aMSN for Mac0.98.9

Don't install 0.98.9 if you have upgraded to Mountain Lion. It will give you lots of spinning pizza and other problems. Moreover, when you try to launch aMSN it will tell tou that the app should be put in the trash.

user interface is terrible like we are in 90s. GUI should be changed completely.

tried once a little bit disappointing, actually.

I thought it was worth repeating that as of 0.98.3 aMSN does not have A/V chat capabilities. According to the developers, this is a temporary state of affairs. It happened mainly because Microsoft (yet again) changed the way the A/V chat protocols work, and now the aMSN developers have to catch up. Unfortunately, this also means that you won't be able to use an older version of aMSN to do A/V chat, because it won't work with the changes Microsoft has made. Hope this clarifies things.

Very nice app i like it very much !

This is fantastic! I love this program even more! it was the only messenger for me that would not lag out... I can now close it with "quitting" when i hit the "X" which is awesome i dont have to minimize anymore. It now has voice call!!! its faster and the sounds are quite unique Well done guys!!!

Yes i understand your point.. but some people are just that lazy or are so organized that they really only want one client that does all. More people use MSN and aim then skype, but i completely agree with you. I dont understand why they cannot get video support in microsoft messenger... its starting to annoy me :@

Well, reading all those bad reviews, I must say that if you use aMSN as a simple messenger (no video), it's more enjoyable than the original MSN. But I wonder why bother having trouble with video functions on anything using msn network when Skype works so great on any platform? The perfect solution I've chosen long ago and that I install for friends asking me: Use aMSN for messaging and Skype for video, it's so easy!

Always the same crap soft, always the same bogs always the same problems with webcam/pc WHEN MAC USERS CAN HAVE A WORKING SOFT FOR VIDEO CONFERENCE???? i'm waiting for 6 years for it! and no correct solutions yet.........

Corrupted disk image (?) This is the message I get while mounting.

This second beta of incoming 0.98 dramatically increase the responsiveness of the application (I'm on a G5 iMac with OS X 10.5.3). Still there's one systematic bug, but with a work-around. At the first connection after launching the application I get an error message, I click on "Ignore" then the program goes on but the connection to MSN doesn't establish. The work-around is: quit aMSN and relaunch it again. The connection this time works. This is the reason for my very personal rating 3 stars on stability. Very good is the capability to access the personal MSN Spaces contents directly from the contact list. Still missing the audio, but for the rest this beta release finally rocks although it's not yet native Cocoa. Keep up the very good job, men!

it did crash a few times when i first downloaded it, but it seems to only have crashed when i lost my internet connection. I downloaded v0.98 and it seems to be more stable, it hasnt crashed at all on me yet, you can find it on the website. the main reason that I use it is because it is the only version of msn messenger that supports video. its not the best msn messenger for mac but it is the only one that supports video.

Everytime I sign into aMSN it freezes. Why?

aMSN has gone downhill! It seems the latest version is considerably less stable than the last time I tried it a year ago! It crashes whenever you select the Help menu item (done by accident sometimes) is sluggish isn't sending authorisation notifications when adding a contact. It's clearly a bad port of a PC program, which is disappointing because it's the only option for video chat with MSN contacts on the Mac at present.

It's really a shame that so many people (yeah, mostly Windows users) are so focussed on MSN as their primary IM and thus force so many others to use it as well...! While this app is generally better (albeit uglier) and has more features than the original client from M$ it still has lots of problems...! First of all for some reason it takes like forever to launch...!? Then it places that stupid downloads folder on my Desktop, even though I have changed that setting in the prefs countless times...aaargh...! The (German) localization has several errors, the GUI gets messed up occasionally, video -- although it generally works -- seems to bring down the app occasionally and the whole thing has crashed on me numerous times... Unfortunately the ones of us who happen to have friends, colleagues and family who don't know better will have to put up with all this, since there are real alternatives around...and as long as there are several major IM systems out there, there will always be need for a good multimessenger that covers it all...! But that will probably always stay wishful thinking... (Don't start with Adium or the resurrected Proteus now, or the few options that iChat has in that area -- non of that really covers it as good as is necessary...)

