones and iPads and some Touches

These iMessages are to Apple IDs (or Phone Numbers) used on the Phones or iPads and some people may have used an MSN email as an Apple ID.


To be Clear - the app name is NOT iMessages.

The App will be called Messages and one thing it can do (As well as all the iChat stuff) will be to send or use the iMessage service that Apple now runs which includes syncing said messages between the iOS and the Mac you are running Messages on.


We know this as Apple released (for a time) Messages Beta which has it's own Community.



User uploaded file
8:57 PM Saturday; June 30, 2012

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


 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Jun 30, 2012 1:05 PM in response to JMPC

HI,


Note, the Latest version of MSN for Macs is a free Download and can Video to other MSN users on PCs



User uploaded file
9:05 PM Saturday; June 30, 2012

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


 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Jun 30, 2012 1:58 PM in response to JMPC

Thanks for the Points



User uploaded file
9:58 PM Saturday; June 30, 2012

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


 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

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