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Steve McCabe is a Mac consultant, tech writer, and teacher who moved, for reasons that have but the most tangential connection to technology, to New Zealand in April 2009. He writes about his adventures in New Zealand, he blogs about tech, and he is currently rebuilding his personal Web site.
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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