MSN Messenger on MAC

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    B7rent

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    My friend and I have been trying to set it up so we can do a camera convo on there and be able to play the msn games but the mac msn doesnt have those qualities for some reason
    anyone have a site that has a version of mac msn messenger that can do camera convo and the msn games?
     
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    palingenesis

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    hmmm...i always thought that they did. is there a newer version?
     
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    B7rent

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    well apparently apple and msn are at some disagreement so now apparently the new msn messenger for macs doesnt support the cam function
     
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    palingenesis

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    seems likely. i never really needed to do things using MSN my Mac, i just assumed both platforms could work together. guess not.
     
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    B7rent

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    you would assume considering everything else thats microsoft that works on mac platforms now...
     
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    Things work on Macs now?
     
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    palingenesis

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    its a damn shame cause MSN is a great messenger and OSX is a great OS.
     
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    I lol'd :lol:
     
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    Try Audium, I think there are cam plugins for it. search audiumx in google, or maybe its audiumx.com. once you get to the site, click xtras. It's based off the Pidgin multi messenger. Which is what I use.
     
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    1) It's Adium.
    2) Any cam plug-ins that work with Adium are NOT officially endorsed. You assume the risks of anything that happens if you use any of those plug-ins. Adium will only support cams in Adium2.
    3) I would suggest just using meebo.com. It's a web-based IM client, and their cam plug-in works pretty damn well I might say.
     
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    Yeah, thanks for correcting me? No, thanks for making me look even more like an idiot.

    I've tried Meebo for cam support, it said that my friend also had to sign up for it. It was weird.

    Edit: And Meebo with dail up (in my experience) is a total nightmare
     
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    B7rent

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    you would think w/ mac having microsoft word and all other microsoft programs that msn messenger would be a given that it would be included....
     
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    I'm not a mac person so I don't know. Maybe try bootcamp and install windows and use MSN Live on there.

    Or if you want an exact MSN Live clone try aMSN for mac OSX.

    http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Internet-Utilities/aMSN.shtml

    (sorry if this link is not allowed but it's a free program liscened by the GNU)
     
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    B7rent

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    alright ill give it a try
    thanks
     
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    did it work?
     
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    B7rent

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    yeah it did
    thanks for the help
     

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