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What is a good chat client for Macs?

Asked by KatawaGrey (21493points) August 17th, 2011

I’m sick of AIM. I want to use a new chat client. However, when I went to download Pidgin it told me that there was something that might be better to use on a Mac. Well, now I’m super confused. I don’t know anything about computers but I want a chat client that will be the best for what I’ve got set up.

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jrpowell's avatar

Adium is by far the best. It supports pretty much any protocol.

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missingbite's avatar

I second @johnpowell. Keep in mind that with Lion, iChat can now log into other clients besides AIM.

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KatawaGrey's avatar

Thank you! Downloaded it. I like it. :)

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SamIAm's avatar

Why not just use iChat? We used Pidgin at work for a while and everyone hated it but it may be because we were ALL using it.

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andrew's avatar

I use iChat exclusively—the UI really annoyed me in Adium and often time (at least a year or so ago) it would get presence wrong and I wouldn’t get messages.

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dreamwolf's avatar

iChat at home. Just go to your brands website for the workplace. Such aim, etc.

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