Mac OS X 10.5, iChat: Unable to participate in some chats on a PowerPC G4 867Mhz Mac

Issue or symptom

You may be unable to participate in a video or audio chat in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on PowerPC-based Macs that have an 867Mhz G4 processor. The iChat Video menu may not appear, and under the Connection Doctor's Capabilities tab your computer may be listed as "unable to participate in a video conference" due to bandwidth/network issues.

You may also receive an alert when you attempt to respond to a video conference such as:

"NAME has invited you to participate in a Video Chat, but your computer does not support video conferencing."

(Where NAME is the name of the buddy that invited you to the video chat.)


Solution

Download and install Mac OS X 10.5.2 or later.

Published Date: Feb 20, 2012