Use this link if you're on intel It's really better : http://notjustanothermacuser.com/beta/

Using Leopard/Safari, aMSN is given a confounding extension: .dmg.bzip2. Since it is not a real bzip2 file, double-clicking it actually creates an archive (not what you want). Just remove the bzip2 extension and then you can mount the dmg.

aMSN has some problems with Leopard. For example, the application always crashes when doing a file transfer. Hopefully the developer will get the fixes done soon as aMSN is a far superior client compared to MSN Messenger.

hmm just tried 97RC1 and it is a VAST improvement over the previous versions ... It seems to be hovering around 5% cpu use while idle and does stutter a bit when opening new chat windows but the interface is actually pretty good now and it doesn't seem to have the same ridiculous ram consumption that it used to. Webcam support is pretty good too. I must admit to be rather suprised by how much better it is than previous versions. Still nowhere near perfect of course but it is actually useable now. A good release candidate I think.

I just downloaded 0.97rc1, onto my 30GB 14" iBook with Mac OS 10.3.9. I can't open the disk image, i keep getting a message saying it is corrupt. I don't have a huge download limit so i'm pretty annoyed >=(

aMSN 0.97RC1 is now available, released May 22, 2007 @ 21:11:46. It cleared up the problems I was having with my webcam on MAC OS X. If you were having cam problems with 0.96 then DL 0.97RC1. Thanks, aMSN Team. :D

Help! amsn crashes and quits on launching...

i have downloaded aMsn on my mac osx, and have tried using my webcam on it, but it does not work, when i click on the "invite a user to see your webcam " button, my computer says " apple error code-9405 " what do i do ? anyone who knows pleeeease help ! thank you :)

Guys, if you need support, don't ask for help here, go on the forum. http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewforum.php?f=14

Dear all, I have just added this to my mac, BUT can not get my isight work, I can see the other person's video but no voice, they can not see me nor can hear my voice, is there anybody who can help me get this thing going, thanks a lot

developer dude... this is a nice MSN clone, but use a lot of CPU... something related with "libtls1.50.dylib"... maybe, im wrong about that... comparission: just run applications and dont use it... Mercury Messenger= 1,5 - 3% CPU usage aMSN= 10% CPU usage

If you want to have the best aMSN experience, update to latest SVN! It fixes œWebcam issues œCPU issues œPersonal Messages support œDisplay Pictures in the Contact List support œMany new features and bug fixes Instructions on the forum http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewforum.php?f=14 ***Please report any bug on the forum!***

real nightmare to get my iSight to work!!!

for better perfomance, turn off the smileys in the contact list. it runs very smooth now! or, even better... try the latest cvs http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?t=6184

this version is taking too much CPU, and i have a new 12' ibook with 512 ram i am going back to 0.94

Great message client, BUT.... the only problem I have is when chatting away on aMSN and browsing with firefox at the same time aMSN crashes. Anyone any ideas? using OS X Tiger, plenty of Memory, no other apps opened.

This is nothing compared to their beta with web cam :O:O:O I wish they'd team up with Adium who make the most solid, beautiful client make it MSN specific and add features on this version such as webcam and audio, then i have to say I rekon they would create the BEST msn client avaiable.

I love this messenger program. SO much better than the official Mac version. But personally i would like to be able to see both my buddy icon and my friends buddy icon at the same time. You know, in the same window. Like on the PC version. Otherwise, i love it. It's stupid that microsoft make their PC version great and their Mac version rubbish :-( Ah well, it's thanks to poeple like yourself who spend time and make a version just like the PC one available to the Mac.

** Check the forum for version 0.95J - huge improvement - new skin that looks very nice and OS X like - webcam now works.. nudge - all MSN features! **

How old are the guys who develop this project? 13? They keep adding all kind of worthless features that can only appeal to teenagers, but do not fixes the incredible amount of bugs that this software has. If they are able to implement webcam support, etc., why can they add something as simple as keyboard shortcuts to close windows, logout and other frequent commands? And it seems to me like the interface is alive. Windows appear wherever and however they want. I am not even able to see my contacts list correctly. It might be cool to change the color of your nickname or add the name of the song you are playing to it. But what's the point if the program is not able to perform the most basic functions properly? I gave a try to this version (0.95b) because someone told me that it works better than the previous one. But after a few minutes I decided to stick to Adium. I recommend the developers to stop adding so many trivial functions and improve the basic ones and get ride of the bugs. Finally update the documentation for the user.

