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Mac Tips Daily! #155 - iChat AV Testing
Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 12:27PM
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.
Now, choose 'New Person'
Now, choose 'AIM' as the Account Type. Also, for the Account Name, type in: appleu3test01 and then click 'Add'
Now, click on the green camera next to the new buddy. Note: If the camera is a faded green, you may have to try later, since the server may be busy.
Your chat should now begin to setup
And you can see yourself in the corner window, and an apple commercial playing in the main window.
You can resize your image or even go full screen with the chat.
You can't talk to them, but this will give you an idea if your connection is going to work, or if its being blocked by a firewall.
If the servers above were busy, here are a couple more to try:
appleu3test02
appleu3test03
Now, choose 'New Person'
Now, choose 'AIM' as the Account Type. Also, for the Account Name, type in: appleu3test01 and then click 'Add'
Now, click on the green camera next to the new buddy. Note: If the camera is a faded green, you may have to try later, since the server may be busy.
Your chat should now begin to setup
And you can see yourself in the corner window, and an apple commercial playing in the main window.
You can resize your image or even go full screen with the chat.
You can't talk to them, but this will give you an idea if your connection is going to work, or if its being blocked by a firewall.
If the servers above were busy, here are a couple more to try:
appleu3test02
appleu3test03
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