Note: This guide applies to people using the Mac OS X operating system.
1. Download latest Adium
- Visit the Adium website to grab the latest .dmg (disk image) of the software: http://www.adiumx.com.
2. Install to Applications folder
- Once the disk image has been downloaded, it may or may not automatically be ‘mounted’ by your system.
- If it’s not already mounted (identified by a removable disk icon in the finder), just double click on the .dmg file you downloaded to do so.
- Install Adium by dragging the Adium icon from the mounted disk image, into your Applications folder.
- You may be prompted to enter an administrator’s password at this time.
- Once this process is complete you can eject and throw away the disk image.
Note: you can install Adium anywhere you like, it doesn’t have to be the Applications folder.
3. Launch Adium
- You may like to create a shortcut to Adium by dragging its icon from where you installed it, onto the OSX ‘dock’.
- Click the Adium icon to launch the program.
Adium’s preferences panel should appear.
4. Configure your account
From the + menu, select ‘Jabber’ to setup a Jabber account.
Enter the Account settings as below.
- Jabber ID: your Air-Stream LDAP username.
- Password: your Air-Stream LDAP password.
Enter Personal settings as below.
- Choose an ‘avatar’ icon from a local image file on your hard drive.
- Alias: Choose an alias that suits your needs.
Enter the server information settings as below.
- Connect Server: chat.air-stream.org.au
- Resource: Adium.
- Port: 5222.
- Security: Tick ‘Use TLS encryption (if possible)’.
- Press the OK button when done.
You should now try to connect by checking the checkbox on the left.
When successful, your roster will be populated with Air-Stream members.