aMSN0.98.9

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.

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.

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/

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

real nightmare to get my iSight to work!!!

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! **

Is it still Jaguar compatible?

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!

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

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...

- 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

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

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!

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 :)

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.)

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 !

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!!!!

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.

Keep up the good work!!!

Great program, and the work is awesome. Only complaints is that the UI just plain sucks right now, but if you're willing to ignore that and the slight lag then it is great. I would use it all the time, if I wasn't such a sticker for UI

Another thought - it would be nice if someone made an MSN client with a very similar interface to iChat! Then I'd be a happy chappy.

A very good alternative to the the Microsoft MSN client! One request I would make is for the interface to be tidied up a bit, making it more "Apple like" would be great - such as brushed metal. Works really well though, congratulations!