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Alex Hoffman is currently a high school English teacher in the New York City public schools. It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. (Sept 2003)

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Always Show Recipient In iChat

In iChat under Snow Leopard, choosing View > Always Show Recipient Bar puts a buddy's status message and color at the top of any iChat window. It can also be used to select among multiple open iChat logins you have to send a message to that buddy, or to select among multiple accounts you have registered in Address Book for that buddy.

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Doug McLean