Is it still Jaguar compatible?

Where can I get version 0.95 beta? Thanks

I cannot send cam or view cam at all... Using OSX.4.1. I was so excited by the prospect. My REAL question is why has Microsoft let go of MSN for Macintosh... is it a request by Apple to push iCHAT ??! I mean what is the political reason behind this weird glitch ??? It gets tiring explaining to PC people that we cannot use cam with MSN. Answer is often.. "well get a real computer, get a PC". This MSN/cam issue is a problem that single-handedly can harm Apple a lot for people who don't look any further. I find that veeeeeeeeery sad and pathetic. Can't Apple do smthg... make iCHAT MSN compatible for example...???! Show the world Apple really can adapt to everything ??!!!!

just needed a tip or a hint on why i cant see people on webcams on my side.. they can see me but i cant see them.. any tips or hints would be wonderful.. thanks

new link: http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?t=3211&sid=c1805119c16c9c3c0620d46a7c9435a6

The link is broken! can someone please host it!

I have been using AMSN for about a year and a half. They have always matched up to my expections of what MSN should be on a MAC. This version is just a beta for the high amounts of people wanting the webcam feature. You can customize the look of AMSN to fit your needs. This is the one of best MSN out there and you should get it.

This is by far the best MSN client out there. Those who go with azereus or fire are using it because they have many accounts and want to be on them at the same time. Most people, want a good MSN client that can compete feature wise with MSN7 and still have that classic MSN 4 (for OSX) aqua look. This is the only client that is able to do that. Kudos to aMSN and its developers!

"Germinator" (the dev) said in here: http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?t=3223 aMSN is just a beta, Macupdate should delete this beta on his list

Is this a Java app? Blech. Haven't seen such an ugly interface since Azureus. In and out of my machine in the space of 3 minutes; first impressions are everything.

Mac users should support this software - we need developers like this to provide essential features that Microsoft drag their feet about for YEARS. Microsoft STILL don't include webcam support or numerous other features. What's more, aMSN is more stable than Microsoft's own client. The software works well and supports group chats, which clients like adium or fire don't do properly.

adium team says that the app will support video when gaim-vv is ready

it's a suprize and shame adium doesn't have cam support. all amsn does is uses libmimic to handle cam then pass it on through quicktime. Although the amsn team did do a good job removing glib and glib2 dependancy from libmimic so they could self contain the lib in amsn package as opposed to making users install glib glib2 and libmimic and xcode like the earlier amsn cvs entries did

Cannot get webcam to work, but it looks promising!! I like this open source project very much!

I have only been using this for a short while - but it seems a really nice im app and the fact tat it does web cam is v good i like this alot - it is definatly not the best looking mac program out ther - but its not bad Keep up the good work James

Don't bother with this junk, use adium instead, it's far better. Not to mention support for other servers as well (ICQ, AIM, Yahoo!, etc). No contest.

aMSN has webcam support - adium and Mac MSN 4 do not: sometimes one has to compromise.

Guys, Stop quarrelling amongst yourselves and use Adium: its not even a contest, Adium is in a different league...

Negative side: - Horrible user interface - No shortcuts to be seen - Extremely limited skin system - Most confusing preference panel I have ever seen - Preference panel has bugs (e.g. option "Enable receiving Display Pictures from other users" is never saved has on) Positive side: - Many features - Useful plugins I think that video conference is not a priority in amsn's case: a major rewrite of the UI would make it the best msn cliente around, and also pleasant to use...

amsn is the best msn around for man at the moment but to make it better can u please let us veiw webcams and stuff that would be so good!

- It has a bad interface. - lot's of bugs!! - the preference system is a total mess!!! - and it has interface bugs!! if the developers fixed the bugs, made a new interface, a new preference system and integrated the videoconference and audio conference option, it would be the best msn client on the mac.

I have never used a piece of software with so many bugs as aMSN. The user interface is a complete mess. I don't like the official MSN Messenger, due to its limited funtions; but at least it is stable and has a professional look. I started using Adium a few days ago, because I got too tired of this program and its countless bugs.

