New to Mac, Quick Question!

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iWinnipegger

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Oct 21, 2007

• #1

Hi, i'm fairly new to the mac and had a quick question,

I currently use hotmail as my mail (my address is ********@hotmail.com) and use msn messenger as my IM client.

I was wondering if it's possible to use iChat/Adress Book/Mail with this address, also all of my friends also have hotmail addresses and use msn messenger.

Is there anyway to use these apps with my current address, thanks!

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Oct 21, 2007

• #2

I suggest Adium X for MSN support and Address Book integration.

 

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~J~

macrumors 6502

• Oct 21, 2007

• #3

Eidorian said:

I suggest Adium X for MSN support and Address Book integration.

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I second Adium. Best multi-chat program for OSX (at the moment).

 

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iWinnipegger

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Oct 21, 2007

• #4

well if i changed to aol would i still be able to chat with my hotmail friends in iChat?

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Oct 21, 2007

• #5

iWinnipegger said:

well if i changed to aol would i still be able to chat with my hotmail friends in iChat?

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Adium X supports a ludicrous number of protocols and integrates well with OS X.

 

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iWinnipegger

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Oct 21, 2007

• #6

Eidorian said:

Adium X supports a ludicrous number of protocols and integrates well with OS X.

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yeah but i wanna use iChat/mail cuz the new features in leopard for iChat look amazing

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Oct 21, 2007

• #7

iWinnipegger said:

yeah but i wanna use iChat/mail cuz the new features in leopard for iChat look amazing

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Those new features don't amount to much unless your friends are using Leopard too.

 

CalBoy

macrumors 604

• Oct 21, 2007

• #8

iWinnipegger said:

yeah but i wanna use iChat/mail cuz the new features in leopard for iChat look amazing

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I believe that for the chat to work like the tour brags, both of you must have Leopard and use iChat.

 

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iWinnipegger

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Oct 21, 2007

• #9

Eidorian said:

Those new features don't amount to much unless your friends are using Leopard too.

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so basically u can't use iChat unless ur on aol or .mac and all of ur contacts are on aol or .mac???

 

iPhil

macrumors 68040

• Oct 21, 2007

• #10

iWinnipegger said:

well if i changed to aol would i still be able to chat with my hotmail friends in iChat?

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adium supports these IM standards:

 

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iWinnipegger

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Oct 21, 2007

• #11

iPhil said:

adium supports these IM standards:

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yeah but there's no iSight support is there?

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Oct 21, 2007

• #12

iWinnipegger said:

so basically u can't use iChat unless ur on aol or .mac and all of ur contacts are on aol or .mac???

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I'm not going to entertain the thought of Jabber since the features wouldn't be there.

 

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72930

Retired

• Oct 21, 2007

• #13

iWinnipegger said:

yeah but there's no iSight support is there?

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For that, I use Mercury...