Monday, May 19, 2008

Yahoo Messenger and iChat

Today I successfully integrated Yahoo messenger and iChat. It's pretty simple and easy. Now that iChat made the Jabber feature , you can now integrate your MSN or Yahoo messenger account in iChat. If you want to know how. This tutorial will guide you. ITS EASY


1. Download and install Psi Jabber server from here: http://psi-im.org/.. Make sure you download the OS X version
2. Launch Psi and click General and then account setup.
3. Make sure the register new account is ticked. Type njs.netlab.cz as the name and click next.
4. Your server should be njs.netlab.cz, why? cause it worked for me :)).
5. Type your preferred username and password.
6. Go online by right clicking on your name in the buddy list and select status> online.
7. Before you continue, click Psi> preferences then click the events tab, then tick auto-authorize contacts.
8. Right click on your name on the buddy list again, then click service discovery.
9. Type njs.netlab.cz on the address and click browse.
10. Select MSN transport or Yahoo Transport
11. Enter your credentials ( username , password ) for the selected service. ( eg, if your username in yahoo or MSN is Redman, type that in the username. And the type your MSN or Yahoo password. Got it? ) 
12. Now you will see your Yahoo or MSN contacts populate the buddy list. Magic eh?
13. We're almost there, quit Psi and launch iChat. Click Preferences menu and add new account (+). Set the account type to Jabber. Enter your Jabber username and password. ( eg. redman@njs.netlab.cz and then the password. )
14. GO ONLINE. i think i dont need to tell you how to go online..hahaha. Oh, well, click the Jabber List window and set the Offline to Online. There you go. 
15. If you get an error like  this: failed to blah blah blah certificate blah blah, ( if you see failed to and certificate, thats the error i mean ) Just set the options  to Always Trust. VIOLA! MSN OR YAHOO IN iChat!!

This works for AIM also, but why "Jabber" AIM when you can sign up directly to iChat with your AIM username and password..hahaha. If you get the waiting for authorization error, this is the solution :http://www.jabber.org.au/forums/viewtopic.php?id=655, If in step 12 your list doesnt get populated, try and try again and make sure you enter the correct username and password for that service.

-StarringKyle-

8 comments:

Unknown said...

great vid! quick question though: why is my ichat not giving me the "preferences". I guess what I am saying is, why are the choices only .mac and AIM? No jabber selection. Your thoughts?

Thanks

nryd said...

thanks a lot. very useful!!!

mech.sapper said...

Excellent! The instructions were clear and accurate. My iSight doesn't work with it, but the Messenger does. Nicely Done!

Polly said...

i keep getting this response once i enter my Yahoo! username and password in (after the successful box comes up):

Login Failed to Yahoo! service. The Yahoo! Service returned a bad password error Please use the registration function to check your password is correct.

that's in a message. for the njs account i created. any thoughts? suggestions?

Unknown said...

can not seem to register a a/c with PSi i get the following message:

There was an error registering the account.
Reason: Forbidden.
The requesting entity does not possess the required permissions to perform the action.

Please help... I have downloaded psi 0.14 for mac.

Thanks
Mosh

Unknown said...

Thats a great article for the Yahoo messenger and ichat and how it the work for using chating and different used.

Unknown said...

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cathygtan said...

how come after choosing Yahoo Transport and registering my username and password, nothing was added on my buddy list? Please advise. Thanks.

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