On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:21:56 -0700, Alan Illeman wrote
(in article <s_ydnRwv562AnGzanZ2dnUVZ_v2pnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> "Alan Illeman" <illemann@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> "Bob Harris" <nospam.News.Bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:nospam.News.Bob-802B11.19332928032008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> In article <13uq46b8k74mn13@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> "Alan Illeman" <illemann@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Bob Harris" <nospam.News.Bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
message
>>>> news:nospam.News.Bob-D1D507.21255326032008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> In article <13ul7iqrn2a2f07@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>>> "Alan Illeman" <illemann@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Can anyone direct me to a tutorial that describes how to
>>>>>> setup an iMac for video chat/conferencing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> tia
>>>>>> Alan
>>>>>
>>>>> Depends on what client you want to use.
>>>>>
>>>>> iChat video conferencing with another iChat user is so easy, my
>>>>> 70+ Mom does it regularly. Setup for iChat is to get either a
>>>>> "Free" AOL Instant Messenger (www.aim.com) screen name for each
>>>>> party. Then add the other person to your iChat buddy list. They
>>>>> should then appear with a camera icon in your buddy list when they
>>>>> are on-line. click on the camera icon and iChat establishes a
>>>>> video conference connection.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Bob
>>>>
>>>> We wish to setup an iMac(here in Canada) with a PC(in Australia)
where
>> the
>>>> latter have told us that they intend to use AOL Instant Messenger.
>>>
>>> I have never done this, but it is my understanding that the
>>> Windows version of AOL Instant Messenger will do video with Mac
>>> iChat clients.
>>>
>>>>> I think Skype is easy as well, and that should be cross platform.
>>>>> To use Skype you download and install the skype app
>>>>> (www.skype.com). Register for a free skype account. Search for
>>>>> the person you want to skype using the email address they
>>>>> registered with. You are good to go at that point.
>>>>
>>>> Btw, the skype site..
>>>> http://www.skype.com/download/skype/windows/downloading/
>>>> says "You need Windows 2000, XP or Vista to run Skype"
>>>
>>> Skype for Macs can be found at:
>>> <http://skype.com/download/skype/macosx/>
>>> <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24474>
>>>
>>> Bob Harris
>>
>> Thanks again Bob
>
> I got nowhere with the iMac as it called for something called 'stuffit'
> version 6 but could only find a later version on their site which was
> not freeware - so rushed out and bought a Logitech webcam and
> installed same on Windose with no problem whatsoever.
>
Stuffit Expander is free, and will expand any Stuffit files.
http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/stuffitexpander/index.html
It is a universal app requiring Mac OS 10.4. There are older versions of
Expander if you don't have 10.4.
If you wanted to create stuffed files, then you would have to buy the
Stuffit
program. Sorta like Acrobat Reader versus Acrobat.
This doesn't help, as you have already found a work-around, but if you
wanted
to play around with setting it up on the iMac, you could use the free
Stuffit
Expander. I would go ahead and download Expander, as it will expand
Stuffit
or .zip files, the two common Mac compression file formats.
StephenC
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