SMS option missing in Leopard Ichat.

Perhaps there is no cellphone to send the SMS to ?

 

yep, ive got this too and i cant tell you how annoyed i am, i may be in the UK and you cant send txts to UK numbers but i still used this feature a lot, i believe it wasnt only a feature of iChat though, if you download AIM it may be able to send them. maybe Apple just didnt have time to work it into Leopard, lets hope updates fix this.

 

Did you try what PEACE suggested? As you cannot send SMS to iChat/AIM users, only cell numbers.

Is it missing it? Or just grayed out?

Possibly the 10.5 installer didn't update iChat, is the version 4.0?

And finally, did you ever have the 10.5 Beta/Preview on the same HD that your current final Leopard version resides?

 

really?! i assumed they had just removed the feature

 

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That menu item is new to me. In Tiger, I started a new chat and entered "+1" followed by the phone number for the screen name.

 

well i didnt and i have the same problem

 

Self-explanatory :

SMS works fine.I just tested it with my iPhone via iChat.

 

if you have the install disk handy, pop it in and go to Optional Installs, and re-install iChat, that has fixed my problems before.

 

I don't think thats SMS, that may just be mobile IM. And remember, while it works you you and me, the other users still don't have it.

 

solution

yeah i'm in australian and apple taking that feature away really sucked. i used it every day.

here's the solution i found
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/email_messaging/emitsms.html

a nice widget that does the job almost a little better.

hope this helps you

[edit] i think ichat sms i only good for american numbers.

 

just open a new chat window (cmd-n) and in the "to" field, enter "+1" with the area code and number and send away.

 

The iPhone doesn't have mobile IM so if he received it on his iPhone it must be SMS.

 

I haven't checked but I will when I get home from work.