aim for mac

Aquador · Post by **Aquador** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:15 am

So I just got a mac today :/ and wanted to DL aim for osx, which I have, but the AIM from the AIM website is a .bin file and my mac isnt launching that file...so wtf? Where can I get a working AIM for mac osx, and no I dont want adium or anything because I have tried those and I just dont like them and they dont work right....

Post by **gannon** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:43 am

Have you tried directly executing the bin?

Aquador · Post by **Aquador** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:45 am

Well if by executing you mean clicking on/double clicking, then yes, I have tried that. I just get a message saying something like "cannot find the right program to open this type of file"

Post by **gannon** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:23 am

Open up a terminal (and if needed, chmod the file to 755), and type in './{filepath}'

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:00 am

Just use iChat, it uses everything that AIM does, and should be loaded already if you are using OS X

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:48 am

yup, use iChat AV. My mac should arrive on Teusday, i can't wait! But....my Dell also does the job. Its got OSX and XP on it

I did it semi-leagal. I pay Apple for OSX install, then download a modded one. They still get their money, and i'm happy, there ya go

Aquador · Post by **Aquador** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:29 am

Ok...

2 things

I did what gannon said, I typed in ./BrianHausheer/Desktop/aim.bin into a terminal and it said no such file existed. Ill try specifying in the mac hd

edit: nevermind about all this, ill just use ichat.

The Earl of Sandwich · Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:54 am

Download Stuffit Expander. That should open .bin files. (even if you're going to use ichat, you should still be able to open .bin files)

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:51 pm

Download StuffIt Expander. You need it to extract .bin files.

I use AdiumX as my AIM client. It's easy, its configurable, you can write scripts for it. There's even a website that hosts the scripts/skins.

EDIT: oh, you dont like adium...

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:20 pm

I use meebo for my multiple protocol IMing!

legoboy · Post by **legoboy** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:00 pm

I prefer to use Adium.

Post by **Black Six** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:00 pm

I use Fire. I prefer it to all the others I've tried.