Managing Contacts
Most contact management in Adium occurs directly on the contact list or via menu items in the Contacts menu.
Adding a Contact
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- Select Add Contact from the Contact menu to add a contact. You will need to select a service, destination group, and enter the user name of the contact.
- To add a contact on a particular service you must have a connected account on that service. For more information, see Creating Accounts.
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Adding a Contact Group
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If you just signed up for your instant messaging account, you will most likely need to create a contact group before making new contacts.
- Select Add Group from the Contact menu to add a new contact group.
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Removing a Contact
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- Select the contact in your Contact List.
- Either press Cmd-Delete, or choose Remove Contact from the Contact menu.
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Moving Contacts and Groups
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To move a contact to a new group or rearrange groups, simply drag them. If you have a "borderless" contact list, you'll need to hold down command in order to initiate the drag.
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Note: You can not manually reorder contacts if:
- You are sorting alphabetically (View->Sort Alphabetically)
- You are sorting by status (View->Sort by Status) and View->Configure Status Sort has "Sort within status groups: Alphabetically" selected.
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Showing Offline Contacts
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- Select Show Offline Contacts from the View menu or hit Shift-⌘-H. Repeat the process to hide offline contacts.
- Either press ⌘-Delete, or choose Remove Contact from the Contact menu.
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Setting a Contact's Name (Alias)
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In some situations you may want to change how Adium displays a contact's name in your Contact List. To do this you will need to create an alias for that contact.
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Ctrl-Click the desired contact in the Contact List.
- Select Get Info from the Contact menu.
- Fill in the Alias field under the Settings tab.
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Grouping Contacts Under One Alias
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See Also:
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Renaming Groups
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This currently isn't possible in Adium. However, you may create an alias for the group name as a workaround.
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Ctrl-Click the desired group in the Contact List.
- Select Get Info from the contextual menu.
- Fill in the Alias field under the Settings tab.
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Contact List Limits
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Most services allow an unlimited number of contacts. Each individual AIM, ICQ, or MobileMe account can have a maximum of 500 contacts. This limit is set by the AOL servers; Adium itself places no limits.
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