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Now hear this: Mac version has voice

March 25, 2008 on 3:47 pm | In Mac version, Voice |

We know you’ve waited a long time for this… The new version of Yahoo! Messenger for Mac Beta now has voice calling!

With this new version, you can make free PC-to-PC calls or sign up for a Phone Out account to make calls from your Mac to regular or mobile phones worldwide for as low as 1¢ a minute (see rates). And if you want friends to be able to call you on your Mac from any phone, sign up for a Phone In account and choose a number.

Download Yahoo! Messenger for Mac Beta

Now that our Mac version has voice, users can also enjoy two other handy features: free voicemail and call forwarding. If you’re away from your Mac or signed out of Yahoo! Messenger, friends can leave you a voicemail which is then delivered as an email attachment to an address of your choice.

If you want to make sure you don’t miss any calls, use the call forwarding feature to immediately send incoming calls to any regular or mobile phone number. Note that you do need a Phone Out account to use call forwarding.

There is also a new Voice & Calls section in the preferences menu. From there you can set what email address should receive your voicemails, what number your calls should get forwarded to, and handy things like whether or not you want iTunes to pause when a call comes in.

You’ll find the voice features in a new “Voice & SMS” button in your IM window. From there you can start a call, or send a free SMS (text) message to a friend’s mobile phone (note that your friend may be charged for receiving your SMS message depending on their mobile phone data plan).

The main contact list window also has a button near the bottom that opens up a dial pad. This is handy if you have a number you need to call that’s not associated with a contact.

Check out this short screencast to see how the new voice features work:


If you’re curious about the voice features but aren’t ready to sign up for a Phone Out account (or don’t have a friend you can call for free on PC-to-PC), try the “Make a free test call” button in the Voice preferences menu. During the free call you can record and playback your voice to check out the quality.

We really want your feedback on this new version, so after you’ve had some time to try it, please visit our feedback page to let us know what you like and don’t like.

On your mark, get set…start talking!

Sarah Bacon
Product Manager

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  1. Now, all Mac users are very happy for this new release

    Comment by Mac OS X — March 25, 2008 #

  2. Its very good and all.. I want to know if I can get Voice/Sound audio in a Yahoo Chat Room !!!
    on a mac i mean!!!

    Comment by haaalp!! re mac — March 25, 2008 #

  3. I just now downloaded what is purported to be 3.0b3 build 98855.

    It is NOT that build number, it is 3.0b3 build 98006, as revealed by a ‘Get Info’ command issued against the downloaded application.

    Good work, you idiots.

    Comment by Joe Neaubaudie — March 25, 2008 #

  4. thank God, now let’s focus on fending MSFT from buying yahoo and the world will be a better place.
    Peace

    Comment by Mihai — March 25, 2008 #

  5. oh are you calling idiots???

    they work hard on this for oh no how long and you call them idiots???

    Comment by david — March 25, 2008 #

  6. Great! Now what will we complain about?

    Comment by Ryan — March 25, 2008 #

  7. Re: Comment by Joe Neaubaudie…

    Calling someone an idiot over a damn build number is just stupid. Perhaps you are the idiot. Christ, only Mac users would be this picky. Ok, most Mac users. I don’t care what the build number is as long as it works. Get a life and quit drinking the Kool-Aid.

    Comment by Tim — March 25, 2008 #

  8. voice in chat is not possible and will never be done. yahoo doesnt want to pay to license the truevoice codec for distribution with client. voice was possible with windows because ms licsensed the codec. however ms didnt want to relicense it to be included with vista. Although its still free to download for vista fortunately. Unfortunely there is no free mac port to download. Yahoo would have to license it and provide their own mac port of codec on top of it. just never gonna happen. Ever. the call feature uses another codec than chat which yahoo has licensed so thats why that was possible but thats it.

    so whats left to complain about? the long list of outstanding bug reports.

    Comment by MysticalOS — March 25, 2008 #

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  10. Thank you! Have been waiting for this for ages!

    Comment by pray4sid — March 25, 2008 #

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  13. If you’re smart, Yahoo!, and I know you aren’t, you’ll make this open for alternative clients. Sure, I know you want people to use Yahoo! Messenger, and the way to do that is to help people who actually like it to talk to people who don’t (like Adium users). If I can’t talk to a friend of mine because he prefers Adium or Pidgin, then what reason do I have to run Yahoo! Messenger if I can’t use the extended features?

    Google’s making the voice part of Google Talk open, and Yahoo’d be dumb not to do the same. But I expect that to be the situation.

    Comment by Tom — March 25, 2008 #

  14. ZOMG AT LAST! THANKS TEAM!

    Comment by Felix — March 25, 2008 #

  15. This is a giant step forward on the Mac side. The voice quality is pretty good on this also.

    A couple issues however. I couldn’t call out to another messenger user, so I had to have someone call in to try this. Second, I was disconnected on just my end once, and the person I was talking to also had it happen where they could hear me but I couldn’t hear them.

    Nonetheless, thank you for your effort on this, it’s appreciated.

    Comment by Steve — March 25, 2008 #

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  17. Great! Sparkle asked me if I want to update to the latest version. Sure! I update, click Install and Relaunch and after that I get:

    Yahoo! Messenger has quit unexpectedly.

