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AIM for Mac

AOL Instant Messenger client.

Free
In English
Version 509
3.0
Based on 36 user rates

AIM overview

AIM keeps you connected to the people you care about right on your Mac.

Features:
  • Group and one-to-one chat
  • Instant media previews
  • Social updates and notifications and more - all in a clean, powerful application for Mac.

What’s new in version 509

Version 509:
  • Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

AIM for Mac

Free
In English
Version 509
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reporterr72
reporterr72
Mar 13 2023
509
5.0
Mar 13 2023
5.0
Version: 509
AIM will officially shut down on December 15 after 20 years in service, its parent company announced Friday. The news marks the end of an era for anyone who came of age with the internet in the late 90s and early 2000s. When AIM launched in 1997, using the World Wide Web required a desktop computer with a clunky dial-up connection that tied up the phone lines. Perhaps more than any other product, AIM helped establish the internet as a place to hang out rather than being a simple utility. AIM offered a platform for people to express themselves with embarrassing screen names, profiles filled with colorful fonts and emotional lyrics, and as many messages as you could send before someone in your house kicked you offline. The product earned a coveted spot in pop culture, making cameos in You've Got Mail and Sex and the City. But the service that defined the internet for a generation of users failed to evolve with them. Related: In memoriam: 13 tech products we lost A decade after AIM launched, Apple kicked off the smartphone era with the release of the original iPhone. Untethered from their computers, internet users shifted to a range of messaging apps and social networks like Facebook and Twitter. AIM, with a brand recognized by millions, could have capitalized on this shift and emerged as a lead player in the billion-dollar messaging space. Instead, it faded further and further from relevance. Oath, the company created earlier this year from Verizon's merging of AOL and Yahoo, acknowledged this unfortunate fact in its announcement Friday of AIM's shutdown. "AIM tapped into new digital technologies and ignited a cultural shift, but the way in which we communicate with each other has profoundly changed," Michael Albers, VP of communications product at Oath, wrote in a blog post. Case in point: The announcement of AIM's shutdown was made on Twitter and Tumblr, two of the newer communications platforms that helped displace it. Eulogies poured in for AIM on Twitter, with users remembering old screen names and lamenting the passage of time. As one user put it, "I can't decide which John Mayer song I should quote to express my sadness at the death of AOL Instant Messenger." Farewell, AIM. We hope that somehow you'll ~BrB~. The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2017 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved. Share this article: FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL TOP STORIES Deadly Benton Township fire investigated as homicide Safety at South Bend St. Patrick's Day Parade Driver injured after losing control on wet roadway SOUTH BEND, IN TODAY 39° Cloudy TOMORROW 36° AM Snow Showers 10 DAY FORECAST
Macinman
Macinman
Mar 27 2013
1.0.9
0.0
Mar 27 2013
0.0
Version: 1.0.9
