Difference between revisions of "Adium Chat Client for Mac OSX"

Revision as of 14:52, 30 June 2009

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Download and install Adium
Launch Adium and add a jabber account by going File > Add Account > Jabber
Enter your JabberID = your_evergreen_login@pink.evergreen.edu Figure 1
Enter your password = your evergreen password
Click OK. Do NOT click Register new Account
You may need to click Continue to verify the identity of pink.evergreen.edu Figure 2

Once you've added an account to the Jabber server you can join an existing group chat

Go File > Join Group Chat
Enter the Chat room name you'd like to join
If the chat room is password protected you may need to enter the Chat Room password here. Note: This is NOT your evergreen password.

Go Adium > Preferences
Choose Personal to set the icon or photo and your personal handle. By default your handle will be your first and last name

Go Window > Chat Transcript Viewer
Select the chat from the left hand column you'd like to view the transcript for
To export these logs choose Print from the Chat Viewer top bar and Save as a PDF from the PDF drop down bar in the Print window

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 [[Image:Adium-register-new-acct.png|thumb|250px|right|Figure 1]]
-[[Image:Adium-new-acct-2.png|thumb|250px|right|Figure 2]]
+[[Image:Adium-new-acct-4.png|thumb|250px|right|Figure 2]]
-[[Image:Adium-new-acct-3.png|thumb|250px|right|Figure 3]]
-[[Image:Adium-new-acct-4.png|thumb|250px|right|Figure 4]]
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 #Enter your JabberID = ''your_evergreen_login''@pink.evergreen.edu [[:Image:Adium-register-new-acct.png | Figure 1]]
 #Enter your password = your evergreen password
-#Click '''Register new Account'''
+#Click '''OK'''. Do '''NOT''' click '''Register new Account'''
-#Below are additional steps you may or may not need make. Note: you may encounter error messages during this process, click through them as they should not inhibit the registration process
+#You may need to click '''Continue''' to verify the identity of pink.evergreen.edu [[:Image:Adium-new-acct-4.png | Figure 2]]
-#*Enter your XMPP server address = '''pink.evergreen.edu''' and click '''Request New Account''' [[:Image:Adium-new-acct-2.png | Figure 2]]
-#*Register new XMPP Account: enter a username and password - this should be the same as your Evergreen login and password. Click '''Register''' [[:Image:Adium-new-acct-3.png | Figure 3]]
-#*Click '''Continue''' to verify the identity of pink.evergreen.edu [[:Image:Adium-new-acct-4.png | Figure 4]]
 ===Join a Group Chat===