kisight: FAQ 1: Want to Test your iSight WIth Another Person?
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kisight: FAQ 1: Want to Test your iSight With Another Person?
Edit 8th Nov 2024 corrections and Necessary Changes
Suitable for iChat 2.x and iChat 3
This FAQ follows on from EZ Jim's " How To Ensure Your iSight Is Functional"
Testing with Another User
This FAQ presumes you have done the preliminary tests in EZ Jim's FAQ and can see yourself in the Preview windows of iChat.
If your iSight works and you want to test your ability to connect iChat AV for instant messaging, see the iChat AV FAQs for further help.
Apple runs three AIM names:-
appleu3test01,
appleu3test02 and
appleu3test03 are available as Autoresponders. (They answer your call and start to show Video (adverts).
Edit 2024 At some point there were three more with @mac.com added to the existing names menaing 6 in total.
They will accept invites from iChat 2.x, iChat 3, the AIM application on a PC and Trillian also on a PC.
Link to my Old web site removed from here.
In Addition to these there are several people who post regularly in the iChat and iSight discussion areas who may offer their help. See the list below.
Other people put their details in their Apple profiles which you can see by clicking on their name on the left of any post.
Please be aware of Time Zone differences.
Current Known test users (Be polite and Text a request first).
Rather than post iChat names on a page that could possibly be trawled for info, I linked the list to peoples profiles.
Ralph Johns (UK) See under "Biography" in new Discussions Profile. Using Tiger (iChat 3 Panther at 10.3.9 possible still) Can also host 4 ways Edit 2024 I am leaving this linked Profile Live
EZ Jim By invite on the Boards only
Defcom(UK) From New Discussion Profile. Using Tiger (iChat 3)
Ryan Mathus New Discussion Profile. Maryland.
ChrisBel New Discussions. Please note the @mac reference (Paris).
James A. Weston New Discussions Profile. California (Please Text first. Has PCs and Macs. Mac on Tiger and an Intel Mac.
Jeremy Varner Pennsylvania On Tiger
John Holt In Austrialia.
Edit 2024 Link to my old hosting site removed. The current pages no longer have a Contact Testers page.
The people who have offered to be testers have put their iChat details in their profiles.
The Links are to prevent Trawling.
From there you can copy and paste them into the Add Buddy set up screens to put them in your Buddy list. Please note you need to select the correct account type when adding a Buddy.
To start a chat can be done in four ways.
1) Double click the green camera icon next to the person's name in your Buddy list
2) Click the person's name once in the Buddy list and use the icon at the bottom of the Buddy List
3) Click the person's name once and use the Buddies menu items.
4) Right Click on a Buddy and use the Pop Up Menu.
This is the 2nd version of this tip. It was submitted on 4/5/07 by Ralph Johns (UK).
Edit 2024 8th Nov Most likely the last.
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