    Okay… interesting

    Comment by Lucky — March 25, 2008 #

  18. i hope they make yahoo messenger for mac look like ichat… (with bubble conversations please!!!) huhu

    Comment by Chet — March 26, 2008 #

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  21. Great!

    Thanks for your work ;-)

    Comment by Alessandro Cocco — March 26, 2008 #

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  23. Actually, the application does not fully load (contacts window) at startup… what’s going on?????
    Please help!!!

    Comment by German8 — March 26, 2008 #

  24. I think yahoo has more important things to worry about then your decision to buy a Mac knowing fair well that Mac isn’t compatible with mainstream software’s which of course are focused on more then Mac compatible software’s. So really it’s your fault for buying a Mac enjoy

    Comment by Mac User — March 26, 2008 #

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  26. PLEASE!

    PHOTOSHARE

    PHOTOSHARE

    PHOTOSHARE!

    Comment by jay — March 26, 2008 #

  27. A follow up. The message part works, but nothing on the voice works on MAC at all. I tried it on 2 diffrent MAc’s and it is the same nothing works, When I use my windows on MAC and use the windows version it works fine. I can use the windows version to call into mac and the mac rings but you can not answer it as the buttons will not work. Yahoo needs to get this right, we have waited for so long and it will not work. I tried a test call on both and no luck it will not even work. But the message part works fine, any Idea’s.

    Comment by Bill — March 26, 2008 #

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  29. Mac Users, if you are having problems, submit feedback with as much detail as you can so the engineers can track down the issue and fix it quickly. You can imagine that every mac is slightly different (different RAM, applications, OS version, etc). As a result there will be some bugs for a small number of people. Forums aren’t the place for it. Use the feedback form and submit your info:
    http://feedback.help.yahoo.com/feedback.php?.src=MSNGRMAC&.done=http://messenger.yahoo.com/mac.php&.from=client

    Comment by Mr Big — March 26, 2008 #

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  32. Hi, Ive recetly got myself a Mac and have downloaded the messenger Version 3.0 beta 2 (build 78326) for my mac. however, upon installing it and signing in i repeatedly get this message that “The Application could not connect to the Messenger Servers. The Servers may be busy, Please try again”. Ive done this a couple of times now and im unsuccessful yet. I removed yahoo from my system and reinstalled it couple of times and still the same result when logging in.

    Im running it on Mac OS X Leopard Version 10.5.2. Anyone can please assist me? Its been 4 days since im on this and no progress.

    Further to my above on 23rd March, when tried again i still got the same error message “Application counld not connect….. etc” and Yahoo Msgr prompted me that a new version of Yahoo Mesenger is available now and if that I would like to Innsall it by replacing the old version. Now version 3 (beta 3) (build 98855) is Installed on my mac, but the progress on it remains the same. Cannot log in….

    Can someone help…

    Comment by Harsha — March 26, 2008 #

  33. Voice does not work for me. In the preference setting I select the input device to my USB mic (which works in my other applications) but the setting won’t stay. Input setting keeps going back to the built-in mic jack which I have no mic for. Hopefully they will correct this soon. I sent them feedback.

    Comment by Mikey7363 — March 26, 2008 #

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  36. I don’t like this yahoo messenger for mac. In windows, I love seeing everybody at the general chat rooms and see if they have a camera on. On YM for mac, you can only see this on your list of buddies but not on the general rooms.

    Yahoo, fix this please.

    Comment by jose — March 26, 2008 #

  37. Good job guys! Congrats on a new release.

    Quick question though: I can’t find a way to get rid of / edit the icon set for the ‘toolbar’ at the bottom of the Messenger List, is there one? It looks pretty messy down there, especially as I prefer to use keyboard shortcuts rather than icons.

    Is there a way to edit it that I’m missing? If not, will there be? I’m sure you’re aware that it’s pretty much universal to be able to edit toolbars in Mac applications.

    Comment by nonamethx — March 26, 2008 #

  38. THANK YOU, THANK YOU - been using it all morning on my Macbook Pro 15″ with Intel -

    no problems, no crashes, no worries

    absolute perfect !! I F”ING LOVE IT !!!!

    Thank you !

    Comment by dan — March 26, 2008 #

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  41. Fantastic!!!

    Comment by Fernando — March 26, 2008 #

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  43. wow….three cheers to Yahoo! for the Mac version……rock on!

    cheers,
    http://80feetroad.blogspot.com

    Comment by Guruvardhan — March 26, 2008 #

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  45. Where are the emoticons ?

    Comment by anthony — March 27, 2008 #

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  47. Hi,

    can you SMS international number?

    Comment by shadu — March 27, 2008 #

  48. Harsha, try going into your preferences (for YM) and under connections click on the other option you are given there. In other words, if you are using the “default” method try using the “Behind Firewall” method, or vice versa.

    And Shadu, yes, SMS international numbers work fine…

    Comment by RenoDavid — March 27, 2008 #

  49. My Macbook is complete now! There were some initial voice problems but that was because bunch of friends were playing counter strike!

    Comment by RavenII — March 27, 2008 #

  50. For all u guys who have problem connecting with this Messenger version:

    seems like the app is unable to properly process the Avatar; so if u have set an avatar, you may seem the following symptoms (I know I did): the friend list window shows up the connecting spinner, but nothing seems to happen - the menus and everything look as if u’re not connected. But u are, and are able to receive and send messages.

