Add Facebook Chat to iChat

By Dan Hinckley

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iChat, one of the most popular instant messaging platforms for the mac, just added a new message platform to its portfolio. iChat users can now connect with their Facebook friends without navigating to facebook.com

Thanks to the development team at Facebook, you can now stay up to date with all your Facebook friends through Facebook Chat in iChat. Utilizing Jabber, the same Instant Messaging technology that powers google talk, Facebook Chat is now available on iChat and other instant messaging software clients.

Add Facebook Chat to iChat

If you’re interested in how to add Facebook to iChat follow the steps listed below:

Open iChat and select “Preferences” from the iChat menu dropdown.
Click the “Accounts” tab and then click the “+” at the bottom.

Select “Jabber” from the drop-down menu and then enter the following info:
Screen Name: [yourfullusername]@chat.facebook.com
Password: [your Facebook password]
Click the arrow next to “Server Options” and enter the following server option information:
Server: chat.facebook.com
Port: 5222
(Uncheck the box labeled “Use SSL”)

Once you’ve finished the steps above, click the done button and your Facebook Chat list should open in iChat. It should be just a matter of seconds before your “always” available for your Facebook friends to reach out to your through iChat and instant message about the latest happenings.

If you’re not big on logging in to check on your Facebook updates, but like to quickly communicate with friends, this is a great way to keep in touch with people without all the distraction of Facebook status updates.

About Dan Hinckley

Dan Hinckley is an experienced Mac user who converted to Apple products when they introduced them on Intel Processors. He loves helping others get more out of their devices! Subscribe to Maciverse.com to get the latest from Dan and the Maciverse Team!! Find out more about Dan: Dan's Google Profile

217628 ResponsesAdd+Facebook+Chat+to+iChat2010-02-10+21%3A38%3A23Dan+Hinckley so far.

Jazmin
February 11, 2010 at 12:58 pm
When I enter my FaceBook username, Jabber says it is not a “valid Jabber ID”. I’ve tried two or three of the email addresses linked to my FaceBook account and couldn’t connect that way either.
Dan
February 11, 2010 at 1:02 pm
You can find your username in Facebook by navigating to Account >> Account Settings and then checking what is under your username.
so then you enter [insertusernamehere]@chat.facebook.com
Claudia
June 8, 2010 at 8:50 am
this worked perfectly! thanks! i followed the instructions and voilaa! to the other people with some trouble, make sure you go to your profile, see your used id (it'll say facebook.profile.php/your user name or something like that. then do the username @chat.facebook.com you shouldnt have any problems. its not your email.
jojo
July 12, 2010 at 6:38 am
this isnt working for me, ive tried so many times with my facebook username and it doesnt work, my aol email is different from facebook does that have anything to do with it?
dan
July 12, 2010 at 6:40 am
make sure you're using the correct full username : You can find your username in Facebook by navigating to Account >> Account Settings and then checking what is under your username.
so then you enter [insertusernamehere]@chat.facebook.com
jojo
July 12, 2010 at 6:53 am
i did that like a thousand times it's still not letting me:((
Anilshre
August 9, 2010 at 4:36 pm
jojo—i got the answer for u. same prob with me too. I changed the passwordto new one and it worked great…try it.
- Andrew
  February 25, 2011 at 12:49 am
  THIS IS THE ANSWER TO EVERYONE'S PROBLEMS.
- Harrison
  September 16, 2011 at 7:58 am
  THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU , I almost gave up, u saved me.
Andy
August 21, 2010 at 11:22 am
Thank you sooooo much, changing the password worked. It was starting to drive me crazy.
Beattie
November 5, 2010 at 5:29 pm
I did this and it keeps telling me that it cannot connect to the server chat.facebook.com HELP?
LilRick Brooks
January 7, 2011 at 9:16 pm
Enter text right here!
dancer.needing.help!
January 7, 2011 at 9:47 pm
all of my contacts are numbers not names… what did I do wrong!?
- dancer.needing.help!
  January 7, 2011 at 10:19 pm
  figured it out
  - jkzxcvbhjhgvc
    February 9, 2011 at 12:57 pm
    how?
lilygupta
January 12, 2011 at 12:54 am
enable my chatbox on my facebook
@_YoKolorMeBadd
February 1, 2011 at 3:39 am
All my contacts are offline on ichat but on facebook they are online.. can you help me?
Елена
February 21, 2011 at 7:24 pm
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BADRI
March 19, 2011 at 3:50 am
Worked perfectly !!
Guest
March 24, 2011 at 10:31 am
from my iChat account I have all the settings as described, but I have no "done" button!
- Guest
  March 24, 2011 at 10:40 am
  Forget it. I got it now. Jumped the gun here.
MikeF3001
April 1, 2011 at 12:39 pm
works great! thank you!
Him
May 7, 2011 at 3:44 am
my drop in options does not show a jabber account option!!!
how am i supposed to access a jabber account now???
Edgar
June 30, 2011 at 5:34 pm
What the guy above me said, Jabber isn’t a drop down option. How can I create an account when the option doesn’t even show up?
culline59
October 5, 2011 at 5:12 am
Same is the problem with me that my drop down option does not show options. so would you please tell me that how i can i access it. It is creating problem in my development services.
culline59
October 5, 2011 at 5:12 am
Same is the problem with me that my drop down option does not show options. so would you please tell me that how i can i access it. It is creating problem in my development services.
culline59
October 5, 2011 at 5:12 am
Same is the problem with me that my drop down option does not show options. so would you please tell me that how i can i access it. It is creating problem in my development services.
ScotWetherington
December 14, 2011 at 8:44 pm
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