Skype for Mac allows you to call your contacts and video chat with them, as well as make phone calls to landlines or cell phones. Although listed as Free on 10.6/10.7/10.8 supported OSX. Download Skype 6.15 For Osx 10.6.8 - real advice. One of the most advanced and feature rich video communication programs available to Mac users and allows people to connect with both Mac and PC users. A few months ago Skype has been release the new version 7.56(776) for Mac OS after issuing we got problem with some MacBook running on OS version lower then 10.9 we need to upgrading our MacOS X to 10.9 or above for installing the newest version of Skype 7.56(776), But some old generation of MacBook.
Mac users running OS X 10.5.8 and earlier can't use Skype anymore now that Microsoft has dropped support for the older versions of the Mac operating system. The change happened this week, leaving Leopard users without any way to use the voice and video chat app.
Want to run Skype on OS X Leopard? SorryThe first indication many Leopard users had that they were being left behind came when they found out Skype's service simply stopped working for them. Microsoft's Skype team later offered up some details, saying Skype now requires at least OS X 10.6.
Here's what they said on the Skype forums:
Hi everyone,
there seems to be a lot of confusion around this. First, let me assure you that no-one is locking you out from using Skype on OS X 10.6 - 10.8 and there is no need to upgrade to Mavericks or (the new OS X now in dev preview) Yosemite if you don't want to.
All OS X 10.6 - 10.8 users can head over to http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-mac/downloading/ and get version 6.15. This is a very solid release and you can still use all of the main features without any problems (i.e. group video, group chats, screen sharing etc).
Note that you should only use the link above, it serves you with a correct update for your OS version, direct links (to DMG files) can work, but are not guaranteed to do so.
That said, we still encourage you to stay up to date, meaning upgrading to Mavericks and getting the latest Skype.
Hope this clarifies things a bit.
If you have problems updating, please let us know in this thread and I'll try to help you.
-Rene
Microsoft stated earlier this year that it would stop supporting Skype 6.14 and older, but didn't offer a specific timeframe. That support included being able to login to Skype, which is what Leopard users encountered this week.
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Microsoft is continuing to support Skype on the Mac, but will require users to run at least OS X 10.6.
A few months ago Skype has been release the new version 7.56(776) for Mac OS after issuing we got problem with some MacBook running on OS version lower then 10.9 we need to upgrading our MacOS X to 10.9 or above for installing the newest version of Skype 7.56(776), But some old generation of MacBook can’t upgrading to that version because new version of Mac OS X can’t support with some old generation of MacBook I think hardware capacity of old generation of MacBook is to small it is digital to run the latest of Mac OS X.
So now I have an solution for fixing Skype problem on old generation of Mac OS X running on lower then 10.9, But it may not working on some function but at least we can use Skype for test chat on our MacBook below is the instruction.
Skype
- Open the Applications folder
- Right Click on Skype -> Show Package Contents -> Contents
- Right Click on info.plist -> Open with -> Text Edit
- Scroll down to find below script
<key>CFBundleversion</key> <key>CFBundleversion</key>
<string>6.15.0.335</string> Change the script to <string>7.36.0.507</string>
<string>6.15.0.335</string> Change the script to <string>7.36.0.507</string>
- Save -> Close
- Done In joy!! ?
Skype For Mac Os X
Note: If the string change above not working please try with the new string below:
<string>8.12.0.14</string>
Click Skype OS X 6.15.0.335-2.dmg to download
Please watch the video below for instruction