    The solution I found was to go to avatars.yahoo.com and DELETE my avatar. Now I’m able to log in and use the Beta 3 version properly..

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  54. that guy that speaks in the video is inlove with sarah?

    Comment by Ardei — March 28, 2008 #

  55. It looks wonderful. However, I had a problem making a voice call to my mom’s PC. The voice was choppy. She could not understand what I was saying, neither did I understand her… so we just ended it.

    Hope you can improve this. I have faith in you.

    Comment by Banaz — March 28, 2008 #

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  57. Hi RenoDavid,

    Thanks for your suggestion re the YM, going on to Default or Behind Fire wall options However, after trying both the options mentioed, I still am unable to log on to yahoo messenger.

    I managed to trace the earlier version download of YM 2.5.3 in he web and am able to log on to it now. However, YM 3 im unable to get through.

    Can you suggest any other possibilities of tyring to get connected on the newer version.

    Thanks,
    Harsha

    Comment by Harsha — March 29, 2008 #

  58. Stealth Settings Error? is a major bug, the only response someone got from Yahoo answers was that this is beta so its not supported.

    Comment by Ron — March 30, 2008 #

  59. 1. The 3.0b3 build 98855 which I downloaded (4X) has no voice setting except as a grey area lower right, so it doesn’t work. I registered (put in my $25) and wasted 3 cents trying to get voice to work. Note that “Add contact” has no spot for a phone number, so that version is obviously not “voice friendly”. I have MAC version 10.4.11 with a processor: 500 MHz PowerPC G4. What gives?
    2. I also set the audio to my Plantronics headset which switches back to Built in Audio after turning Preferences off.
    3. Can I have my $25 back?

    Comment by Shirley Miller — March 30, 2008 #

  60. If you don’t see the Voice & Calls button in your toolbar you probably configured your toolbar and removed it. You should hit the configure button on the window and put it back.

    Downloading the client repeatedly isn’t likely to get you a different client, just the same one over and over again.

    As to your headphones not working, are you sure the headphones work properly? The preference should work fine once set.

    If you want your money back you’ll need to contact the customer service number on voice.yahoo.com

    Comment by Karl — March 30, 2008 #

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  62. Karl: Thank you for your offered assistance, however:
    1. I use Safari for which yahoo doesn’t have a toolbar. I will check out Explorer; “nonamethx — March 26, 2008″ said that he could not use or edit the ‘toolbar’ at the bottom of the Messenger list as neither could I;
    2. I admitted downloading Messenger X4 searching for yahoo voice which doesn’t appear to exist as a separate application;
    3. My husband has used my Plantronics headset for two years quite properly. If you look back, another blogger also had this problem;
    4. My comment about the $25 was rhetorical. I hope to find out just how you were so pleased with your application copy.

    Comment by Shirley — March 30, 2008 #

  63. The Toolbar I’m referring to is the one in Yahoo Messenger on top of the conversation window. The row of icons below the window title in the screenshot that sarah posted, that is the toolbar. If you don’t see the “Voice & Calls” item in there then it’s possible that you removed it. If that’s the case then going to the View Menu and selecting customize toolbar will provide you with a sheet that slides out of the conversation window and allows you to drag the item back into the toolbar.

    The headset you describe should work fine since all USB headsets should work fine, same with Bluetooth, and analog headsets.

    Comment by Karl — March 30, 2008 #

  64. hello.

    1. you should include Photo Sharing and key shortcuts. for example windows users have the option of CTRL+F to expand the window to the whole user list, or to restrict it only to see the online ones. i searched google to see if such options are on mac version. unfortunatley, no.

    2. include please the “Allow yahoo websites to show me online”.

    3. there is a problem with the Stealth settings. yes sure, i can signin as invisible and set myself online just to Larry. but if i change my status to: Busy, then i get automaticly online to all the list. in windows if you do that only Larry sees your status only, on mac version instead, changing the status while only one user can see you online makes you available to the whole list. not good.

    4. i dont know what other users think about the webcam feature, but i have a brand new imac 24 inch with isight and when i invite a windows user to view my webcam it just keeps staying on @Connecting@ screen to him.

    5. i hope that step by step you’ll be able to port all the remaining options from the windows version. why ? well you did a great job with this version it look great, it’s stable ( haven’t got any error with it yet ). i would hate to see it stuck like this for another 1-2 years. just do what you have to do and offer mac users the same options that ms users have.

    Comment by Tosa Claudiu — March 31, 2008 #

  65. 1. Cmd-J Show/Hide Offline Contacts, it’s right there in the View Menu

    2. This is the default behavior, if sites aren’t seeing you as online then please submit feedback at http://feedback.help.yahoo.com/feedback.php?.src=MSNGRMAC&.done=http://messenger.yahoo.com/mac.php&.from=client.

    3. Busy is not Invisible, that is not a bug.

    4. Webcam servers are sometimes misbehaving, try again.

    5. Any deficiencies you run into should be reported through the send feedback link, available at:
    http://feedback.help.yahoo.com/feedback.php?.src=MSNGRMAC&.done=http://messenger.yahoo.com/mac.php&.from=client

    Comment by Karl — March 31, 2008 #

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  67. ok but my problem is as following:

    i’m online just to larry and i want to set status: “larry when you are back at the office buzz me”.
    when i do that yahoo messenger sets the correct status but automaticly puts me online to the whole YM list. how do i solve that ?

    ps: thanks for the cmd+j tip !

