Aim always quits

[jer446]

I have an imac g5 running tiger. I would like to know why aim crashes a lot. Out of no where, i will be in a conversation and it will exit and say aim has quit unexpectadly and then i hit reopen. Why is this happening?

 

[Malus]

AIM for mac os x is horrible. I stopped using it a while back when I found out about adium, you can also use adium for msn yahoo and all that jazz. Check it out, its way better. (And cooler looking too)

http://www.adiumx.com/

 

[homerjward]

it's not a bug; it's a feature.
uhh...if you prefer to use aim over other, imo better clients, you could try trashing the .plist if aim has one, or repairing permissions.

 

[ravenvii]

Yeah, AIM sucks, and AOL seems to have long abandoned it, it hasn't been updated since early of last year.

Use iChat or Adium instead.

 

[illegal amigo]

Adium can't send or receive files, though.

Kind of a bummer.

 

[The_Man]

are you sure it cant do transfers. because under the tab "window" it says file transfers. I havent used it, but it seems like it would serve the person of sending files.

 

[iEdd]

Adium can transfer files, drag 'n drop into the window and press return.

 

[NickElls]

But it never works.

 

[iDM]

I agree althought i love adium i have NEVER gotten a file transfer to work

 

[Malus]

I use adium for chatting, and if one of my friends wants to transfer a file, then I just turn on AIM, get the file, then turn it back off....all while Adium is still on. It works, a little bit annoying, but...it works.

Edit: Transfering did work once for my on adium, however my friend was the one giving me the file, if that has anything to do with it.