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My ichat on my Macbook 13in recently stopped work. At first my window would show up with no buddies in my contacts but, now it is only showing up with a gray bar that says I am offline but it will not let me go back online. It is not a internet/google connection problem
HI,
With the Finder as the App listed in the Menu Bar use the Go Menu > Go to Folder
In the Dialogue box type (Or copy) the following
~/Library/Preferences
The ~ is short for Hard Drive Name/Users/(your account name)/Library/Preferences
Find the file called com.apple.ichat.Jabber.plist and drag it to the Trash
Restart iChat.
Does the account Log in properly now ?
8:51 PM Friday; October 26, 2012
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images." No, Seriously
I too had the the same problem, but i solved it by the followin method.
Step 1 : Enable 2 setp verification from gmail.com (https://www.google.com/settings/security)
Step 2 : Go to Manage in Connected applications and sites tab
Step 3 : Generate application specific password.
Step 4 : Now go to system preferences > Mail, Contacts & Calenders > Google tab (If already) > details> enter your username and then the application specific password
Step 5 : In iChat preferences , you'll now see the google acc with greyed out username and password and a single option of Enable this account.
Step 6 : Now it should work
Ichat without buddies or connection