    Comment by Tosa Claudiu — April 1, 2008 #

  68. sweet thanks for the feature I have been waiting for this for years!

    Comment by bazzoola — April 1, 2008 #

  69. HELLO FRIENDS

    I DOWNLOADED AND INSTALLED D LATEST YAHOO MSNG BUT ITS NOT SHOWING D CALL OPTIONS

    CAN ANY BODY HELP

    Comment by JAZ — April 1, 2008 #

  70. Hmm, I wonder why my posts get deleted. Anyway, I seem to be getting messages normally again. Still can’t seem to allow individual users to see me while in invisible mode.

    Comment by RenoDave — April 2, 2008 #

  71. PHOTO SHARING …..

    Next update….please add PHOTOSHARING on mac !!!

    Its very important….hate sending each photo…using send file. Takes forever to do so. I love yahoo….please don’t disappoint.

    Comment by Hardik — April 2, 2008 #

  72. well. it’s about time.

    Comment by keli — April 2, 2008 #

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  74. I am happy that Yahoo has at least owned up and added some sort of voice chat. Now, this isn’t the type of voice chat I have anticipated. I think a few of us would love to see a Voice Chat option for chat rooms. I already have Skype, and this new option for Yahoo does not really impress me.

    If what the person before me said is true about licensing issues, then I will simply just take yahoo off my laptop. I do not use Yahoo Messenger for anything other than voice chatting with friends on chat rooms. I already have Skype to make calls, so this is pretty useless.

    Comment by NotSatisfied — April 3, 2008 #

  75. I thought this might be more like the windows version of mac with voice (such as voice conferences and/chat rooms) but no. my hopes were let down.
    So far I don’t have as many crashes as I did on the previous version for mac, however I crash at the same time as my brother and dad when we are logged in on yahoo for mac - guess there is a server glitch every so often… just weird.

    Comment by zoe — April 8, 2008 #

  76. i have used the latest version, it sucks man, whenever you login a chat room, and click on any person’s id there, i will open a window which is white blank totally, then every next chat window you open, its same white blank, u cant chat at all neither see anyone’s message for you, windows will popup but it will be totally blank white page…..
    its not stable yet, it is really irritating,
    even worse then previous version

    Comment by aj — April 8, 2008 #

  77. I have been waiting for this feature ever since I switched to a MAC over a year ago. I really love it. I missed this most when I switched from the PC. There is one issue that needs to be addressed…the inability to resize the webcam window when viewing other people’s webcams. The window is really small. Is this being worked on? If not, it should be.

    Comment by Shortybiscuit — April 10, 2008 #

  78. i downloaded the yahoo messenger for my mac os x 10.5 i always got the error ” yahoomessenger.dmg could not recognize… just help me how to download it.thanks!

    Comment by sugar — April 14, 2008 #

  79. Sugar, did you ever get your download to work? I think we need some more details before we can help you. I’m sure not clear on what is happening. Maybe someone else has some more insight into your problem.

    Comment by RenoDavid — April 16, 2008 #

  80. Can someone please help me, I try to log in the yahoo messenger using my Mac OS X version 10.4.11 (2 ghz intel core 2 duo) but i constantly getting this “the application could not connect to the messenger servers. The servers may be busy, pls try again”/

    But when I log into the old version of yahoo messenger, it logged me in. i was attempting to log into the new yahoo messenger with PC to PC call.

    Comment by tiar — April 17, 2008 #

  81. Really like Messenger. Would love it if you add Photoshare for Mac users! Please put it at the top of the list of features to add.

    Comment by Big A — April 17, 2008 #

  82. this new messenger is great!!
    but when i try sending a text message (SMS) they don’t always go through. sometimes i get a message ‘The message was not delivered’ and sometimes i don’t even get that message. same goes for the reply of the SMS, i don’t always receive it when the other person sends me a reply. would like to know why it does that?

    Comment by komal — April 21, 2008 #

  83. are all features compatible between yahoo mac and yahoo pc windows… can i view a contact’s webcam and vise versa, if he’s using yahoo (windows) and i’m using yahoo (mac) ???

    Comment by MacRee — April 21, 2008 #

  84. Hi MacRee,

    Yes, a user on a Mac and a user on our PC version will be able to share webcam video with each other. Voice features are also compatible between the two versions.

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — April 21, 2008 #

  85. And still, the Mac version remains half-baked. :/ Frequently signs me off, chat rooms collapse and webcam is slow.

    C’mon guys, get this thing working!!!! I hate being treated like some second rate member.

    Comment by razratty — April 25, 2008 #

  86. Is anyone else having this issue?

    Since I’ve downloaded the new yahoo my bf says he can’t see me on the webcam anymore, but my cam says he’s still viewing it.

    My internet stops working quickly or all together (only when yahoo is open)

    And Most often, yahoo quits unexpectedly and closes my browsers when they are open.

    Anyone experience this?
    anything I can do about this?

    MacBook Tiger OS X 10.4.11

    Comment by amanda — May 1, 2008 #

  87. Ever since installing this version, the file transfer feature is completely dead. As soon as the “accept” button is clicked the transfer aborts without any further messages.