Excellent!!!!!!! The Offline Status Til Derired Great!!!!!

Nice application, better than MSN Messenger in many ways, and I would use it instead of Microsoft Messenger if it weren't for all the little problems I had with it. I always get a message saying to me that it disconnected because I am connected somewhere else (?), and I'm not. I had many problems with tranfering files through it too. Can't wait to see the next installement of this app, because it is definitely what Microsoft should do with their version of Messenger for Mac. But I just hope the next version will be more stable than this one.

Amazing, can't wait for the 1.0 final release!! I've heard voice/video chat is on the way, this is awesome. Keep up the good work... For once, I'm actually considering donating for this app, because it truly is great.

I tried using amsn as a replacement to the msn client. Its quite good, not quite as stable as the msn client but far more features. One of the main problems for me is you need to install imagemagick if you want buddyicons (26mb download!!).

more features than official MSN 4 much lighter and understandable than dMSN pretty customable if you use multiple networks, Adium is better overall; but if you only need the MSN Network (@hotmail.com-people), aMSN is the greatest.

GREAT app to bad there is no webcam support

so , i replied for some anonymous but here is for all .. use mercury , it supports 2 games , videoconference and u dont need imagemagick

Is this a JAVA app? Please developers, LEARN Objective C for make GOOD applications for Mac OS X. The interface is... ok, a JAVA interface... no words needed.

the best for mac in MSN clients

Great program!! The Developers fixed lot's of bugs in this version. - Now the plugins are working - Now you can setup the destination to your files received from other's users from amsn

great app but i can't see other people's avatars i installed imagemagick but it still wont work what am i doing wrong???

This is the bets MSN cleient for mac osx, it has much more features then the microsoft msn client. - it uses much less cpu - it suports avatar - much more preferences - and it has less bugs then the microsoft msn client - (the next version will have voice chat and videoconference) the only thing that laks in this app, is the preferences system.

Very nice in use. Nice (and many) features compared to the worse MSN Messenger from Microsoft. Powerful piece of software.

try it. you won't be dissapointed. many ways to customize. even in a less official way. I mean for example if you don't like 100% of a skin, you can modify them by opening the package contents (contents>resources>scripts>skins), everything should work ok as long as the setting.xml file and the smileys folder keeps together. e.g. I want one that look like MSN 4, but the MSN4 smileys are all static. not animated. what I did is taking the setting.xml + smileys folder from the MSN (yes, just "MSN") folder and put it in the MSN4 one. oh, animated smileys now! also if you want to put your own way of writing as language, check out contents>recources>scripts>lang and modify the phrases in one of the language (langen = english). idem for the app's icon (contents>recources>Wish.icns), the user pics, the used images for the UI, the sounds, etc... but maybe make a backup before ;-)

It's a great client, but it will be more great IF IT NOT USE THE 27% OF THE CPU!

I still find a lot of things lacking in aMSN... like others have said, the GUI is all over the place and there's lots of bugs. For those who are frustrated with this, I would suggest trying dMSN [search on macupdate], the latest version is VERY stable, and it has tons of customization options. It's great!

I'm sorry but am I the only one who still prefers Microsoft MSN, simply because it isn't full of bugs? Yes aMSN has the features the useless Microsoft version should have, but after using it for 15 minutes I find myself frustrated by endless poor GUI layouts, random textboxes floating about for no reason, and disappearing menus. Does noone else have the same, low quality experience with aMSN? Until these are all fixed, and aMSN starts to look like a proffessional app I will continue using Microsoft, which as everyone agrees lacks everything but a well programmed GUI... Sad, isn't it?

Great Interface, best msn client. Keep up the good work! Pedro Martín Pérez

the best MSN client i´ve ever seen

Miles better than the official Mac MSN. This one doesn't sign you out every 15 mins, you can see peoples MSN pics and more emoticons display properly. Only downside is you can't just pull contacts to the trash to delete them. The menu thing with all the contacts in the preferences looks terribly complicated and I can't work out how to delete a contact! Thats the only thing that is easeier to do on the official MSN. Oh it also tells you when people just click on your name and don't even say anything which is useful for seeing who isn't talking to ya! This is GRAND! No webcam tho, STILL, hey ho. No one with a Mac would want to use the offical MSN after using this. This is the best MSN on a MAC!

