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iChat online on two computers at once
Authored by: seven5 on Dec 04, '03 11:19:46AM

well i think this new feature stinks, and apple needs to get off their butts fast and update iChat to make this an option. Instead of getting logged off, now you get a message from AOL, its annoying. And personally if i forget to turn off iChat at work, i liked the security of it getting logged off when i logged on at home, but now my messages are being recieved by anything that is open.

I hate this feature.


So where is the hint on BLOCKING this



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iChat online on two computers at once
Authored by: mcroft on Dec 04, '03 11:43:29AM

ssh MYPOWERBOOK
killall iChat



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iChat online on two computers at once
Authored by: CaptCosmic on Dec 04, '03 12:29:43PM
My solution for this annoying "feature" was to simply set up a cron task to take iChat offline every evening after I leave work. Add the following line to your crontab (crontab -e):

15 18 * * 1-5 osascript -e 'tell application "iChat" to set status to offline'

Now, iChat will be automatically taken offline every weekday afternoon at 6:15PM. Useful since i tend to forget to log it out when I leave for the day.

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Capt Cosmic

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iChat online on two computers at once
Authored by: BlakeyRat on Dec 04, '03 04:26:16PM

I concur. This is not a feature, this is a BUG.

I accidentially left my work machine on over the weekend, with AIM logged in, and went home. Every time my home computer was AFK, the message would be sent to my work computer! As AIM didn't provide *any* way of disconnecting the remote computer, I didn't see important messages for DAYS.

Bah. I wouldn't even mind it at all if they provided a "disconnect remote client" link somewhere.



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