    Also: it’s nice to see that the facillty to send SMS messages is finally fixed, but it’s a nuisance that the replies come back in another window. Also, if I sign out leaving one of those windows open and then sign back in and try to send another message, the SMS window freezes up totally and I have to close it and reopen before I can send anything.

    One wonders just how many more years this thing is going to stay in beta!

    Comment by Stonegnome — May 10, 2008 #

  88. Please fix the stealth setting. I can log in as invisible, but it won’t let me to appear online to individual user.

    Comment by fry — May 11, 2008 #

  89. When I try to make a test call or try friend’s computers overseas, I get “Remote Audio Error” message. Says “This may be due to an internet connection issue on your side, or your friend may not have their microphone connected.

    This is bizarre. Test call never works. Friends’ pc’s can’t hear me and I can’t hear them. I know their system is ok because they regularly receive calls with no issue. Only a problem with me. I always get that error message. BUT, there is one person I can connect to , my brother in SanFran. Oddly, I connect with him but noone else.

    I mean, shouldn’t the test call work? But it does not and, for me, yahoo messenger is only good for calling ONE person on my list!

    Please fix this! I use Skype and never ever had a problem. Yahoo surely can do better with this.

    Comment by Robert — May 13, 2008 #

  90. I am also having the problem that, after logging in as invisible, I can no longer use stealth settings to appear visible to select contacts. I get an error message saying:

    Stealth Settings Error
    Failed to make *contact* always see you online

    running 10.5.2 on a macbook core2duo

    Comment by Jiji — May 14, 2008 #

  91. Just looking for some explanation. I’m running OS10.3.9 so obviously the new verion of yahoo is not for me. However, earlier today, I was chatting with someone who obviously had the newer version and it knocked out my YM as soon as he logged off. I also noticed that my pal list had disappeared while I was talking to him. I can’t explain any of this.
    I tried d/ling the older version, but it won’t open. Has he jinxed my computer?

    Comment by lainey — May 14, 2008 #

  92. I am also facing the same problem as you Robert.

    Is that a network problem???

    Comment by mjack — May 21, 2008 #

  93. I cannot seem to get my logitech microphone to work with this Beta Version. I know it works in the system preferences. I have a macpro with os 10.5.2 help? I can hear others talk I just can’t seem to to talk to them. This mic is a usb mic that mac recommended.

    Comment by Dash — May 24, 2008 #

  94. Hi guys,
    I’ve been trying to install YM version 3.0 build98855.dmg but when it’s fully downloaded, it always says “Mounting failed” with reason: not recognised. Can anybody help me what’s wrong with my Mac? I’m using YM version 3.0 build18274 (which has no voice features).
    Thanks guys.
    Ricky

    Comment by Ricky — May 26, 2008 #

  95. http://ehsan.bdwebwork.com/2008/05/26/voice-support-with-yahoo-messenger-for-mac/

    Comment by Ehsan — May 26, 2008 #

  96. sooper mess

    Comment by XceNIK — May 31, 2008 #

  97. i cannot make and receive a call with the voice chat, HOW COME. I can hear it ringing but cannot click on accept, WHY

    Comment by Fabrice — June 2, 2008 #

  98. I got my friend with Mac to download YM for Mac.
    We can text but no voice. We both get message other is not available or can’t connect.

    Comment by 180pilot — June 2, 2008 #

  99. Please fix stealth settings. They were working, now they aren’t. I get the runaround from support with advice on how to fix other things but not stealth setting. They say it’s not supported on the beta version but we’re supposedly out of beta right? Even the messenger for the mac download page has an appetizing segment all about the stealth settings I am not able to use. Bad advertising. Please fix, Please pretty please?

    Comment by Michele — June 3, 2008 #

  100. why is that i can’t hear my sister every time we used yahoo messenger. please help

    Comment by norman — June 4, 2008 #

  101. Does anyone know how to fix the display image? It was working until two days ago and now it will not load a photo and keep it however it WILL use the yahoo avatar….also when I go to sign on, it shows an older picture that I had chosen a long time ago????? I’ve re-installed the program…stuck on what else to do…any advice is appreciated!

    Comment by nickeyal7 — June 6, 2008 #

  102. I am having the same problem with display images. It just stopped working on June 4, 2008. Could it be related to an Mac OS Update?

    Comment by Kane — June 6, 2008 #

  103. i cannot use the latest version of yahoo for mac.it alwasys says cannot connect to server..server busy..what can i do about it..i can only use the oh so obsolete version.please help me.my internet provider already tried but still cannot do anything.

    Comment by viatch — June 7, 2008 #

  104. I need one of the most important options: Photo Sharing and the option to customize the look of yahoo messenger.

    Please add the phptp sharing feature. It’s one of the most important features that yahoo has.

    Comment by Torsten — June 8, 2008 #

  105. thank you to nickeyal7 and Kane - because the display image thing has been making me crazy! i too reinstalled - anything anything to make it work again… i don’t really understand why other people’s displays work - but not my own. please, please yahoo! fix this!

    Comment by amanda — June 8, 2008 #

  106. It would also be nice to find a solution for a better way to notify about the received instant messages. I just don`t see the icon when it`s bouncing and also don`t want to take a look because of every message i get (some are less important sometimes). So maybe it would be nice if the dock would show each message window with the avatar or photo or nick of the one sending the message.

