I don’t know if it will work with different set ups. I am someone who is not technical, so when I went into the file and changed it I was very apprehensive. What I did was copy the original file ” ist” as a backup, for a just in case scenario, before making any changes.

I found a site with the information below that solved my problem with Skype (with the exception of one contact so far where I had no sound but they could hear me – video worked fine). Hello Brian and to others with the Skype problem. Go to Applications folder and double click on Skype icon to open it. Save the file by pressing Control+O then Enter to confirm your settings. Locate “CFBundleVersion” and make the same change.Locate “CFBundleShortVersionString” and make the same change.Scroll down until you find “CFBundleGetInfoString” and change it from 2.8.0.866 to 8.11.0.4.

Use the arrows to navigate to the bottom. Type: sudo nano /Applications/ Skype.app/Contents/ist.Install Skype by double clicking on the downloaded file and dragging the Skype icon to the applications folder Click Ctrl and the trash icon, and select Empty Trash.Move all of the results returned to the trash. Open Finder and search for “Skype” using the search feature in Mac OS X.Open ~/Library/Preferences and drag to the trash.Important: If you’d like to keep your chat and call history, skip this step. To find your home folder, open Finder and, from the menu bar, select Go > Home. Then open ~/Library/Application Support * and drag the Skype folder to the trash.

Open your Applications folder and drag your copy of Skype to the trash.

To completely uninstall, and then reinstall Skype for Mac: Remove all of the current skype files from your computer. The new version of Skype doesn’t work and I had accepted that fact until out of desperation I discovered that with some simple modications it is possible to run an older version of Skype on your older Mac. I have a Powerbook G4, running OSX 10.5.8 on on PowerPC processor. The only problem is that Skype is no longer working on Macs with anything other than OS X 10.6 – 10.8. If, like me, you are not in a position to afford a newer Mac and are quite happy with the one you have. Running on the old powerful version 2.8 that now is back to run on any MAC any OS starting from 10.4 and up Skype running on a Powerbook G4 PPC with OSX 10.5.8 Skype works fine on older Macs, powerbooks and power pc g3 g4 g5 – Tiger Os Leopard and even INTEL.

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