The best version of amsn ever!!!!!!!!! Transfer downloads are the fastest i 've ever seen! great stability!, excellent application... If you are still with microsft's msn,,, you are wasting your time!!!.... think different :)

Small integration with iTunes how???

This is by far the best MSN client I have ever tried. Finally a lot of the MSN 6 features that actually work It's not completely perfect, video chat would be cool, but it's probably a hard to do feature. I really like it, thumbs up for the developers!

Worst client ever. The interface is horrible, it's slow, it crashes a lot, etc. I'd rather use the official MSN Messenger. (Mac Messenger by SparkTech and Adium X by Adam Iser are two great alternatives.)

Great app! now more polished esp with the aDarwin skin. However, the scrolling of functions in the preferences doesn't work. Anyone else having this problem? or is it just this skin that's causing the problem?

New update is awsome. Reasonable memory use and also good file transfer support. aDarwin theme looks great. 100% better then MSN's client

I'm using it in 10.3.3, and I have to manually hide the app, Command plus H will not work.

Try dMSN at www.dmsn.nl Same features as aMSN and more, much faster and prettier

Enfin une version d'MSN ou les icones sont animées, ou on peut créer ses propres smilies, avoir un avatar et voir celui des autres ! Bref une version pas mal mais assez lente dans l'ensemble !

overall not bad, but the speed seems quite slow as in logging in and sending message. still cannot read simplified chinese, it doesn't remember the window position, shortcut for hide and minimise dont work too. wish to see voice chat and video chat soon...

This'll be really great if video support is added. I really do like all of the real MSN features it has. The official Microsoft client is really, really lacking. However, aMSN seriously needs a face lift. It's u g l y , even compared to MS's client.

I LOVE It

This is a great app! I immediately threw away that stupid Microsoft MSN. This one's the best. Only file transfer doesn't seem to work that good... Loving it!!!!!!!!!

Good work - only qualms are interface bugs, eg: main window not remembering its position; windows opening almost entirely off-screen; notification windows not always turning up on top of other apps; Command-H and Command M not working (really annoying). This sounds like a lot of problems, but the program does work very well - the actual chatting side of it is faster (on my iBook 500) than the MS client, and supports more features. What more could you ask for? Well:... Requests: dock-icon notification/status info; fixes for GUI problems

great job, I like it

it keeps on crashing and doesnt even suppport chinese encoding correctly. Its slow and ugly. the microsoft one is better.

Everything works for me, except the sending files. New windows appear at the bottom right of the screen, very weird. keep the great job!

Great application! I love all the features finally brought from the latest Windows version. The interface can be a bit quirky at times. The only complaint I have is that the main window doesn't remember it's position after quiting. Thanks, and keep up the good work!

REPAIR PERMISSIONS NOW!!!!!!!!!! Man!!! The ImageMagick (or whatever its name is) wreaks havoc on darwin!! Ok, let me elaborate... I didn't notice anything wrong with my Mac until I ran my rutinely scheduled Disk Utilty Repair Permissions today in the morning... Whoa!! I have to admit I was almost giddy watching all the things that appeared, I didn't understand even the commas hahahahaha... Anyway, everything is back to normal, and if that's not enough, aMSN works even better than before... Remember people, this is BETA software, and a beautiful one at that... Still worth the effort. EXCELLENT little app, keep up the great work!!!!

Great, Great Great exactly what I have been waiting for. Display pictures, new emoticons and the look they are going for is great too. Only problems: it looks a little like everything is thrown into random places. It's kind of messy. No backgrounds like in msn 6 and you can see who is online if another app is convering the alert. Still a Great app. Much, Much, Much better as far as features go, with looks it can work on that a little.

This msn client is better than all the rest. Mac users have waited so long for an update, only to be disappointed in the microsoft developers. This program allows me to do everything i want out of a messenger client. Keep up the good work. It's an awesome app, much much better than MSN Messenger 3.5 for mac.

A great start and has great potentials! This is certainly much better than any other MSN clients. However, Chinese characters do not seem to show up properly.

absolutley amazing program.. more features than any other msn client out there for the mac. now.. maybe clean the interface up a bit and add webcam capability and it would be amazing. nevertheless, this app is truly special.