    Comment by Anca — June 8, 2008 #

  107. Agreed with the above - please get stealth settings working again! It’s been broken for weeks and weeks now!

    Comment by The Phazer — June 9, 2008 #

  108. I’ve just downloaded the new Mac YAHOO IM (beta), but I can not get my photo to appear in my ‘Friends’ column and it will not appear in any ‘text window.’

    My photo would appear in the old Mac version. Any suggestions????

    Comment by dan mcbride — June 9, 2008 #

  109. When will photo sharing be available on mac. This is a very handy feature that has been ignored on the mac version for years. Please at least try for feature parity with the PC version.

    Comment by melt — June 9, 2008 #

  110. Same problem here!!!
    I’ve Leopard 10.5.3 and I’ve just installed Yahoo Messenger 3 Beta 3 ( 98855 ) but it does not work!
    it says always ” the server is busy, try again”….

    I’ve installed YM 3 beta 2, but it crashed after 2 seconds after my login….

    who found the solucion?

    Comment by Angel — June 11, 2008 #

  111. i have the same problems i see like many other…i cant see my avatar and it wont change..at all…what can i do…??? it is driving me crazyyyy…

    Comment by alexandra — June 12, 2008 #

  112. My version 3 on OSX 10.5.3 quit working too. I had been using version 2.5 on an OS9 machine to get by, but today that quit working too!!!

    Comment by Rob — June 15, 2008 #

  113. I’ve just downloaded the new Mac YAHOO IM (beta), but I can not get my photo to appear in my ‘Friends’ column and it will not appear in any ‘text window.’
    Although I can see the photos of my friends, they can not see mine… and a few weeks ago it was working… It’s true that now I have tha call option…
    Can u please answer me what to do to have my photo avatar ???

    Comment by Ala — June 18, 2008 #

  114. [...] Source: Yahoo! Messenger Blog [...]

    Pingback by Yahoo Messenger for Mac now has Voice - unsakred.net — June 19, 2008 #

  115. Having trouble sending/receiving files. 80% of the time I can send files no problem, but I can only receive files about 25% of the time. Transfer window says “connecting” but just hangs and the files never come through… anyone else having this problem? I am also having the problem with the display image…

    Comment by john — June 22, 2008 #

  116. i can not get into free yahoo messenger online

    Comment by Daniel — June 26, 2008 #

  117. I have the same problem with some of the people who posted a comment here.

    When I finished downloading the Yahoo Messenger 3 Beta, it won’t install. The computer states that the file is not recognized. I have a Mac OS X 10.5.4.

    Can you provide a solution for this? I’m stuck with webmessenger.

    Comment by Julie — July 3, 2008 #

  118. now there’s absolutely nothing not to love on my mac. my ym3b3 works perfectly. now i can talk easily to everyone on board. with the new phone in/out, you’ll get all your messages upfront. now i can give up the others since more, if not almost all uses ym now. this is a YAHOO for mac users! tnx a lot..

    Comment by jun villena — July 5, 2008 #

  119. I’ve just downloaded the Yahoo Messenger for Mac Beta and I can not get my mic to work. When I make a Pc to pc call, I can hear the other person, but they can not hear me! Can anyone help sort this out! I’ve tried everything!!

    Thanks
    Bex

    Comment by Bex — July 5, 2008 #

  120. PLEASE FOTOSHARING
    WE NEED FOTOSHARING
    FOTOSHARING
    FOTOSHARING

    …
    PHOTOSHARING, THANKS

    Comment by annele — July 9, 2008 #

  121. I recently got the Mac 10.5. I had installed Y! 3.0 beta. It has crashed several times during the session. Any feedback or suggestions on this.

    Regards,
    Aditya

    Comment by Aditya Sheth — July 12, 2008 #

  122. A new version of beta 3.0 beta 3 (120437) is out - I think it fixes the error of online invisible

    Comment by anthony — July 26, 2008 #

  123. This download does not work.

    Comment by Ei — July 31, 2008 #

  124. I recently received a MacBook Pro as a gift, and I’m having issues with Yahoo Messenger Font Settings.

    1. How do I keep my font settings permanent?
    2. What does “Add to Favorites” do in “Font Panel Action”?

    I’ve gone to “My Preference,” clicked on “Messenging,” clicked on “Set Font,” which opens up the Font Settings. I’ve clicked on what setting I’d like my font and color to be, but it doesn’t save the settings.

    I’ve, also, clicked on “Font Panel Action” located in the left corner and clicked on “Add to Favorites,” but I don’t know if that did anything or what it does.

    Help? If my clicking “Add to Favorites” did something, can someone help me undo that or tell me what I did? Any information is well appreciated.

    Comment by Suzanne — August 4, 2008 #

  125. Where’s the BUZZ feature???

    Comment by A — August 4, 2008 #

  126. A -

    The buzz feature can be activated with a command + g keystroke or you can go to the “Contacts” menu and choose “Send Buzz”.

    Hope that helps,

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — August 5, 2008 #

  127. Suzanne -

    To set the font type and size for IM messages you send from Messenger for Mac, go to the “Yahoo! Messenger” menu, choose “Preferences” and then click the “Messaging” button at the top of the window. Further down in the window you’ll notice an area where it says “My Fonts”. Click the “Set font…” button to choose your font type and size.

