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New update for Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 2

November 21, 2007 on 1:40 pm | In Mac version | 109 Comments

The third update of Mac 3.0 Beta 2 (build 78326) is now available to keep you company over the holiday weekend.

There are no new features in this update but we fixed a couple of crash issues, including an update to the crash reporting for Leopard users.

We also made improvements to the sign in process when you’re behind a firewall. So if you’ve had issues in the past with signing in from the office or elsewhere with a firewall, please try installing this new update.

Download Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 beta 2

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Sarah Bacon
Product Manager

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  1. where is vc for mac??? been waiting forever

    Comment by Laurie — November 21, 2007 #

  2. excellent. looks like about 3000 changesets since last build so I will test it carefully and update report for any fixed issues or new ones.

    Comment by Adam (MysticalOS) — November 21, 2007 #

  3. Thanks to the Mac Yahoo team for the continued updates!

    Comment by Kiel — November 22, 2007 #

  4. where is vc for mac??? been waiting forever

    mac will NEVER EVER have voice microsoft owns the codec neither will linux so sorry m8 you got a long wait lol..

    Comment by Karl — November 22, 2007 #

  5. Voice chat for mac?
    Should we wait for another year?

    Comment by bazzoola — November 22, 2007 #

  6. way to go yahoo mac team! I just wish the vista team was on the ball like you!

    Comment by ethan — November 22, 2007 #

  7. I did upgrade to new version and not from time to time my messages are not going to the user. I can receive messages from the buddy but buddy is not seeing messages I type. Only if he loges our he receive my messages that I did send him. Or if I log out and log in he receives my messages. Is there an Mac support?

    Comment by dmmatic — November 22, 2007 #

  8. You know yahoo says they listen to the users, but almost all of the users are saying we want voice but they dont hear us at all, I think that all of us MAC users should stop using yahoo and go to something else and then they would not have to worry about a MAC, and I think that Sarah Bacon should find another job, because she is no help at all. WE WANT VOICE!!!!

    Comment by Bill — November 23, 2007 #

  9. Look folks read peoples comments VOICE ON THE MAC IS NOT POSSIBLE microsoft own the codec the tsp codec (amongst others needed) voice will NEVER EVER be on mac or linux the codec licence is mega bucks and it will not happen.

    Comment by Karl — November 23, 2007 #

  10. Then I’ll quit using Yahoo Messenger. Forget it – gotta have voice with my webcam.

    Comment by Craig — November 23, 2007 #

  11. It’s just silly to say that “voice on the Mac is not possible.” How did Skype do it? How did iChat and iVisit and Camfrog do it? If Microsoft owns the voice codec why is Yahoo allowing themselves to be held hostage? Why can’t they change or add a codec that will work on all platforms – like every other messenger service on the planet? Sheesh!

    Comment by Zorg — November 24, 2007 #

  12. Karl you are incorrect and ignorant in your knowledge. Truevoice codec is not possible on the mac but that codec is ONLY used in chatrooms and conferences. However the Call p2p voice codec is a completely different codec which does have mac licensing rights and can be done. That is the feature the mac team planned on implementing in beta 2 originally which never happened do to issues in development. I wouldn’t rule that feature out just yet, just not in immediate future I imagine. But it’s also not impossible. Do more research before making false comments.

    Comment by Adam (MysticalOS) — November 24, 2007 #

  13. Oh and on the Truevoice codec notes. Vista also doesn’t include the codec by default either because even MS didn’t want to pay to relicense it. Based on that it’s not logical that yahoo will continue supporting it for foreseeable future either. Not unless yahoo wants to pay to license it to be bundled with future yahoo messenger versions for windows. Or perhaps expect all users to somehow know to download and install it themselves without actually endorsing it or giving the download links to it which could be seen as a sneaky attempt around licensing. So it’s likely yahoo will find another cheap or free solution anyways at some point when Vista slowly fades XP out.

