QQ Mac

[linsuey]

Hi,

Just a quick question. Does anyone know how to download QQ for a mac computer? The QQ website seems to only allow their program to run on Windows.

It's such a great way to learn Chinese but I can't find the right software!

Thank you

[muyongshi]

There are two programs (both not too great in my humble opinion:roll:) and here are the links....

Luma QQ

iQQ

I personally would recommend Luma. It still has bugs like sometimes I can't see what the other person sent to me but all in all it works.

[pazu]

Are there any Jabber gateway for QQ? I tried some but all failed to work. I like MSN better than QQ, what I want to do with QQ is to chat with my friends here in China, but the Tencent QQ offered too much rubbish.

[muyongshi]

As far as I know- no. I use adium and due to a change in the way the QQ does log on's (it now uses the letter thing for confirmation- at least that is what I read on some forums) makes it impossible to log on through adium or jabber.

[linsuey]

Thank you both for you tips!

Yea, I prefer msn (primarily because it's very easy to download for macs!) but all my Chinese friends use qq and don't have msn accounts. Plus, I would really like to chat with them.

I downloaded iQQ but it's saying there's a problem connecting with the server.

I tried downloading Luma but (probably because my Chinese is so shocking) I couldn't find the link to download it. All I found was Luma's message that creating a mac version of qq is "ongoing." Am I going to the wrong page or something?

[muyongshi]

Here is the direct file link http://lumaqq.linuxsir.org/blog/LumaQQ.zip

On the first page that I gave the link for you click on luma qq for mac and then on the redirect page there is a blue 下载 link.

[ipsi()]

You could also try Adium, which supports a variety of protocols (including QQ apparently). I use Pidgin on Windows, though I've not tried the QQ protocol. It's also all in English, which should make your life easier

[muyongshi]

You could also try Adium, which supports a variety of protocols (including QQ apparently).

See post #4

I use adium and due to a change in the way the QQ does log on's (it now uses the letter thing for confirmation- at least that is what I read on some forums) makes it impossible to log on through adium or jabber.

In case I made it sound unsure if it would work or it not....it doesn't and it bugs me.

[ipsi()]

Huh. Totally missed that. My bad. I was looking for links, and only skimmed the first few posts to see if it had already been mentioned.