Comments on: Send SMS Text Messages to Cell Phones from iChat

By: $$ girl

$$ girl — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:23:01 +0000

i dont understand how or why when i am trying to send an SMS under FILE it is grey and wont let me select the option to send a text??

By: Crankph

Crankph — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:15:56 +0000

I’ve been using this method for what seems about five years. Saw it on some Mac tips and tricks page. And once you sign off, replies don’t come forward once you log back on.

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Siri, iMessage, and AirPlay Coming to Mac OS X? — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:26:12 +0000

[...] note: even without iMessage, you can send SMS through iChat right now just by using AIM or Google Chat and messaging a phone number prefixed with a +, although standard [...]

By: sms spy

sms spy — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:20:01 +0000

That is definitely impressive. I know it’s asking much but how cool would it be if this worked across different platforms?

By: SMS

SMS — Fri, 27 May 2011 23:48:59 +0000

Essentially, I’m wondering what happens if you send an SMS from iChat, subsequently sign off of iChat, and then the person tries to reply to your SMS. Does that person get any indication you cannot receive the message? Does the message show up when you log on next?

I’d be extremely grateful if someone could test this- I would, except I’m in Australia and without my iPhone.

By: Steffen

Steffen — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:23:08 +0000

Doesn’t work in Germany either…

By: Buster

Buster — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:45:21 +0000

doesn’t work here (netherlands), sadly. SMS is bloody expensive here, it’s the milk cow of the mobile world, so that’s why I guess.

By: Buster

Buster — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:45:21 +0000

doesn’t work here (netherlands), sadly. SMS is bloody expensive here, it’s the milk cow of the mobile world, so that’s why I guess.

By: steve campbel

steve campbel — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:12:15 +0000

i use it

By: Aditya

Aditya — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:14:51 +0000

This works much better on the commandline:

#!/bin/bash
# I got my wisdom from http://rsvp.atsites.de/stories/storyReader$194
# Apparently, iChat wants it that way
osascript -e “tell application \”iChat\”
repeat with a in (every account where id is \”AIM:$1\”)
send \”$2\” to a
end repeat
end tell
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