Tiger and iChat - just plain broken?


Now it's starting to annoy me.

I tried to use iChat video with a friend on a Panther system this evening, and it just wouldn't connect. Apparently I wasn't responding (I was. Loudly at times). We had to give up in the end.

I think using iChat under Tiger stopped working around the 10.4.1 timeframe, and darn annoying it is too. And it's not just me - lots of Tiger users have been having the same issues. Here's a comment from someone (who just happens to be in my old home country) who has the same issues. There are some home remedies (which didn't work for me) that you might try. This site has some good suggestions on setting up ports on your Firewall and Router. You can check if this is your problem just by temporarily turning off your Firewall ( from System Preferences / Sharing) and by using your Router to put your Mac in the DMZ (see your Router instructions for details). This didn't help me. My iChat was working perfectly until Tiger and the last OS update came along.

The bottom line is that Tiger's iChat is broken, Apple knows it, and apparently they will fix it soon. Hopefully with OS 10.4.2, and I'm hoping, very soon indeed.

Posted: Wed - June 15, 2005 at 10:22 PM      

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