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Set the secondary iChat sort to alpha order Apps
iChat sorts the buddy list in two passes, first by a user's state (available, idle, or away) and second by something by login time or most recent activity; I'm not really sure which. I'd prefer my users to be sorted first by user state and then alphabetically. Here's how: Open a terminal window and type:
defaults write com.apple.iChat BuddyList.SecondarySortOrder 2
Now quit and restart iChat (if it was running), and your buddy list will be sorted by availability and then by alpha.
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Faster, easier way
Authored by: fragerybou on Jan 26, '04 11:34:39AM

Or, to do it the easy way, click view->sort by first name, then view-> sort by availability. No restart required. Or, if you prefer, you can make any of the others the secondary, or primary sort view. The first one you click will become the secondary; the last one, the primary.



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What about groups?
Authored by: nyarlathotep on Jan 28, '04 09:23:37AM

How can I just make it keeep one of the groups invisible unless those people are logged in.



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