iChat Icon   Creating buddy groups

If you have a lot of buddies in your Buddy List, you can use buddy groups to organize your Buddy List so you can see only the buddies you want to chat with.

iChat AV comes with one group called Buddies. You can create as many groups as you want and add buddies to them. Adding a buddy to a group moves that buddy from the Buddy List into the new group.

To create a new buddy group:

1.Choose iChat > Preferences, click General, and then select the "Use groups in Buddy List" checkbox.
2.Choose Groups from the All Groups pop-up menu in your Buddy List to open the Groups drawer.
3.To create a new group, click the Add button (+) at the bottom of the Groups drawer, and enter a name for the group.
4.To show members of the group in your Buddy List, select the checkbox next to the group name.
5.Drag buddies from your Buddy List into the group to add them to the group.

To see members of a group in your Buddy List, you can also choose the group name from the All Groups pop-up menu, or select All Groups at the top of the list. You can also select the checkbox next to the group name in the Groups drawer to show members of the group.

To move a buddy from one group to another, drag the buddy. To add a buddy to more than one group, press Option and drag the buddy to each additional group.

To rename a group, select it in the Groups drawer, press Return, and type a new name.

To delete a group, select it in the Groups drawer and press Delete. If a buddy is only in the group you are deleting, deleting the group will delete the buddy. Buddies in multiple groups will not be deleted. You cannot delete the last remaining group, since there must always be at least one group in the drawer.