    Comment by Adam (MysticalOS) — November 24, 2007 #

  14. I am very appreciative of the updates. I think that Yahoo Messenger for Mac is becoming a nice application. The subtleties are what make Mac apps great. Congrats to the team. I’d love to see Yahoo Messenger for Mac incorporate Photo Sharing. I think that’s a large void. It would also be cool if the webcam window could be detached from the Messenger Friend’s List. Thanks for allowing the feedback.

    Comment by David — November 24, 2007 #

  15. We want sound, we want sound, we want sound……every mac user repeat after me!!!

    Comment by Duke — November 25, 2007 #

  16. try to update it to like an answer machine when you are on the internet if you have dial-up

    Comment by meka — November 25, 2007 #

  17. The one feature I loved about Yahoo was photo sharing. I will vote for that feature as well.

    Comment by Mark — November 25, 2007 #

  18. ADAM ur a programmer right? cant u make a program that will hook to Yahoo messenger for MAC and enable it to have voice? is that possible? a sort of patch or something…just wondering if u guys can do that then u can sell it like ur YTK pro.

    Comment by jamesbond — November 26, 2007 #

  19. Any chance of supporting 10.3.x users?

    Comment by Bob — November 26, 2007 #

  20. One thing that should be addressed as soon as possible is the ignore feature not working. Tired of getting booted by people I cannot ignore. This is happening in Yahoo Chat Help of all the places also, maybe someone there could look at the logs.

    Sloar

    Comment by Sloar — November 26, 2007 #

  21. couldn’t log in ever since using the latest version (server ALWAYS busy). argh. at least provide a link to the previous version so we could reinstall it.

    Comment by Mike — November 27, 2007 #

  22. Mac users waiting for VOICE … Linux users waiting for VOICE.
    No longer.
    As an ex-windows user, now on LINUX UBUNTU and just doing ocaccionals dual-booting to JUST to use the VOICE on YM I got sick of it. I will not wait any more. I will spend my lasting money on my PhoneOut account and I will not put my money any more there.
    Wellcome Ekiga or Gizmo Proyect
    Goodbye YM (RIP)

    Comment by Fer — November 27, 2007 #

  23. loving the messenger, but how do you erase the chat room history? thanks!
    P

    Comment by thepaddylad — November 30, 2007 #

  24. VOICE: why won’t there be a VOICE for mac because of microsoft? i have microsoft office on my mac. i can use microsoft messenger. mind it don’t have all the features that the windows messenger has, but its still microsoft, right?

    Comment by Elsol5776 — November 30, 2007 #

  25. Why can’t we get messanger (and not the web version, that sucks) for Macs that are still using OS X 10.3.9? Isn’t there a way to download something that will let us install messanger for us?

    Comment by unidentified — December 1, 2007 #

  26. Why is it, that the OLD versions of yahoo will sign on, but this new version will not. I get the message that the servers are busy. I tried checking the firewall box too – but that didn’t help either.

    Comment by Cathy — December 3, 2007 #

  27. Hi, there – I have a Powerbook G4 with Tiger and when I downloaded the beta Yahoo messenger yesterday, my system started to freeze every time I went on the Internet. Does anyone else have this problem? I had no problems prior to the download. I’ve since put it in the trash and emptied it, but my cursor still freezes after a short time of being on the net.
    Liz

    Comment by Liz — December 3, 2007 #

  28. This is so cool!

    CJ – http://christopherjohndavid.blogspot.com

    Comment by CJ David — December 3, 2007 #

  29. It would be nice if you could choose not to see when users join and leave the chatrooms.

    Comment by Charlie — December 4, 2007 #

  30. if Yahoo is not going to do voice why dont they just F****** come right out and say “No We Are Not Going To Put Voice in Yahoo for The MAc.” Instead of leaving us hanging, Just tell us so we will not ask or keep waiting for it.

