I was searching for a way to send picture files to a buddy without having those images display in the iChat window. A friend in Apple's discussion forums pointed me to the right direction:
...throw your files into the "name box" on your Buddy List, not in the chat window...
So just drag your file to their name in the buddy list, instead of the open chat text entry area, and you're good!
[robg adds: I've been sending files this way for quite a while (sometimes it's the only way with a non-iChat buddy on the other end), and assumed we had published something along these lines ... but a search shows that we haven't...]
...throw your files into the "name box" on your Buddy List, not in the chat window...
So just drag your file to their name in the buddy list, instead of the open chat text entry area, and you're good!
[robg adds: I've been sending files this way for quite a while (sometimes it's the only way with a non-iChat buddy on the other end), and assumed we had published something along these lines ... but a search shows that we haven't...]
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