Available on Mac

The 3rd most popular messenger on Mac OS X

iChat is an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), .Mac, ICQ and XMPP client by Apple Inc. for their Mac OS X operating system. Using a Jabber-like protocol and Bonjour for user discovery, it also allows for LAN communication. iChat's AIM support is fully endorsed by AOL, and uses their official implementation of the AIM OSCAR protocol. Using a Jabber transport, iChat users may also integrate their MSN and Yahoo! contacts into the Jabber pane. You can also use iChat from your menu bar, without even starting the application. When someone sends you a message, the application will launch automaticcally.
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  • vik407 fanatic
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    Una herramienta sencilla que no genera mucho ruido creada con un solo objetivo, comunicar, hay muchas otras opciones pero la verdad en mac el im menos intrusivo y con más funcionalidades es ichat.

  • yo2boy expert
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    meh.. Adium's better.

  • gibberflibber devotee
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    iChat is probably the best IM client for the mac. It is very well integrated into the OS. Even though some features are missing, they can be easily added with a nifty plug-in called "Chax"

  • likounin fanatic
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    很不錯的 IM

  • Kwintin expert
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    Very well integrated in the Apple OS ;)

  • Steve Kudelko fanatic
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    iChat is my favorite IM client, hands down. I use the Chax extensions to modify it, and it has really come a long way since it shipped with Panther (and I stuck with the original AIM client for the Mac). I started using iChat when the Intel Macs came out and the original AIM for Mac client stopped working.

  • eampiart expert
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    I use this everyday, but I miss the support of MSN...

  • manuelm411 enthusiast

    I cant seem to be able to download any version of iChat.
    I try clicking on download button but nothing comes up.
    Please, HELP!!!!

  • ericbobmyers expert
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    It's free. . . it works, and snow leopard makes it even better!

  • Andrew overlord
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    This is my favorite instant messenger client. Works great for AIM, Jabber, and Bonjour services, though it would be nice to have support for Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger, but everyone I know uses either Jabber or AIM, so it's not too big of a deal. =p

  • MiLyAni expert
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    I think iChat i the best IM ever

  • rishikant devotee

    hey there i accidently deleted this ichat software . how can i download it again ?

  • filipe_mp expert
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    Great with .Mac, AIM and Gtalk

  • Hedi_Regaya novice
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    Best IM ever!
    If you are interested into connecting to MSN, Yahoo or Twitter with iChat, drop me a line.

  • AndreVautour fanatic

    it's good.

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Developer: Apple Inc.
Version: 5.0.1
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Usage: 4 years, 9 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 10 hours, 34 minutes and 19 seconds
Usage since: 10 May 2007
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