    Comment by bgrhuey — December 4, 2007 #

  31. Guys, can you please add a ” mass all in your group feature”, i mean seriously, thats an easy script, please add that in the next update. Many Thanks, your friendly neighborhood, slickace…. =*)

    Comment by slick — December 5, 2007 #

  32. to the guy saying linux never will…. Oh yes it could there is plenty of places to get the win32 codecs from and I now have helped make a client that runs on linux and uses the win32 codecs and guise what eeek it gets voice in chat. And no i will not tell you the name of this client because it seems like every time yahoo finds out there is one that works with voice for linux or is even able to join chat they change something to break it …Not saying they do this on purpose (caugh caugh yes they do)

    Comment by Robert Frayer — December 6, 2007 #

  33. As long as there’s no banner ad on the main application window, I’m happy

    I hate voice chat, it consumed a lot of bandwidth in my office. messenger is supposed to be a simple text based chat program, not some elaborate teleconference program

    If it has voice thing (along with the already available webcam thing), it’ll be bloated as hell and consume a lot of bandwidth like the windows version did

    Comment by Chriswan — December 6, 2007 #

  34. y’all, lets be patient and lets not complain. Yes us MAC users want voice but one step at a time. We now we can get in chat rooms now we need to wait PATIENTLY for them to get voice going. Patience is a virtue I say. there I said my peace.

    Comment by Katherine — December 7, 2007 #

  35. its really hot

    Comment by emraan — December 8, 2007 #

  36. I studied the problem with the ignorelist. I get the impression that the ignorelist works for the first 99 id’s that you add to the ignorelist. After that you cannot add any, until you remove some other id’s.
    If you cannot remove id’s in the preferences pane, then try it manually:
    - Quit Yahoo messenger
    - Go to the Library-folder in your personal folder.
    - Open the preferences-folder and look for a file named com.yahoo.messenger3.Users..plist. Open this file using the application Property List Editor. It will automatically launch when you double-click on the file.
    - Expand Root by clicking on the triangle in front of the word “Root”.
    - Expand IgnoreList in the same way.
    - Select the last item under the IgnoreList. If your IgnoreList is full the last item will be 98. If you have selected the last item click on the button “Delete”.
    - If you like you can delete more numbered items.
    - When you ready deleting the numbered items, choose “Save” from the “File”-menu.
    - Then close the Property List Editor
    - Start Yahoo-messenger and go to a chatroom and check whether the Ignore-feature works again for new id’s.

    Comment by Wouter — December 8, 2007 #

  37. hey mac users you know that there is alot of unix cross overs for mac right i mean there is clients and win32 codecs that you can get in packages if you just look and yes you can get voice too you do not have to rely on a company that is so obviousely un-interested in anything non-microsoft

    Comment by Kain — December 10, 2007 #

  38. Voice conferencing would be nice to have as well as support for 10.3.x. However there never will be voice for chat rooms. This is not Yahoo’s fault. The people who made the code yahoo uses will only licence the code for window$

    Comment by Bob — December 10, 2007 #

  39. Hi there. Ever since I installed a Yahoo Messenger 3.0 Beta 2 for Mac, I have not been able to log in at all.

    It’s been 3-4 weeks now (17 Dec 2007) and I still get a message saying, “SERVERS ARE BUSY, PLEASE TRY AGAIN LATER”.

    Is there some special setting I need to change?

    Can someone here please help me, any comments appreciated. You can post it as a comment to any of my articles on http://paulhokangsang.blogspot.com

    Many thanks,
    Paul

    Comment by paul ho — December 16, 2007 #

  40. Paul:

    Re: the trouble you’re having logging into Yahoo! Messenger for Mac. It may have to do with your connection settings. Try this:

    1. From the Apple menu choose “Preferences”
    2. In the preferences window, select the “Connection” pane.
    3. There are two choices, “Default” and “Behind Firewall”. Change the setting to “Default”.

    Also, be sure you’re on the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 2 (build number is 78326). If you’re not on that build, go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/mac.php to download it.

