Connecting with Adium
Adium is an open-source IRC client for Mac.
From the menu, select Preferences.\
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Look for the + button at the bottom-left corner.\
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Add an account for IRC (Internet Relay Chat).\
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Fill in the details:\
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# Nickname: the bouncer username you registered
# Hostname: the bouncer server (it will look like example.ircnow.org)
# Password: username/network:password -- For example, if your username is john, the network you want to connect to is ircnow, and the password is abcde12345, fill in john/ircnow:abcde12345.
Click on the Personal tab\
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# Realname: the bouncer username you registered
# Username (ident): the bouncer username you registered
Click on the Options tab\
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# Port: 31337
# Check Encrypt connection using SSL
# Click OK at the bottom-right corner.