How to set up Google Talk on your Mac

So Google Talk is real. Check out Jordan's review of it over at DownloadSquad. You all know, I have a few problems with Google failing to release Mac compatible software, and I had doubts very similar to Jay's upon hearing about Google Talk tonight. There is no Mac client, but it does work in both iChat and Adium. I've had several convos with my Mac friends, but unfortunately, there seems to be some bugginess in the iChat / Adium to Windows client department. I want this to be cool and work really well. I hope Mac and Google come together to make this really shine and soon.

In any case, if you have a Gmail account and want to give it a shot, head on over to this post for the how to. The basic setup is: server: talk.google.com, username: youremail@gmail.com, and password: yourgmailpassword. The connection port should be 5222, but with SSL on, iChat only wants to allow 5223. To fix this, I went into my Airport Admin utility and then forwarded all private requests for 5223 through public 5222. Check it out.

UPDATE: You can audio chat over Google Talk with iChat too. Cool.

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Source: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2005/08/23/googe-talk-review/

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matias

please. I would like to have a gmail accoaunt. Thank you

November 25 2005 at 12:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

paul

I would like to use iChat with Gtalk. Could anyone invite me to join Gmail? My current email is nolanp19@yahoo.com

November 23 2005 at 5:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Neil

For google talk in iChat, I can connect to someone on a mac using iChat, but can only type to someone using google talk on a mac. Anyone know how to allow the "talk" part of google talk from iChat to google talk?

November 16 2005 at 6:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

John Mc

I just got got iChat 3.1 (v417) logged in, though not at first. I tried various permutations and then it burst into life. The only difference from the instructions above is that iChat is using port 5223 not 5222 as instructed.

November 08 2005 at 11:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Nabeel Farooqui

how do you audio with ichat??????? i can't get that to work... does it even work, because it is not listed on the google website as such... thanks....

October 17 2005 at 7:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jo Smith

Audio chat between Ichat & Google Talk doesn't work !!

September 27 2005 at 1:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Kbhat

It was working when Google first announced it, but now my iChat will not connect with talk.google.com. I get an error An unexpected SSL error occurred [-9800] I have the port set to 5222 - also! aaarhgh!

September 16 2005 at 9:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

JOHN

I get an error message that reads "Cannot connect to server "talk.gmail.com" whats the story with that? Any suggestions I set the port to 5222 instead of 5223. Neither will work for me. HELP?

September 16 2005 at 2:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bill

I can't get it to work now... It was working when Google announced it, but now my iChat will not connect with talk.google.com. I get an error An unexpected SSL error occurred [-9800] I have the port set to 5222

September 14 2005 at 2:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gerard

Quote from http://www.google.com/support/talk "Please note: There are currently connection issues with the iChat client. We are aware of the problem and are working on it. Please expect a fix in the next few days. Thanks for your patience during our beta period!"

September 10 2005 at 8:50 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply