Click and hold on the iChat icon in your dock to be sure it has a √ by the Open at Login. Then click on the iChat icon to open. >

To add a buddy click on the + at the bottom left of the list and Add Buddy. >

< A screen will open with a your address book. Look over the list and if the person you want to add is there, highlight their name and click Select Buddy and type in their 5 & 3 name.

If they are not in your address book, then click on the New Person > button and fill in their Account Name (use their 5&3 name), Then click on “Add”.

Someone wants to add you to their buddy list - click anywhere on the message box and then click on Accept. To reply to their message type in the text line and return to send the message.

To iChat with someone – Wait for them to accept and then talk.

Video – highlight the person from your Jabber list and click on the video icon. Wait for them to accept your invitation. >

To iChat to multiple buddies with the same message, hold the open apple key and highlight the ones you are wanting to iChat with. While holding the open apple key, double click on the last person selected and a type your message.

You can print your iChat by going to File, Print. Automatically save your iChats – go to iChat, Preferences, Messages, and √ in the Automatically save chat transcripts. Change your picture - click on your picture, Edit Picture, drag the picture you want to Drag Image Here area or click on a picture already in Recent Pictures. To close the iChat box, simply click on the Red button at the upper left corner of the screen.