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User profile for user: thomassooo
thomassooo Author
User level: Level 1
14 points

Skype window not appearing

Hi, Im running OS X 10.8.5 on a '11 Mac Mini and skype version 6.9. Both on this version of skype (and the previous version), It would sign in with the icon in the top right and skype presented as open however the UI window (such as 'home', 'friends' etc etc) didn't appear. I tried cleaning the cache, the application support, reinstalling skype, instlaling previous version of skype and using Onyx to clean up the computer in general and even tried fixing disk permissions (if it did anything) and force quitting it and trying to open a new window and even try and open windows up via the buttons at the top. The only window that opens are pretty much just 'about skype' , update skype and that skype wifi thing. Has anyone got any suggestions to get Skype up and running for me? This happened out of the blue and il appretiate some help.

Thank you!

Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion, 8GB Ram, 2.3Ghz Dual-core i5

Posted on Sep 26, 2013 2:11 PM

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User profile for user: thomassooo
thomassooo Author
User level: Level 1
14 points

Sep 26, 2013 2:20 PM in response to C F McBlob

.. I have realised ive been an idiot the last week. Its been appearing on my 2nd monitor (which i have off). which brings my next question if you dont mind; I have 2 monitors. 1) HDMI to DVI. other is thunderbolt to HDMI. my thunderbolt is my main display and DVI is second however when i turn off the 2nd display, it doesnt disconnect fomr my mac (blue screen flash thing) and therefore makes me lose apps (like this), my mouse (oh hello mouse) and slows my mac (intergrated graphics pushing more pixels). Is there a fix to this?

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User profile for user: C F McBlob
C F McBlob
User level: Level 4
2,885 points

Sep 26, 2013 2:43 PM in response to thomassooo

HDMI (so I was told) is a "passive" output, even when adpated to DVI. It will behave this way unlike a VGA connection, which is "active".


When you turn off the second monitor, check your Display Pereferences in your System Preferences to make sure that your OS isn't still trying to use the second display's "real estate" as part of an extended desktop...

It's a hassle, but it beats spending hours or days trying to find an app that opened on a monitor that's off.😝

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