In the classic AIM 5.9, the little windows pop up in the lower right hand corner telling you when people sign on.off, go/return away, and go/return idle. I just got a mac, and i downloaded the AIM for Macs, but it doesnt alert me anything. I found out how to have it alert me when people sign on or off, but there's nothing about going or returning from away. Plus, I don't even know how to set my own away message. Basically, I need a complete tutorial on how to work this, because it's completely different form what I'm used to. If you're willing to put in the time to help me out, I would really appreciate it. Thank you
2006-12-17 12:46:35 · 3 answers · asked by Bensius 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Try using iChat (normally it comes with macs, or you could download it), it tells when people are on or off, you can set away messages easily, and i think there's a setting to let you know when people aren't away.
2006-12-17 12:56:51 · answer #1 · answered by dramaaddict247 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use a program called Adium (http://www.adiumx.com/) for my IMing, which is compatible with oodles of IM protocols, including AIM. It's also very customizable. In conjunction with that, for notification, I use Growl (http://growl.info/), basically a notification "framework" that works with all kinds of Mac apps. Adium has a pretty good list of events for Growl notification, from logins to status changes to file transfers and so on.
It would mean using a different program than the "official" AIM client, of course, but Adium has been very good to me and I recommend it. There's not a huge learning curve. :) And without Growl installed I almost feel like something's missing from my Mac, haha.
2006-12-17 21:01:36 · answer #2 · answered by Mike M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mac uses should be using Adium.
2006-12-17 20:57:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