I hope you like the improvements, by breaking the guide up into different chapters and re-ordering some of the procedures, new-comers to the guide should be able to find the information they need quicker, use the Index below to quickly navigate to specific sections in the guide, you will find a link at the end of each chapter to return back to the main index.
with well over 1 million views the time was right to put some some structure to it all. it wasn't intentional, I just never imagined that it would become such a popular subject and grow so big.
In Jan 2015 the guide became totally un-manageable, news, tips, notes, fixes and procedures were all combined in to one massive post. However, as Apple's messaging app and its on-line eco-system has matured over the years, getting this unique messaging system to work correctly on non-Apple hardware has become more and more complex and i've done my best to keep the guide up to date. My original guide started life as just a few paragraphs on getting iChat running on OS X Lion, back then things were simple and easy. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide
