hi, i've had no problems with my new mac until now. When I open up ichat it logs on and shows that no one is online. I know that is not true because I go onto adium after that and tons of people are on. Sometimes when I close ichat, then reopen it to see if that will work, it signs me on and off really fast a million times. Anyone know what's going on? How do i get my buddy list back?? Thanks.
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ichat not showing buddy list
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I have been having problems with iChat too. I installed the software updates yesterday, and all of a sudden, iChat would connect and disconnect several times until it said "You've logged in too many times.. blah blah blah." I first deleted the com.apple.iChat.AIM.plist... then I had the same problem as you. I could log on, but my buddies wouldn't show up. Soo... I deleted the com.apple.iChat.plist (you can do this by going to Users/(your name)/Library/Preferences). The next time I opened iChat, it lead me through the setup again. And I had my buddies back.
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
Look at the very top right of your screen (all he way into the right top corner). In the Menu Bar you will see the Spotlight icon (magnifying glass). Now start looking to the left of it until you see the Talk Ballon icon (no camera in the middle).
Try this!
I read this somewhere: Try removing your iChat from your Applications and then re-adding it. I had the same problem where my buddy list disappeared and this worked like a charm.
I read this somewhere: Try removing your iChat from your Applications and then re-adding it. I had the same problem where my buddy list disappeared and this worked like a charm.
none of those worked for me
just clearing the plist didn't do it,
but between clearing the ichat plists
( /Users/*username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iChat.AIM.plist )
( /Users/*username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iChat.plist )
and my ichat user caches
( /Users/*username*/Library/Caches/com.apple.iChat )
that did the trick.
just clearing the plist didn't do it,
but between clearing the ichat plists
( /Users/*username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iChat.AIM.plist )
( /Users/*username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iChat.plist )
and my ichat user caches
( /Users/*username*/Library/Caches/com.apple.iChat )
that did the trick.