Tag Archive | "iChat"

Apple releases public beta of new Messages app for OS X Mountain Lion

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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There’s a lot of OS X Mountain Lion news today, including the public beta release of Apple’s new Messages app for OS X. Positioned to replace iChat, Messages for OS X will integrate iChat and FaceTime functionality under one roof, while also being able to communicate with the Messages app for the iPhone and iPod […]

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Evidence points to iMessage/iChat integration

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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New evidence suggesting that Apple is planning to integrate its upcoming iMessage service with iChat, Apple’s trusty and underutilized desktop-based chat application.

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iLife ’11 to ship soon; Apple to integrate FaceTime into iChat – Rumors

Friday, September 10, 2010

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The French language Mac site Mac4Ever, which tends to have a pretty solid track record when it comes to Apple rumors, is reporting that iLife ’11 may be poised to hit store shelves soon. Back in late July, Mac4Ever hinted that the next iteration of iLife would include the following: – All applications will be […]

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iChat video conferencing sounds found in iPhone OS 4

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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The evidence pointing to a next-gen iPhone with video conferencing capabilities continues to grow stronger. Exploring the newly showcased iPhone OS 4, the folks at iphonehacks.it recently delved into the Conference.framework folder and discovered alert sounds which correspond to those heard on iChat when a video chat invitation is received and when a video chat invite is accepted. […]

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How Apple pays attention to the little things

Saturday, September 26, 2009

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Today I was audio chatting with a friend via iChat and noticed that while the chat was on-going, iChat no longer played any alert sounds when I sent an instant message or received one.  It’s not a big deal unto itself, but it’s certainly a nice tweak, and definitely an example of Apple polishing the […]

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A few of the Snow Leopard features not mentioned during the WWDC Keynote

Friday, June 12, 2009

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Don’t let Snow Leopard’s $29 price-tag fool you.  Despite all of the under the hood enhancements the new OS will bring, there won’t be a short supply of new features for users to enjoy.  While the feature list certainly won’t be as extensive as it was for OSX 10.5 Leopard, it’s definitely not anything to […]

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