iChat Icon   Staying online when you quit

You don't need to leave iChat AV open to receive instant messages, see if your buddies are online, or change your status. You can use the iChat AV status menu.

To change your status, choose Away, Offline, or Available from the iChat AV status menu in the menu bar. You can also see which of your buddies are online as well as their status.

If you don't see the iChat AV status menu, turn it on in the General pane of iChat AV Preferences.

If the iChat AV status menu is turned off, you're logged out of AIM and Rendezvous messaging when you quit iChat AV. If you want to leave the status menu on, but log out automatically when you quit iChat AV, change the setting in the General pane of iChat Preferences.