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Connecting with Adium

Adium is an open-source IRC client for Mac.

1. From the menu, select Preferences.
   
2. Look for the + button at the bottom-left corner.
   
3. Add an account for IRC (Internet Relay Chat).
   
4. Fill in the details:
   
   1. Nickname: the bouncer username you registered
   2. Hostname: the bouncer server (it will look like example.ircnow.org)
   3. 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.
5. Click on the Personal tab
   
   1. Realname: the bouncer username you registered
   2. Username (ident): the bouncer username you registered
6. Click on the Options tab
   
   1. Port: 31337
   2. Check Encrypt connection using SSL
   3. Click OK at the bottom-right corner.
7. If you see a message saying ZNC is not yet connected to the network, type /znc connect -- wait a few minutes to connect.