Hi Scott, You're right, there's now a capcha on the page you get directed to. I went through the process of checking the page before I posted the first time to the list just because this was such a pain. There would have been little point in giving this information if I knew there would be a problem at the end. This is really a bummer; there have been several reports to Apple about this.
If you read the TidBITS article, you know that this was an alternative means of getting a non-expiring iChat account for someone who had tried the trial MobileMe subscription, so it wasn't pointing to the same page for trial subscriptions -- at least not at the end of February. I don't know how to get around this. In the past some people who have AppleCare have called in to the main Apple Support number to get help, after first trying the signup page. You can get the dot Mac trial account set up along with other account configuration when you buy a new machine at an Apple Store, so I didn't initially realize there was a general problem about trying this service out. Sorry not to have more helpful suggestions. Esther On Apr 27, 2009, at 10:15 PM, Scott Rutkowski wrote: > > HI Esther. > > I actually did go to the page under the account menu in i chat and > clicked > the get an i chat account button. > > Right near the bottom of the page there was a capcha you had to fill > in. > > I'm sure i did this correctly. > The page must have changed now. > > can you take another look and see if the capcha appears for you? > It's on the first page after you fill in your date of birth and > confirm your > email address. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 6:05 PM > Subject: Re: creating an i chat account > > >> >> Hi Scott, >> >> You wrote: >> SR: can one create an i chat account without sighted assistance or >> has >> this now changed and you have to fill in the security question on the >> i chat account creation page? >> >> Esther: I think you're talking about my post of a TidBITS article >> that >> tells about how to get a free, non-expiring iChat account by using >> the >> preferences menu under the iChat app. Google groups is searchable, >> but it's nowhere near as convenient as doing a simple search in the >> text box on the Mail Archive pages for this list at: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/ >> >> which works for posts after February 28, 2009. And it certainly >> doesn't have support for access keys that make it easy to read down a >> thread with Control-N. Unfortunately, that archiving start date >> drops >> posts in the first 4 weeks after this group got moved. Here's the >> relevant excerpt from the post: >> >> <begin excerpt> >> I came across a TidBITS article describing how to get a free .Mac >> address to use for iChat at: >> >> http://db.tidbits.com/article/10084 >> >> You can get a free, non-expiring .Mac address to use for iChat >> without >> subscribing to MobileMe. If you already have a .Mac or MobileMe >> membership, you can use it to set up another iChat user address -- if >> you want to keep separate user addresses for work and personal use, >> for example. >> >> The process is accessible and uses the preferences menu (Command- >> comma) under the iChat app. You select (VO-space) the accounts button >> on the toolbar, and then tab to the "Add account" button, or find it >> with item chooser, and press (VO-space). In the "Account Setup" >> window >> that appears, navigate to the "Get an iChat Account" button and press >> it (VO-space). >> >> This brings up a web page in Safari that you fill out to select an >> account name and password. Unlike the dot Mac trial account web page >> signups, the process is accessible and there are no captchas, etc. >> >> <end excerpt> >> >> I only tried this up through the step just before creating a new >> account, since I already have a dot Mac account, but all those stages >> were accessible, while the older dot Mac trial account web page was >> not. Check the TidBITS link for more explicit details. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
