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iChat login woes in OS X Lion? This might help

by Rob Cottingham | Sep 12, 2011 | Everything Else, How to..., Technology | 3 comments

There’s a lot I like about OS X 10.7 Lion. But one big problem I’ve had is persistent difficulty logging into iChat. It’ll say “Offline”; I choose “Available”… and nothing happens. No feedback, no error message, just a messaging client that stays offline.

But I’ve found a fix (at least, one that works for me). Just force-quit the imagent process; it’ll restart automatically. Now see if you can log in.

If your reaction to that is “force-what-the-who?”, then I’ve made a quick minute-and-a-half video showing you how:

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3 Comments

  1. Alexjberry
    Alexjberry on 8 Dec 2011 at 17:48

    Worked for me! Thanks for that, couldn’t make sense of it.

  2. Rob Cottingham
    Rob Cottingham on 8 Dec 2011 at 22:19

    So glad it helped, Alex!

  3. Etana
    Etana on 4 Aug 2013 at 14:09

    2013-08 worked for me!! thank you !!

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