    The Add to Favorites button is just a way for you to save your particular choices with a name familiar to you.

    Hope that helps,

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — August 5, 2008 #

  128. What about setting the default color? I can’t see to change the color. I can change the font and size but not the color. Is that broken or am I doing it wrong?
    John

    Comment by John Vestal — August 12, 2008 #

  129. My system is OS X 10.3.9, so even though I download Yahoo messenger it doesn’t work. Can I find an earlier version of it that will work in my system? Does anyone know? Thank you sooooo much

    Comment by stuck — August 13, 2008 #

  130. Ei, having YM on mac is great.. tried using voice but how come i dont get any audio on my mac?… the other party hears me they say.. i checked with free test call and sounds came out ok.. pls help…

    Comment by Slackermd — August 15, 2008 #

  131. ..for me i dont think yahoo messenger is as fun on a mac. i would rather use a PC. but i still believe mac is better computer howver, dont use messenger on a mac. it sux!..lol

    Comment by jay mac — August 15, 2008 #

  132. I want voice to work when I’m in a conference!

    Comment by Amy — August 15, 2008 #

  133. Enough with the cute-sy features and put some backbone into Yahoo Voice out. If you want to get some serious attention - give us CUSTOMIZABLE VOICE MAIL. I’m a business owner and know of several others that would quickly do away with all other land lines and use yahoo voice exclusively if given this one simple feature. Just a simple 20 second message with my business name that callers will hear if Im not available. I’m really surprised that a company as advanced as Yahoo hasnt implemented this yet as an incredibly easy way to boost revenue.

    Comment by SB — August 21, 2008 #

  134. As of a week or two ago, Yahoo Messenger for Mac gives me “remote audio error” after making any phone connections.

    It used to work great. Is there a fix for this?

    Comment by Nic — August 28, 2008 #

  135. For the Voice chat issues where you see an error like “remote audio error” or “Local audio error”, I was able to resolve this by going to messenger preferences –> Voice & Calls and changing the Input device from Built-in Microphone to Built-in Input. I still don’t understand what was the difference between microphone and input, however it worked. Hope this helps! my Mac Book Pro has MAC OS X 10.5 and Messenger is yahoo, Version - beta 3.0.

    Comment by praveen — September 6, 2008 #

  136. please notify me when u answer.

    I use window but i want to keep a voice message that a friend left for me seperately. in mp3 format or something. Can you tell me how to find the file? I go to c:/program files/yahoo/archieve/my account and there is no voice file butt there are .dat file for message received.

    if u dont understand anything, pl email me. i really really want to get voice message into my ipod

    Comment by nikki — September 7, 2008 #

  137. im using yahoo messenger xp version but i would like my friends to see what iTunes track im listening to (just like in yahoo messenger mac version). how can i do that?

    Comment by mr T — September 14, 2008 #

  138. Still cant see how to get voice to work on a mac in a yahoo chatroom. Should be an easy icon…Macs are so intuitively simple..except for this provision..can anyone give me a solid answer on this please?

    Comment by ShawnHeld — September 20, 2008 #

  139. @ShawnHeld -

    Voice features are not available in chat rooms on the Mac version.

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — September 22, 2008 #

  140. I uninstalled it, and installed it again. I try signing in. But it keeps saying servers may be busy, please try again. I keep trying and it never works. It’s pissing me off…

    ALSO, THE WEBCAM keeps turning off from the viewpoint of the one i’m chatting with. They keep thinking i’m turning it off. WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?

    New macbook, 2.4GhZ, 250GB

    Comment by Jay — September 24, 2008 #

  141. I can’t use the voice feature with my friend in Australia. I’m now in the Philippines. I have used this feature months ago and it was working. Now it isn’t. Can somebody help me?

    When I try to call her (via voice conversation) the answering machine is the one who answers me. She says it is ringing…

    Comment by Yange — September 28, 2008 #

  142. Downloaded yahoo messenger for mac and I have problems viewing other cams that are PC based. Can anyone help with this??

    Comment by randyNYC — September 30, 2008 #

  143. I’m pretty much a new Mac user so the YM is somewhat a big change from the Windows one. Just happy that there are no pop-ups during sign in and odd widgets that clutter up my screen. I just wish I could stream via YM, but I’m good.

    My concern mainly has something to do with the fonts. Pretty superficial, but I do like to use a certain color when I chat. My problem is I can change the color, but it won’t stay permanently. I have to change it everytime I log in again, and what’s worse, I have to change it for every person I chat with. Not a good thing.

    I also noticed that I couldn’t seem to use my custom icon/avatar. I uploaded a picture and it comes up fine when I use my Windows YM, but the other day on my Mac, it was just gone. I now use the Yahoo avatar which is ok, but I’d rather use my own.

    Thanks!

    Comment by Kat — October 7, 2008 #

  144. @Kat You can set your font for all chats by going to the application preferences. From your Y! Messenger, go to the “Yahoo! Messenger” menu in the menubar at the top of the screen. Then when that window opens you’ll find the font preferences in the Messaging section. In that same preferences window there is also a Display Image section for setting your icon and avatar.