    Hope that helps,

    Sarah Bacon
    Yahoo! Messenger Blog

    Comment by Administrator — December 17, 2007 #

  41. Hi Sarah, do you know if they are any plans on making the limit higher for the number of people you can ignore since one person could fill the 99 person limit with bots? Thank you for all your hard work on Macintosh Messenger.

    Sloar

    Comment by Sloar — December 18, 2007 #

  42. for the past couple days I can not sign-in with Mac Yahoo IM? It just grinds away, never opens and there are no pop-up messages. I can leave it trying for 5 minutes to no avail. I use Leopard OS X and I have not had any issues for the past couple month. Any suggestions? (I already checked my Preferences setting to Default as outlined to Sara above)

    Comment by Dan — December 19, 2007 #

  43. hey, I love the new updates in yahoo beta 2, but I can not connect to any chat site, tried many.

    What up ? I am behind a firewall, let me know if I have to set something up. File, Join Yahoo Chat don’t work at all.

    Comment by Ray Smith — December 26, 2007 #

  44. Nevermind, I figured it out! I changed my connection from behind firewall to default and it worked.

    Thanks!

    Comment by Ray Smith — December 26, 2007 #

  45. great, downloaded the update and deleted my old version and then realized the update doesn’t work w/ 10.3.9 and there’s no old version anywhere, blow me.

    Comment by mars — December 29, 2007 #

  46. Hi, Does anyone know how to bookmark a fave room, save a link to a fave room, or enable the “join user in chat” button that used to exist in messenger? I am completely unable to find my fave local room in the chat-room lists, and the only way to get there is to accept an invitation from someone already in the room. There also used to be text that 1 could type into any room, something like :/join=roomname1, but I can no longer remember how it went. I am using an apple g4, osx10.4, messenger build 3.0 beta2. Any help is appreciated. Best wishes, Rick

    Comment by rick — December 29, 2007 #

  47. Mars, you should be able to find an old version for your system at http://www.oldapps.com. I downlaoded an old version of messenger today trying to find the features that are missing in the new version, but no luck. Hope that helps,
    Rick

    Comment by rick — December 29, 2007 #

  48. Sarah,

    With the default setting I consistently get an error stating

    Could sign in because of an unknown error. Do you have any clues on how to fix this?

    Comment by Jordan Jones — December 30, 2007 #

  49. I run OS 10.5.1 and have tried installing Yahoo IM but I get the following error message…. “it appears you were disconnnected because you lost your network connection…please check you network connection and try reconnecting”. Checked everything I could…and all other apps are working fine…including GoogleTalk and AIM.
    Any ideas?

    Comment by Graham — December 30, 2007 #

  50. Dear Sarah Bacon,

    The latest build 3.0 78326 still crashes frequently on my iMac with leopard 10.5.1. I have reverted back to tiger 10.4 and it hasn’t crashed once so it is a bug. My friends have downloaded and tested the latest build on their macs with 10.5.1 and it crashes a lot. I have clicked report to yahoo every time it does it so I’m sure your developers will be aware of this?

    Comment by James McColgan — January 3, 2008 #

  51. Hi,

    I just installed Yahoo beta 2 with 3.0 78326. But it keeps prompt “SERVERS ARE BUSY, PLEASE TRY AGAIN LATER”.

    Same things that Paul Ho has posted here..

    I have change the connection to default with Broadband DLS Lan.

    But it still not let me sign in…

    Please advice….thanks

    Comment by anita — January 7, 2008 #

  52. i think it is crap what you have done some peaple can’t afford to upgrade there macs i am useing a os x 10.3.9 u should have made a yahoo that goes in chat for all mac types how selfish

    Comment by donna — January 22, 2008 #

  53. I’m using OSX 10.5, and up until this morning, I had no problems using Messenger. Then, out of the blue, it just wouldn’t log on. I read this line from above:

    ——3. There are two choices, “Default” and “Behind Firewall”. Change the setting to “Default”.——–

    Mine was set to “Default” so I set it to “Behind Firewall” since I use a wireless router.

