mentaluproar
macrumors 68000
Ichat won't connect to any of my accounts in Lion. It gave me some trouble in snow leo, but nowhere near this. It almost NEVER works. What can I try to fix this?
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shantastik
macrumors newbie
Same!
Same problem, WON'T CONNECT! HELP
Same problem, WON'T CONNECT! HELP
mentaluproar
macrumors 68000
Fixed
Simple fix. Disable and reenable all accounts.
Simple fix. Disable and reenable all accounts.
gujamin
macrumors member
Tried that. Still just says "Offline"
UltraNEO*
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mstrshikadance
macrumors member
Same Problem
anyone figure this out?
i am having the same problem.
iChat wont even try and connect, just stays "offline"
anyone figure this out?
i am having the same problem.
iChat wont even try and connect, just stays "offline"
deannnnn
macrumors 68020
I've had this happen 3 times now since upgrading to Lion. It's really frustrating, and I don't even use iChat all that much.
SOLUTION:
-Open up 'Activity Monitor' (use Spotlight to find it or go to Applications > Utilities).
-In Activity Monitor, find "imagent" and click the red "Quit Process" button. A dialogue will come up asking if you want to Quit, Cancel, or Force Quit. Select Force Quit and iChat will connect.
SOLUTION:
-Open up 'Activity Monitor' (use Spotlight to find it or go to Applications > Utilities).
-In Activity Monitor, find "imagent" and click the red "Quit Process" button. A dialogue will come up asking if you want to Quit, Cancel, or Force Quit. Select Force Quit and iChat will connect.
danakm
macrumors regular
Is this a permanent solution or will you have to do it every time you restart your computer and try to open iChat?
deannnnn
macrumors 68020
Is this a permanent solution or will you have to do it every time you restart your computer and try to open iChat?
It's a "fix it for a while" solution. I don't have to do it every time I open iChat, but I had to do it today for the third time since upgrading to Lion on launch day.
Bahamut Eos
macrumors member
Hey, I had the same problem and this fixed it. I hope they fix this in a update soon. I have to bookmark this thread so I can remember immanent.
Thanks!
lorax3
macrumors regular
First time I'm having this issue is in 10.7.2. Gchat will connect in iChat, but AIM will not. Ending the process in iChat is not working for me. :-/ hmm
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For those having problems with AIM in 10.7.2 see this thread.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1247833/
unchecking SSL will work for now.....
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For those having problems with AIM in 10.7.2 see this thread.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1247833/
unchecking SSL will work for now.....
Gemütlichkeit
macrumors 65816
Yeah AIM isn't connecting for me either. 10.7.2
aah as posted above, uncheck SSL for AIM works. Not happy with that fix but it will do for now.
aah as posted above, uncheck SSL for AIM works. Not happy with that fix but it will do for now.
Yep uncheck SSL under server settings in iChat Preferences.
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southerndoc
Contributor
Ah, finally fixed! 10.7.2 must have changed it to api.oscar.aol.com. Everything was working fine up until today when I updated to 10.7.2.
Worked for me! Thanks.