On 3/21/05 3:37 PM, "Mark Des Cotes" <mark at astroprinting.com> wrote: > How does the buddy list work? The reason I'm asking is that, on the > weekend, a friend of mine installed AIM on his PeeCee and I added him > to my buddy list at home. Today, at work, I launched iChat to add him > to my buddy list here but his name is already there. How come? I use > the same account (login) at home as I do at work but where exactly is > the info for my buddy list stored so that it would automatically update > my work computer? Is the info stored on the .mac server? On the AIM server, actually. Which is a good thing, because you can use the same buddy list on different computers, even different platforms. Kirk Author of: The Mac OS X Command Line: Unix Under the Hood - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France