    It connected, and logged on the very next attempt. I hope this helps.

    Comment by DogZilla — January 23, 2008 #

  54. hey this link has helped and solved all my problems , am using a 10.5 leopard , works great , thanks a lot… http://messenger.yahoo.com/mac.php

    Comment by sharang patil — January 27, 2008 #

  55. How come I can’t hear the voices in the chat room? …I have a mac…

    Comment by eri — February 8, 2008 #

  56. After I upgraded from Tiger to Leopard, my yahoo beta 3.0
    [Version 3.0 beta 2 (build 78326)] has following hassles –

    1. send file does not work – people on the other end are unable to get the file.
    2. video which worked on tiger has stopped working too. Sme problem Once people on the other end accept the invitation, it just hangs – and on my end it keeps says waiting for invitee

    Comment by anthony — February 13, 2008 #

  57. Sending files doesn’t work on Leopard.
    Even in Tiger, it wasn’t that good: it wouldn’t go p2p (with real IPs, not NAT-ed, no firewalls and such, both parties had real IPs and such); it doesn’t work at all on Leopard (just a stupid ERROR).

    The codec is owned by Microsoft? Good, just add a new codec to the Mac version and add it to the Windows version as well. When you have calls like: win-to-win-> use the MS one(for compatibility with the old versions) when you have win-mac and mac-mac->use the secondary one.

    The Mac version of Yahoo Messenger is very crippled, compared to the Windows one.I’d like to get friends to stop saying “oh, you’re working on your Mac again; photo share, file transfers and games don’t work, that’s not nice”.

    Comment by andy — February 22, 2008 #

  58. Looks like skype does video,voice, chat and file transfers. Is that what we have been reduced to using ?

    Comment by anthony — February 22, 2008 #

  59. Hi.

    This is great! However, i’ve been having problems setting my font and making it coloured! It’s never saved, and it is really bugging me.

    Also, I hope in the next release group messaging will be available.

    Thanks!
    Aly

    Comment by Aly — February 22, 2008 #

  60. Im using Mac OS X Leopard with the latest version 3 Beta 2. Why does my YM keep on crashing every time I sign in? I did try trashing the application and download it again but to no avail. May I have your comment please.

    Thanks.

    Michael

    Comment by michael — February 26, 2008 #

  61. hello i just downloaded the new version of ym for mac beta 2, and i cannot sign in it says “application cannot connect to messenger server” server busy –try again. i’ve been trying to the whole day. i’ve checked my downloaded version its build 78326. i just dont know how to fix this anymore! and i’ve tried all the advices including the change in preference etc. i literally followed all the advices i could get but unfortunately no such luck!

    Comment by pia — March 4, 2008 #

  62. Whenever I broadcast my webcam on the latest build of YM, it craps out after 2 mins. WHY?!?!? What can I do???

    Comment by Kim — March 5, 2008 #

  63. Hi. I am facing the same problem as pia with my ym for mac beta 2. “application cannot connect to messenger server” server busy –try again. Someone’s got to fix this really soon, otherwise the community I have on ym will start migrating off ym. Incidentally, I have not seen any answers from the product manager. Why have this blog then if it is not to communicate directly with their customers?

    Comment by Sim — March 18, 2008 #

  64. i use Yahoo Messenger in Leopad, but whenever i sign in, it will automatically exit.
    Its notification appear which show some error and ask me to submit to Apple.
    I tried to reinstall it many times. Nothing is different.
    Therefore, i can’t use Yahoo IM any more.
    Help me!!!

    Comment by Loc — March 19, 2008 #

  65. pia and Sim-

    This comment earlier in the group might be helpful:
    ++++++++++++++++++++
    I’m using OSX 10.5, and up until this morning, I had no problems using Messenger. Then, out of the blue, it just wouldn’t log on. I read this line from above:

    >> In the Preferences menu, choose “Connections”. There are two choices, “Default” and “Behind Firewall”. Change the setting to “Default”.——– Mine was set to “Default” so I set it to “Behind Firewall” since I use a wireless router. It connected, and logged on the very next attempt. I hope this helps.