    Comment by Karl — October 12, 2008 #

  145. I cant seem to make the web cams work. Cant see and cant view. Is there a fix for this or is something wrong.

    Thanks.

    Comment by Aaron — October 14, 2008 #

  146. @Karl Yep, exactly what I did. My problem is with the fonts: the changes I make doesn’t seem to stick. It changes back to black when I sign out of YM. Plus, I have to change the colors every time I open up a new convo with another person.

    With the Display Image, it seems to disappear every so often. I try to change it, but it doesn’t show up on my YM. When I go to the Display Image section, the option for custom picture is empty, but the Yahoo Avatar is there.

    It’s just frustrating that the changes I make don’t seem to stick.

    Comment by Kat — October 18, 2008 #

  147. Goodness sakes…

    just read down half the list of entries.. How many anti Mac/yahoo users have bothered to log on this website giving totally false information. Perhaps incorrect, but Im thinking they are devoted Windows/MSN users.

    We can webcam, voice chat and phone internet or non-internet services, send/receive files, just like you.

    Both Windows and Mac users are equal. If anything both Windows and Mac are good in different areas but one doesn’t have to kill the other. PC and Mac live side by side. Its down to personal choice.

    Neither Mac nor Microsoft will win any race as there is no race to be run!

    Comment by Andy — October 27, 2008 #

  148. I cannot get my messenger voice to properly work. When i downloaded 3.0 it did not install the voice icon to the message window. I have re enstalled several times. Can anyone out there who knows Mac help me here? What setting am i missing? Please help! My love life depends on it!! LOL
    Thanks

    Comment by BIll — November 2, 2008 #

  149. Oh, I didn’t mention the obvious, Voice does not work, i can hear the ring in but cannot answer. She cannot hear my ring at all when i call her. What is the problem?

    Comment by BIll — November 2, 2008 #

  150. can any one help me plz coz i want record the live web cam of fren when i am in online in yahoo messenger ??????

    Comment by Lil — November 13, 2008 #

  151. the text messaging features work well, all seems almost workable as on pc.

    HOWEVER,

    i dont think there’s photosharing as yet and

    when a friend called me from a PC, there were ringing tones, and I believe my mac received the call BUT i couldn’t hit the “answer” button — don’t know why and it’s really a huge BUGGER~

    Yahoo, you guys did a good job, and i believe you guys can do better to get “great” job! Please fix this, I notice a lot of people are experiencing the same thing. Thanks~

    Comment by Nayzi Norman — November 17, 2008 #

  152. I know Yahoo doesn’t care about Mac users but this new version of YM Is horrible. It’s hard to connect to the server and I can’t see my contacts list. This finally convinced me to switch to Adium.

    Comment by P — November 21, 2008 #

  153. i bought my new macbook and im facing a problem with my cam its always stopped to the viewer but in my window its ok and it says 1 viewer but absolutely my chatmate didint see me and they said it stop.can anybody help me to fix this problem pls..

    Comment by nelson — December 14, 2008 #

  154. Running latest Leopard and YM3B3. Voice does not work. Test calls don’t work. All inputs in Systems Prefs configured correctly. Is this a build issue at Yahoo or incompatibility with Leopard 10.5.5?

    I would like PC to PC calls. It worked in the past, but I’m not sure what triggered the current problem. Otherwise, I prefer YM for the MAC over the PC version.

    Comment by Jeff — December 16, 2008 #

  155. i got the beta… its ok… how about chatroom voice support? and chatroom video support? why is it always that the mac users are never on par with the windows users? why is it you Yahoo wont let us the mac user be able to have the same features that windows users do? its really not that hard… i mean look at ventrillo it has a mac and windows version and they’re both compatible with each other and there was loads of PC users in the same room and i use mac..i could converse with them all so why is it so hard? why does it take so long? surely your company isnt short staffed surely you have the best programmers and developers and why oh why must i suffer for MY personal preference in computer hardware and software?

    please i really would have more faith in this company if it put a reason forward and if not possible then a representative of yahoo contact me via email and explain these things to me.

    thanks, sincerly
    Kipp Williamson

    Comment by Kipp — December 18, 2008 #

  156. The Mac version compared to the Windows version is a Joke. I had it for all of 15 minutes and got rid of it and started using Adium.

    Comment by Shareef Yousef — January 1, 2009 #

  157. i cannot make and receive a call with the voice chat, HOW COME. I can hear it ringing but cannot click on accept, WHY

    Comment by jessi — January 9, 2009 #

  158. Are they going to allow mac users to voice chat in the chat rooms with yahoo messenger so you are able to hear people talking and so you are able to talk to the room?? If so does anyone know when?

    Comment by Julia — January 11, 2009 #

  159. i only have 1.4 how do i get the yahoo messenger with voice?

    Comment by Justin — January 19, 2009 #

  160. Pathetic experience with Yahoo mess in MAC ,while using for internet call.

    Comment by Nitin — January 25, 2009 #

  161. thank you for working on the MAC version, really thanks!

    HELP:
    however, i’m running Mac OS X 10.5.6 on iMAC. just installed voice messenger for PC to PC calls: i CANNOT INITIATE A CALL. i can receive a call fine, but i cannot initiate a call!

    again,
    many big thanks!

    Comment by Allison Carr — February 1, 2009 #

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