Jan 18, '05 10:41:00AM • Contributed by: roncross@cox.net
Go to the Finder, and do a search. Search in a specific place where all of your iChat transcripts are located. Remember that you have to check "Automatically save chat transcripts" as mentioned above. Search for items whose Extension is 'chat'; 'chat' is the extension of your iChat transcripts. Add Content as part of your search to include what you are searching for in the transcripts. Click Search, and you will get a list of transcripts that will contain the content of your search. Of course, you can narrow your search by adding additional queries such as Name, Date Modified, Size, etc.
Sure it's a simple technique and it might seem obvious, but sometimes the obvious isn't so clear to some people. So I think this hint will help some people utilize iChat a little more effectively.
[robg adds: If you have a ton of transcripts, and search them often, you might want to try out either Logorrhea (info, download) or ChatMaster (info, download). I've used both, and they both make it quite easy to search your transcripts.]
