After more then a year of Mac users complaining that Yahoo Messenger for Mac doesn’t have voice chat support, it’s finally here! Latest release of Yahoo Messenger for Mac 3.0(98855) brings many improvements, so it’s a mandatory update for all Mac Yahoo Messenger users.
Installation:
Before you download and install yahoo messenger on your mac, make sure that you have deleted previous versions of the software including “com.yahoo.messenger.plist” file. I had some problems before deleting prefs and plist files and doing fresh install. It’s also recommended to fix disk permissions with disk utility after installation is completed.
New features:
After introducing chat rooms in the previous version, Yahoo now has implemented voice chat support and polished the interface a bit. Another great feature is “Phone Out” that enables one to make calls to both landline and mobile networks, and also send SMS messages. I haven’t tried using “Phone Out” yet so I can’t say anything about how it works.
Testing 1,2,3:
First feature that I tested was the voice chat (peer to peer). I had different experiences with PC and Mac users. PC users were complaining that they couldn’t hear me well, and on the other hand, everything was fine when I was talking to another person also using a Mac. I am not sure if this has anything to do with the application settings or there is something more to it. I would like to hear your experiences with yahoo voice chat. There are a few more new features which I’ll let you discover on your own, it’s more fun.
What to say in the end. Yahoo Messenger finally became a decent IM client for Mac OS X, If you are an avid Yahoo Messenger user, you will want to install the newest version (if you already haven’t. If you on the other hand like Adium better, I’d recommend you to give Yahoo Messenger a go. If nothing else, then for the excellent A/V features.
Download Yahoo Messenger: http://messenger.yahoo.com
June 3, 2008 at 9:59 pm |
Hi, This is a great news, I am a Mac user and was waiting for such a thing, I will definitely try this out very soon. Thank for providing the information
June 13, 2008 at 9:11 pm |
I’m glad Yahoo! finally added voice chat to it’s messenger for Mac. I think I heard somewhere that 21% of the computers used in the United States are MACS. People who use macs are usually very social, creative people, so they need to be able to voice chat with their friends and family. Personally, I like Skype the best, because it has very clear sound and image quality if you video chat with somebody.
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June 21, 2008 at 11:35 pm |
I tried the Yahoo Messenger 3.0 peer-to-peer voice chat, but could not hear what my PC friend was saying at all. My PC friend could hear me perfectly.
Does anyone know whether there is there a mysterious setting that I need to change in order to hear them?
Thx…