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Of the millions of Mac Owners and Facebook Users, how many of them do you think use Facebook chat frequently ? ( Meant to be rhetorical but feel free to comment ) Facebook's chat service is quite possibly one of the most attractive features of the Billion dollar enterprise. As opposed to other chat services such as MSN messenger, Facebook allows you to chat with users without having their email ID and also without downloading any software; it works through your web browser. So to use this -
1. You'll need a facebook "username". Go to your facebook profile and it'll be in the url in the format 'http://www.facebook.com/your_username" where 'your_username' is your username.
2. Now open iChat from the applications folder in your mac or search for it on iChat.
3. Now press command-comma(,) to open iChat preferences.
4. Go to accounts within the preferences window and add a new account.
5. Fill in the following details -
Account Type: Jabber
Account Name: your_username@chat.facebook.com
Password: Your Facebook Password
Now click the drop down for server options
Server Name: chat.facebook.com
Port: 5222
Click Done and thats it.
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