    Comment by DogZilla — January 23, 2008
    +++++++++++++++

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — March 19, 2008 #

  66. I am having the same problems as Pia and Sim, and sorry, Sarah, I’ve tried what you suggest as well. I’ve changed to “behind firewall” and back to “default” and nothing. with both direct internet connection and using a wireless router. I’ve tried all combinations, and to no avail! I am still not able to connect YM! Help someone, please! it’s been 3 months and still no solution in sight!

    Comment by JennySingapore — March 23, 2008 #

  67. [...] been a few months since the last update for Yahoo! Messenger for Mac (3.0 beta 2/78326) and finally Yahoo! has released a significant update: 3.0 beta [...]

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  68. to Sarah, sim and Pia,

    I finally found the solution to my problem with YM! all i had to do was put in a web proxy in network preferences (not yahoo but in system preferences), and now I am finally connected! wish you all luck getting it to work!

    Comment by JennySingapore — March 27, 2008 #

  69. Actually Gyachi For Linux Has Voice chat it is possible to run voice in Linux so in theory it is also possible to run it in OS X In all seriousness yahoo should definitely overhaul the oudated DSP truespeech codec it doesnt mean it will happen but you never know.

    Comment by Doug — March 28, 2008 #

  70. hi jenny,

    may i know what you put in a web proxy ? is it the ip address ?

    Comment by ara — March 28, 2008 #

  71. Hi Jenny,

    That was great help, thanks!!

    Comment by Jessie — March 30, 2008 #

  72. It’s great that my webcam works on this version of yahoo messenger for mac but the sending and receiving of files does not always work and there is no photosharing option on the newest release of yahoo messenger for mac. Mac products are becoming a bigger phenomena and will pretty much be a very big contender in the near future. I would Get the gears going and get the photosharing and file sharing options up and running smoothly ASAP because they are a big thing to have on yahoo no matter what kind of computer you have. So Yahoo Team….please hear the calls of the people on here and see it as a wake up call for this product.

    Comment by Chris — April 1, 2008 #

  73. Since upgrading to Beta 3 I cannot send files. Beta 2 would fail occassionally but with Beta 3 I have yet to be able to send oone file. Always get an Error after trying to send a file

    Comment by Gene — April 3, 2008 #

  74. I am not able to sign in yahoo MAC beta 2 version/EVrytime this says that sever may be undergoing maintenance and try again later.It been long while not able to connect.tried using beta 3 also and changed proxy setting to default also still not able to log in.help me out.

    Comment by Versha — April 3, 2008 #

  75. it’s been weeks but i still can’t sign in. the message “the application could not connect to the messenger servers. the servers may be busy, please try again.” keeps popping out. i’m currently using the version 3.0 beta 3 (98855). please help me out. thanks!

    Comment by jan — April 6, 2008 #

  76. i’m getting the same problem too…everytime i try to sign in, there’s an error that comes out – “the application could not connect to the messenger servers….” I just recently bought a macbook and it’s really frustrating that i can’t use it with the latest version of yahoo messenger

    Comment by hope — May 8, 2008 #

  77. i just purchased a macpro with leopard. i tried to install the latest version of messenger for mac on here, but it says “mounting failed” because it is not recognized. what can i do?

    Comment by felicia — May 16, 2008 #

  78. Hi Sarah,

    I still get the error ‘the application could not connect to the messenger servers. the servers may be busy, please try again’. i read that one of the posts from jenny said that she used a proxy, may i know what is the proxy and where to configure the proxy. thanks.

    Comment by Bong — May 27, 2008 #

  79. hi, i get the same error “could not connect to the messenger servers…” — anyone have a fix for this?

