- Overview
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Getting Started
- What is Adium?
- Installing
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Accounts
- Creating Accounts
- Personal Settings
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Contacts
- Managing Contacts
- Managing Groups
- Combining Contacts
- Blocking/Privacy
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Chatting
- Fonts & Colors
- Message Tabs
- Chat Transcripts (Logs)
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Advanced Features
- Voice & Video Chat
- File Transfer
- Direct Connect
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Support
- Troubleshooting
- FAQ
- Bug Reports
- Feature Requests
- Contact Us
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Development
- Contributing to Adium
- Getting the Code
- Contributing Code
- Following Development
- Sparkle Statistics
- Adium Sponsors
FAQ
Table of contents
- Frequent requests
- Installation/Update problems
- Password troubles
- The Contact List
- MSN-specific
- Styling your messages
- Sounds, Growl, and other event actions
- Statuses
- Password-protecting Adium
- Service interoperability
- Nudge and Buzz
- Portable Adium
- Adium Xtras
Frequent requests
- Is voice-and-video chat (aka AV chat) coming to Adium?
- Can I chat (textually) over Skype?
- Can I chat (textually) over the Gizmo Project?
- Will there be an iPhone version of Adium?
- Is Internet Relay Chat (IRC) support coming to Adium?
- Is Facebook Chat support coming to Adium?
- Is there a version of Adium for Windows?
- Is there a version of Adium for Linux?
- Is there a version of Adium for OS 9?
Installation/Update problems
- On update, Adium says “Update Error! Adium does not have permission to write to the application's directory! Are you running off a disk image? If not, ask your system administrator for help.”
- When I run Adium, it says it needs to be copied into the Applications folder. I do that, but the next time I run Adium, it says the same thing!
- The disk image refuses to eject!
- I can't delete the disk image!
Password troubles
The Contact List
- Some of my contacts are missing!
- How do I only show contacts who are online?
- How do I move contacts in the borderless contact list?
- How do I combine multiple contacts?
- How do I break up a metacontact?
- How do I rename a group?
MSN-specific
- I can't connect to MSN using Leopard!
- Why does Adium take a long time to connect to MSN using Leopard?
- How do I set my personal message on MSN?
- How do I set my display name on MSN?
- How do I see others' display names on MSN? Adium is just showing their email addresses.
- How do I talk to people on Yahoo! from my MSN account?
- How do I add Yahoo! users to my MSN contact list?
- How do I talk to people on MSN from my Yahoo! account?
- How do I add MSN users to my Yahoo! contact list?
- I got an error message that says “Could not send; a connection error occurred.” What does this mean?
- How do I send custom emoticons?
Styling your messages
- How do I permanently change the font my messages are sent in?
- How do I put links into my messages, profile, or status messages?
Sounds, Growl, and other event actions
- Where is the preference to mute sounds while away?
- How do I make Adium use Growl?
- How can I be notified when I receive a new email?
Statuses
- How do I go invisible? How do I sign on away or invisible?
- How do I activate Stealth mode?
- Why does Adium disconnect when I put my machine to sleep?
Password-protecting Adium
- How do I make Adium require a password to log into my accounts?
- How do I get Adium to encrypt my transcripts?
