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Chat with Facebook friends in iChat.

February 16, 2010

You can do this after you have gone into Facebook and signed up for a user name. You will need that info for the “yourname” sections of the setup.

1. Go to the iChat menu and select “Preferences.”
2. Click “Accounts,” then click the “+” at the bottom.
3. Select “Jabber” from the pull-down menu, then enter the following info:
   Screen Name: “yourname”@chat.facebook.com
   Password: <your Facebook password>
4. Select “Jabber” from the pull-down menu, then enter the following info:Screen Name: “yourname”@chat.facebook.comPassword: <your Facebook password>
   Click the arrow next to “Server Options” and enter the following info:
   Server: chat.facebook.com
   Port: 5222
   (Uncheck the box labeled “Use SSL”)

To see the full info and how to set it up from Facebook directly click here.