AIM for Mac Beta Performance Issues
Posted Feb 23rd 2010 8:00AM by Larry Aasen
Filed under: Member Education, Beta News, AIM for Mac
We recently updated the AIM for Mac with Beta 3 and a few of our users have reported issues with slow performance, especially those with a very long Facebook Friends list. If you are experiencing periods of slow performance or beach balling, try hiding your Offline Buddies.
To hide Offline Buddies, start with the View menu. Then click Offline Buddies and then Do Not Show. After hiding Offline Buddies your Offline group will be removed and you will no longer see offline users.
If you continue to experience performance issues please contact us from the Help > Feedback menu.
Larry Aasen
AOL Mac Team
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1. I am using AOLdesktop for MAC. Well, I should say TRYING to use it. Whenever I go into chat, within a minute or two, I get messages on the chat screen that there is a problem with the connection and shortly thereafter, I get bumped out of chat (but remain connected to AOLdesktop itself). this happens time and time and time again. It happens if I'm actually posting in the chat room or just reading the chat. IT happens even if I'm in a room by myself or in a full room.
Ive also tried to download the regular AOL for MAC with osx. For some reason, it will not install on my Mackbook Pro.
Any insight into either or both of these problems would be greatly appreciated
Posted at 8:30AM on Feb 24th 2010 by Elsie Parker
2. And the new version of icq 4 mac? Where's it? ¬¬'
Posted at 9:11AM on Feb 24th 2010 by Andrei
3. I keep getting key chain onnmy screen asking for a password that it then won't take. I have a Mac Book.My outgoing mail won't send and is stuck in the outbox on my mac mail box.
Any ideas?
Posted at 7:40PM on Feb 26th 2010 by stan feig
4. I am having trouble getting into a room at all. On the rare occasions I do, it's only a few minutes until I'm booted out again, and I can only type a few lines. Ugh.
Posted at 10:35AM on Mar 7th 2010 by StillCypher
5. Can I download/import my AOL address book to my Safari address book?
Posted at 5:05PM on Mar 8th 2010 by Jim O'Neal
6. THIS OFFER ENDED LAST YEAR !! WHY DO I GET A MESSAGE TO DOWNLOAD EVERY DAY ?! EVEN AFTER DOWNLOADING THIS DAMN POP UP WINDOW POPS-UP ! APRIL, 1 2010
Posted at 1:57PM on Apr 1st 2010 by DIAMONDJIM55
7. Did anyone even TEST DRIVE this version of AIM for Mac before it was released to the public? I know it's in beta stages, but c'mon! COMMON SENSE PEOPLE!
-Why can't I auto-sort my friends? By status? Alphabetically? By first/last name? NOTHING.
-Why doesn't font stay the same when I set it?
-Why can't I reformat incoming messages?
-Why doesn't resizing the tab column of the IM remember what it was resized to between sessions?
-Why can't I hide Idle friends?
-Why can't I resize my IM window to make it shorter?
Posted at 1:37AM on Apr 17th 2010 by Tyler
8. Just got a new MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard 10.6. They transferred my files etc. at the Apple store. My AOL addresses and Fav Places transferred, but certainly don't look or act like on the old PC. So many questions there. Today I want to know something simple - how do I remove some of the AOL Directory links (eg, Autos, Latino, Popeater, Horoscopes, etc) that I will never use? Also, my Favorite Places link is the most important link, but is at the very bottom of the list. How do I move it up to the top? I can't seem to be able to drag and drop it????
Posted at 7:16PM on Jul 28th 2010 by Carol Proudfit
9. i think for the first time in my life i am happy i don't have a long Facebook Friends list :)
first time i hear about this issue
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mkv to avi
Posted at 3:33AM on Feb 9th 2012 by Lidia
10. Thanks for the instant reaction, now the issue seems to be resolved, at least the application works stably and fine for me.
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Posted at 4:30AM on Feb 13th 2012 by Dionne