iMac OSX & iPad Video Chat? Help!

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J2011 Author

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iMac OSX & iPad Video Chat? Help!

Hi, I have an iMac with OSX on it and recently bought an iPad just before the iPad2 came out, I'm heading away shortly and wanted to take my iPad with me, hoping to use the iPad to do video caht with my family at home on the iMac?

I understand FaceTime will do this but my iMac does not have the new operating system to allow me to run the iMac app store to get Facetime on my mac, so I tried Yahoo Instant Messenger but the video chat option is disabled?

Does anyone here know of a good app or program I can use on my iPad and my iMac that will allow me to do internet video chat when I am away and in a WiFi area with my iPad back to my iMac at home? I want to do this without having to upgarde my operating system on the iMac.

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jun 26, 2012 4:32 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 26, 2012 4:37 AM in response to J2011

you will have to upgrade to OS X 10.6.6 to use facetime. there is no other way to do it.

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J2011 Author

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Jun 26, 2012 4:43 AM in response to thegeek

So there's no other apps or programs like MSN Messenger or anything that can be used?

i have to say I'm getting really dissapointed in Apple's lack of support when it comes to stuff like this. Having to upgrade simply to have a video chat on a machine that's only 4 years old. That's a major problem! Video chat should be a basic feature now days?

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King_Penguin

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Jun 26, 2012 4:44 AM in response to J2011

I haven't used it but there is a Skype For iPad app - but if you have the first gen iPad then you won't have a video camera on it and it therefore won't have the FaceTime app (or do you mean that you recently bought the iPad 2, which does have a camera, just before the new iPad came out ?) the person on the other end of the call won't be able to see you (the Skype For iPad need iOS 4.3+).

Skype For iOS help

Skype For Mac info

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J2011 Author

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Jun 26, 2012 4:49 AM in response to King_Penguin

Hi, Thanks... No I mean I have the 2nd iPad, the one between iPad and iPad2, it has two cameras on it a forward facing and reverse camera?

I thought the Yahoo thing would have worked but it's not allowing me to click on the webcam button.

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King_Penguin

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Jun 26, 2012 4:55 AM in response to J2011

That's the iPad 2 - the first one wa just the iPad, then the iPad 2, and now the 'new iPad' (so I don't know what the next one might be called).

Are you trying via a browser or their Yahoo Messenger app (which I also haven't tried) ?

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J2011 Author

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Jun 26, 2012 5:17 AM in response to King_Penguin

Hi, I was trying through the app on the iPad and the downloadable version for mac but neither would allow the webcam option to activate. I've tried the Skype and it works but it's very poor video quality, but not too big an issue. Although for some reason the smaller screen on the iPad that shows what your iPad video is outputting is just black but all other screens work. Strange. Thanks!

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