FAQ
Table of contents
- Frequent requests
- Installation/Update problems
- Password troubles
- The Contact List
- Working with transcripts
- MSN-specific
- ICQ-specific
- Styling your messages
- Sounds, Growl, and other event actions
- Statuses
- Password-protecting Adium
- Service interoperability
- Nudge and Buzz
- Dealing with spam
- 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 Twitter support coming to Adium?
- Is there a version of Adium for Windows / for Linux / for Mac 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?
Working with transcripts
- I accidentally deleted one or more transcripts How do I get them back?
- How do I move my transcripts to another machine?
MSN-specific
ICQ-specific
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
Statuses
- How do I go invisible? How do I sign on away or invisible?
- 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?
Service interoperability
(messaging service A from service B, and vice versa)
Nudge and Buzz
Dealing with spam
- Somebody's sending me spam. How do I block that person?
- I'm getting spam from an endless parade of users. How do I block anyone who isn't on my Contact List?