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If you have a Gmail account, you may have noticed the Chat feature built into their web based email client. This is pretty cool, but you have to be on the web page to chat with your buddies. Well with the latest version of iChat, you can now use Google Talk with iChat AV.

How to do it:

1. Open iChat

2. Go to the iChat menu and choose Preferences.

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Do you like to customize your Mac? Add a cool background to your chat window. It's only for your viewing pleasure, and the people on the other end of the IM won't see it, but your chat windows will look really snazzy.

Here is how to do it:
Open iChat AV
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Have some family, friends, or co-workers you want to start a group chat with? It's easy with iChat AV. If you buddies are online you can create your own personal chat room.

Here is how to do it:
Open 'iChatAV'
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You have your brand new Mac (or older one with an iSight), and nobody to test the cool iChat AV with? Well, luckily there are some Apple test servers that you can test it with.

Here is how to do it:
Open 'iChat AV'
next, from the iChat menu, choose 'Buddies -> Add Buddy'
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Save a chat session. If you have a need to preserve them.. iChat makes it very easy to save all of your chats.
Caution: If you are doing any clandestine behavior, then this tip isn't for you.... or maybe it is ;-) You can make sure the transcripts are off !!

Let's get to it:

Open 'iChat'

Next, go to the iChat menu, and choose 'Preferences'
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iChat AV is a fantastic way to keep in touch. I just find it too intrusive-- always on my desktop or on my dock.
Here is a way to help with the clutter, and keep it in the 'Menu bar' instead, and you can have access to most of the functions.

Open iChat AV.

Next, choose 'iChat->Preferences', and then click on the 'General' tab.
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To show people what you are currently listening to

in iTunes, pull down the Status Message and change it to Current iTunes Track.

Now, if I am on your Buddy List, you can see what I am listening to!

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