PaRaDoX_883

Ok, so. I have never posted anything in the mac section. So if this is in the wrong place, I apologize.

My friend has just got a nice Macbook Pro for her college are course. 4 gigs DDR3 ram, 2.6 GHz dual-core intel CPU. The works. But, I have a little experience with OSX, but not much. So, she's got the Messenger for Mac 7 thing installed on it. And it works. But, she can't use her iSight. And she'd like to. So here's what we're looking for:

A program, for the mac, allowing the user to log onto their MSN account and have IM chats (Just like Live Messenger). But we'd like to use the iSight as just another Webcam.

What has to be done? What can be done?

All help appreciated, thanks in advance.

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The Hundred Gunner

Can't use the camera? Meaning the program doesn't support it or she doesn't know how to set it up?

For video chat, I recommend tokbox.com. It's all done on that site, and it's super easy and painless. No setup is required; you only need an account. It even logs me in automatically even though I delete cookies and everything; I guess it recognizes my computer somehow.

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PaRaDoX_883

She says it doesn't come up anywhere, I'd assume it doesn't support it (kind of odd). But she's bringing it around today for me to take a look at it so I'd like to be prepared.

I'm not looking for video chat here, I'm looking for an instant messenger with webcam (iSight) support. OR at aleast a way to make the OSX version of Windows Live Messenger support, and use the iSight.

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The Hundred Gunner

Isn't that the same thing?

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"I just talk the way I see things... If that's offensive to you... I'm sorry; you're a loser." - Michael Savage

"But you would be amazed by how many people think that the only reason to have a computer is to play games, and that playing games is all that anyone with a computer does." - dangerousHobo

PaRaDoX_883

I find that a lot of programs that focus on the whole video chat side of things really start to fail in the IM area. For example. All the little things I can get on Live messenger (like the custom emotes etc.) would be nice but wouldn't be found in a program that focuses on video chat. A lot of the people in my area are on dialup. So if you had to start a video chat to communicate. The purpose is defeated. Because it won't work.

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We just wanna get the iSight up and running, preferably with MSN. I wouldn't think it's all too hard, but who knows..

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The Hundred Gunner

Well honestly, I don't use MSN messenger, but this:

http://www.microsoft.com/Mac/product...r/default.mspx

says you can use the mac version to video chat. Maybe you have to open up a port or something? Tell her to check the help topics; they're usually helpful in OSX.

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"I just talk the way I see things... If that's offensive to you... I'm sorry; you're a loser." - Michael Savage

"But you would be amazed by how many people think that the only reason to have a computer is to play games, and that playing games is all that anyone with a computer does." - dangerousHobo

PaRaDoX_883

Yea, I was there, looking at that, I'll mess around with it some more when I actually have the mac in hand.

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Mast3rRoot

It looks like you will have to sign up for a corporate account when you first set it up. On my mac I have Messenger 7, I had to sign up for a corporate account just to use the built in isight on my macbook.

PaRaDoX_883

Yea, I just read that. I'm looking into a program called aMSN

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