"Stephen C." <nobodyNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:21:56 -0700, Alan Illeman wrote
> (in article <s_ydnRwv562AnGzanZ2dnUVZ_v2pnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>
> > "Alan Illeman" <illemann@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > news:13ur35o***s04fd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> "Bob Harris" <nospam.News.Bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> 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]
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> >>>> 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
How do I find out if the iMac is running 10.4?
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