Once the app is launched another popup window will show on the screen:Ĭlick Open and proceed to Skype main menu.
Locate Skype in the Applicationsfolder or use Finderto open Skype. You can do this right on the screen or separately from the menu on the left side. Move Skype to App folderĭrag and drop the Skype icon into the Applications to ensure that it works. Once you do, you will encounter this popup screen: 3.
Next, click on Get Skype for Mac and choose Skype for Mac in the drop down menu.Īfter the application is downloaded, launch the installer. Go to Skype website, and click on the Downloads section. Here’s a small tutorial on how to quickly download and setup Skype for Mac and enjoy your experience with calls and instant messages. Unfortunately, instead of making the Windows version of Skype better, they’ve decided to fix the discrepancy by making the Mac version of Skype more like the Windows version.Skype is a telecommunications software that provides features such as video chat and audio/video calls between a variety of devices. More than once, a Windows user walked by my Mac, saw my version of Skype, and said something to the effect of «wow, this looks so much better than the horrible mess we have on Windows!» It seems Skype has noticed that there is a discrepancy in quality between the two versions, and has decided to make the two versions more similar to each other. A lot of the people here use Windows computers. “At the company I work, we use Skype to communicate. (And why can you no longer send links while in video chat mode?) Software Engineer Lucas Matis just wrote a nearly 2,000 word missive on how the new Skype is too confusing for the casual user, and not complex enough for someone more advanced. I am not alone in thinking that the ability to video chat with multiple people isn’t worth the rest of Skype 5 for Mac’s UI hassles. Between the useless coverflow way of scrolling through Contacts, the using of “recently talked to” instead of “online” as a hierarchy for listing Contacts and the irrational hogging of onscreen real estate in the most recent update, I’ve now began to shudder every time I see the message “There is a new version of Skype available.”
Skype users with any sense of aesthetic justice are pretty much in unanimous agreement that the user interface for Skype 5 for Mac is a disaster.
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