    Comment by Leigh — May 31, 2008 #

  80. Dear Yahoo Messenger my Yahoo Messenger just stopped working and it stopped working last month what in the heck are you doing! I tried to tell my friend’s that the Yahoo Server’s were busy and I couldn’t get to talk to you and Its hard for me not to talk to my friend’s cus you shut down Yahoo Messenger and now I can’t talk to my friend’s for how many days you shut down and I hope the Yahoo Messenger works I hope you can fix the problum
    Have a very bad day Latitia_Lune@yahoo.com

    Comment by Matthew Lee — June 14, 2008 #

  81. Sorry for being rude! I am just upset that Yahoo Messenger’s Server’s are busy please try again thing and it rueninf my day! I hope it can be fixed Latitia_Lune@yahoo.com

    Comment by Matthew Lee — June 14, 2008 #

  82. im using windows, is it possible for me to use yahoo messenger for mac? if so, how will i do that? thanks!

    Comment by dumars — June 17, 2008 #

  83. I tried to download yahoo messenger (an attempt to upgrade) on my Mac OSX. It was working fine beforehand but people complained they couldn’t see my pics all the time. I threw yahoo messenger in the trash in attempt to uninstall everything and re-install fresh, but after the install yahoo messenger no longer opens on my system.. The icon bounces up and down in the tray but that’s it. How can I get it to open? Is there anything I should check? I have 1.25G of space and I’m not using it all so I don’t think that’s the issue.

    Comment by natosha.morris@yahoo.com — July 9, 2008 #

  84. I read an earlier comment, but I don’t have a “connections” option in my preferences menu. I am using OS10.3.9 by the way

    Comment by natosha.morris@yahoo.com — July 9, 2008 #

  85. Hi Natosha,

    The latest version of Yahoo! Messenger for Mac requires 10.4 (Tiger) or 10.5 (Leopard). We do not have a version that works on OS10.3.9.

    Alternatively, you can use Yahoo! Messenger for the Web:

    http://webmessenger.yahoo.com

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — July 9, 2008 #

  86. Hi guys,
    I would like to know if yahoo messenger works with my imac G4 with Mac 10 OS..Would you give me an straight answer ? Thank you

    Comment by New User of yahoo Messenger for Mac — July 16, 2008 #

  87. Hi New User,

    If you are on Mac OS 10.4 or higher, our latest version of Yahoo! Messenger for Mac will work for you.

    http://messenger.yahoo.com/mac/

    Sarah Bacon

    Comment by Administrator — July 17, 2008 #

  88. I downloaded Yahoo Messenger for mac 3.0 beta 3. When I Start Voice Conversation I get an error “The call attempt failed. The destination user is unknown” – can you advise?

    BTW – I don’t have the same issue with my PC version.

    Thanks

    APH

    Comment by Andrew — July 23, 2008 #

  89. I have the same problem as Felicia, noted on this blog on May 16. Is there an answer to this problem of the disk mounting not being recognised? thanks.

    Comment by mook — August 1, 2008 #

  90. i tried to instal yahoo messenger on my mac 10.4.8, but it always says “mounting failed”. what should i do??

    Comment by renee — August 23, 2008 #

  91. Hi. I’m having the same problem too. It always said mounting failed because file is not recognized. Now I can’t install Y! messenger AT ALL. Help!

    Comment by nZra — August 31, 2008 #

  92. Using Beta 3.0 (build 126432) on Tiger 10.4.11 and having problems with voice – YM doesn’t save the preference when select for audio input is anything other than the default “Audio built in”.
    Tryed several times to select my WebCam(with built in microphone) with no avail!!
    It returns back to the default “Audio built in”
    Any advice / suggestion?

    Comment by bebe — September 21, 2008 #

  93. destination user unknown is a problem for me I never faced with SKYPE dispite the destination user not being a yahoo user.
    Anyone find a fix, THANKS!
    Carroll

    Comment by carroll — September 29, 2008 #

  94. Hello ..I am using Yahoo Messenger 3.0 Beta for Mac. It was working properly till now and got a problem all of a sudden. Whenever I sign-in , The yahoo messenger interface opens up. But now , It keeps signing-in and doesn’t launch the program completely. but my staus shows visible o others , whereas I am not able to use the interface.

