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This hint does not work for me
Authored by: TigerKR on Mar 08, '06 08:32:55PM

Mac OS X 10.4.5 w/ all updates

This hint did not work for me.

I set the idle for 15 minutes, and it never sets iChat as away. I even have iChat set to keep "away" if I return from being away, but I've left iChat idle for longer than 15 minutes twice today, (this is after a restart of my computer, never-mind a restart of iChat).



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This hint does not work for me
Authored by: TigerKR on Mar 08, '06 08:38:22PM

Though, its been an odd day, so I'm going to re-run the commands

defaults write com.apple.iChat AutoAwayMessage "Having a short attention span means never having to say "
defaults write com.apple.iChat AutoAwayDelay 900
defaults write com.apple.iChat AutoAway -bool YES

I have a nagging feeling I missed one earlier.



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This hint does not work for me
Authored by: TigerKR on Mar 09, '06 01:39:02AM

Nope, the hint appears not to work for me.



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This hint does not work for me
Authored by: cougar718 on Mar 08, '06 11:48:26PM

OKay, this hint works. But you won't see iChat set you as being automatically away. in iChat, it will show you as being Available. But if anyone message you, iChat will auto-reply with your auto-away message *IF* 'Auto reply with Away message' is checked under General of iChat preferences.

Good luck!

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Rick alias cougar



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