Hey guys, if any macupdate staff read this, it would seem like mac update's listing of aim is out of sync, The version listed here, is different from what is currently on aim.com. The listing here says 1.0.9, that's not what downloads, and the version on aim.com is:1.2.5.4, the version that downloads from the link listed here is: 2.2.439. The 2.2x version is the old style aim, from when it first came to os x. Just wanted to let people know for the current version of aim for mac go to www.aim.com, until mu fixes their listing. Thanks.
Nicolasd
Nicolasd
Nov 18 2011
2.2.439
0.5
Nov 18 2011
0.5
Version: 2.2.439
is there a way to globally turn off "on the record?" this is the kind of privacy screw-up that got Google and Facebook into a federal investigation.
AlvAmo
AlvAmo
Nov 17 2011
2.2.439
0.5
Nov 17 2011
0.5
Version: 2.2.439
Hello, i tried the application because a friend with a Windows PC, to do a video chat. It work badly, and now, when i use iChat, every time i send a message to him, i get a message from AIM telling me that i had a new version of AIM, and my friend could record the conversation and read the faq!
Macguruguy
Macguruguy
Nov 17 2011
2.2.439
0.5
Nov 17 2011
0.5
Version: 2.2.439
I think AOL just shot themselves in the foot, in the middle of the dessert, and are now dying a slow death. This app is terrible.
rricardoreportertmobile
rricardoreportertmobile
Sep 27 2023
509
5.0
Sep 27 2023
5.0
Version: 509
reporterr72
reporterr72
Mar 13 2023
509
5.0
Mar 13 2023
5.0
Version: 509
smess
smess
Jun 21 2016
5.0
Jun 21 2016
5.0
Version: null
Crunc
Crunc
Jun 9 2012
2.0
Jun 9 2012
2.0
Version: null
Nicolasd
Nicolasd
Nov 18 2011
0.5
Nov 18 2011
0.5
Version: null
AlvAmo
AlvAmo
Nov 17 2011
0.5
Nov 17 2011
0.5
Version: null
Macguruguy
Macguruguy
Nov 17 2011
0.5
Nov 17 2011
0.5
Version: null
Andersh
Andersh
Feb 27 2011
0.5
Feb 27 2011
0.5
Version: null
MacgirlDC
MacgirlDC
Feb 25 2011
5.0
Feb 25 2011
5.0
Version: null
Derision
Derision
May 6 2010
4.0
May 6 2010
4.0
Version: null
Organik
Organik
Apr 29 2010
1.0
Apr 29 2010
1.0
Version: null
Dspencer3491
Dspencer3491
Apr 27 2010
2.0
Apr 27 2010
2.0
Version: null
Yoshinatsu
Yoshinatsu
Nov 24 2009
1.0
Nov 24 2009
1.0
Version: null
Threedee912
Threedee912
Dec 16 2008
4.0
Dec 16 2008
4.0
Version: null
New-User
New-User
Nov 26 2008
2.0
Nov 26 2008
2.0
Version: null
info-789
info-789
Oct 15 2008
5.0
Oct 15 2008
5.0
Version: null
-M-S-
-M-S-
Sep 30 2008
3.0
Sep 30 2008
3.0
Version: null
Mac4drew
Mac4drew
Jul 30 2008
5.0
Jul 30 2008
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Sep 1 2005
4.5
Sep 1 2005
4.5
Version: null
Pianoman0334
Pianoman0334
Jan 3 2005
4.0
Jan 3 2005
4.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Oct 28 2004
2.0
Oct 28 2004
2.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Aug 3 2004
3.0
Aug 3 2004
3.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Feb 9 2004
3.3
Feb 9 2004
3.3
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Jan 28 2004
3.5
Jan 28 2004
3.5
Version: null
Rychiar
Rychiar
Nov 7 2003
4.0
Nov 7 2003
4.0
Version: null
Poweribook
Poweribook
Sep 22 2003
2.8
Sep 22 2003
2.8
Version: null
Pedro-Peres1
Pedro-Peres1
Jul 25 2003
2.5
Jul 25 2003
2.5
Version: null
Jason-[thebox]
Jason-[thebox]
Jul 9 2003
4.5
Jul 9 2003
4.5
Version: null
Macfreakie
Macfreakie
Jun 25 2003
4.0
Jun 25 2003
4.0
Version: null
Ajgrossman
Ajgrossman
Jun 25 2003
4.0
Jun 25 2003
4.0
Version: null
Strongmantim
Strongmantim
Jun 10 2003
4.8
Jun 10 2003
4.8
Version: null
Bozzy
Bozzy
Mar 28 2003
1.0
Mar 28 2003
1.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Mar 19 2003
2.8
Mar 19 2003
2.8
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Mar 19 2003
2.8
Mar 19 2003
2.8
Version: null
Bowling-Otter
Bowling-Otter
May 22 2001
3.0
May 22 2001
3.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
May 22 2001
1.3
May 22 2001
1.3
Version: null