    I have unistalled the application and cleaned every file related to it. Then i re-installed again. But still no good results.

    Please help.

    Comment by Eash — October 10, 2008 #

  95. Sadly, the YM 3 beta 3 (126432) still suffers from firewall connection that only allow port 80 to use (can’t connect at all). But somehow, even Adium still has the same problem as well.

    So, is it a Mac OS X problem or Yahoo Messenger (server) problem in questioning (while the Windows version has no problem at all in the same network)?

    Comment by toniradex — October 19, 2008 #

  96. Hi jenny, I would like to know what web address you placed in web proxy in system preferences? Would greatly appreciate! Thanks!

    Comment by trish — October 20, 2008 #

  97. Hi Sarah, I actually have a problem connecting YM in the office using “Behind Firewall” option. My other colleagues who use PC do not have problems connecting with “Behind Firewall” option. I do get to log in a few times, but when I do, I “lose my connection to the server” and get disconnected.

    Please help!

    Comment by trish — October 20, 2008 #

  98. okay hey what if i reinstall my yahoo messenger,will that take away my pictures saved under the pics?

    Comment by Mina Cena — October 28, 2008 #

  99. Hi I just bought my MacBook and downloaded the latest Mac Beta 3.0 yahoo Messenger. I can log in and see my added friends. However, I can’t join in the chat rooms. I changed my set up from Default to Behind firewall and vise versa but I just can’t join in the yahoo chat room.

    Any advice?

    Thanks.

    Comment by Rip — October 28, 2008 #

  100. My Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 1 is not working properly now. I have OSX 10.3.9 and cannot use 3.0 Beta 2. What’s the problem and why won’t it work properly now?

    Comment by Marty — October 29, 2008 #

  101. Marty, what is this OSX 10.3.9? Do I need additional software to be able to join in yahoo chat rooms?

    I am tired of Apple now.

    Rip

    Comment by Rip — October 30, 2008 #

  102. 70% of the time my YM for Mac does not shut down when directed. To shut it down I have to used Force Quit.

    What is the problem?

    Comment by mtcowboy — November 6, 2008 #

  103. I used to be able to use voice chat Mac to PC perfectly. Now when the PC calls me, the box that allows you to accept the call wont pop up, it basically wont give me any options to connect, even though the person on the other end can hear a dial tone. I am also having to force quit YM quite alot.
    This all seemed to change over night, and i have changed nothing on my system….anyone know what might be wrong?

    Comment by ellie — November 7, 2008 #

  104. does anyone know of a multi-patch/polygamy patch for Y! messenger for mac?

    Comment by cheryl — November 10, 2008 #

  105. I don’t like that the messenger program does not shut down and I have to use force quit all the time. I didn’t have this with older versions on Mac.

    Comment by gegatso — November 12, 2008 #

  106. Yahoo messenger works, but will not load my friends window, can not see who is online, but they can message me. All I get is the little spinning timer. I have deleted yahoo messenger and reinstalled it, same problem. what’s up. Older version works fine. So now what ?

    Comment by lovit_22000 — December 7, 2008 #

  107. I have a similar problem to others
    - when trying to log on with the behind firewall option ..it says servers are too busy.
    - when trying to log on with the default option ..it says i’ve entered incorrect credentials and to try again
    Now i definitely am typing the right username and password because i can log in using adium. Please provide me a solution to this.
    Thanks

    Comment by Vijay Raj — December 8, 2008 #

  108. my ym for mac is always hanging nobody seems to find ing a solution to fix this ;i have been using paid phone out services and phone in services as well even my credit is not showing ;it says add more credit;is some thing wrong with ur servers or with my mac;pls pls pls help help help;

    Comment by camilo fernandes — February 1, 2009 #

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