iChat: Buddy List Doesn’t Appear

Posted on Feb 18, 2008 under Mac Tips |

How to fix a problem where the iChat Buddy List is blank or doesn’t appear.

1. Open Activity Monitor from Application/Utilities and Quit iChatAgent.

2. Navigate to Users/username/Library/Preferences.

3. Trash the com.apple.ichat.AIM.plist and com.apple.iChatAgent files.

4. Restart iChat and your Buddy List should now appear.

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by Alyssa, on April 15 2008 @ 1:33 pm

This technique worked one time for me but when the problem occurred repeatedly it stopped fixing it. Any suggestions?