How to Skype with OS X 10.6.8?

You can use latest versions of Skype 6.15 for 10.6.8 https://www.apps-mac.com/downloads/skype_6.15.0.335-mac-10.7.5.dmg

I switched to ZOOM. It works fine with 10.5.8.

Google hangout works well with 10.6.8

try this with skype 6.15 & os 10.6.8:

1. Quit Skype
2. Go to Applications Folder in Finder and Right Click on the Skype icon
3. Select "Show Package Contents"
4. Click on Info.plist
5. Scroll Down until you locate Locate these 3 lines:

</array>

<key>CFBundleVersion</key>

<string>6.15.0.335</string>

Replace with:

</array>

<key>CFBundleVersion</key>

<string>7.36.0.507</string>

6. Then go to File and click on Save, or press Command+S

7. Re-open Skype

i found it in another forum, it works.

try this with skype 6.15 & os 10.6.8:

1. Quit Skype
2. Go to Applications Folder in Finder and Right Click on the Skype icon
3. Select "Show Package Contents"
4. Click on Info.plist
5. Scroll Down until you locate Locate these 3 lines:

</array>

<key>CFBundleVersion</key>

<string>6.15.0.335</string>

Replace with:

</array>

<key>CFBundleVersion</key>

<string>7.36.0.507</string>

6. Then go to File and click on Save, or press Command+S

7. Re-open Skype

i found it in another forum, it works.

Leberger Jacob...I agree with your sentiments COMPLETELY (f****k Skype).

Thank you for posting an alternative above but ICQ now requires 10.7 and later. 😟 I use 10.6.8 and will continue until I just can't anymore. Video chat is not essential. I will keep looking for another solution. Please post if you know of something else like ICQ. I loved that app back in the day.

Gracias Apfelmuseins, lo he probado y ¡¡funciona!!, he podido hablar y realizar video-conferencias con amig gracias a tu tutorial.

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Thanks Apfelmuseins, I tried it and it works! I was able to talk and video-confer with friends thanks to your tutorial.

Have you managed to fix this issue? I am running Skype 6.15.0.334 on Mac OS 10.6.8 as well. With the instructions of the fix, I am able to login Skype for text but unable to audio/video to some of my friends on Skype.

Thanks for looking at this Mosflm,

The request for installing the plug-in comes when I click on a contact to call them. I can text message them with no problems. This is what it comes up with:

When I click on 'Install Plugin' it says:

When I click 'add extension', it says:

When I click 'go to the chrome web store' it lets me add the extension but it doesn't make any difference, I still can't make calls.

As for saving the info.plist; I guess I don't know how to do that. The date last saved was 2014 and it's the same for all the contents in the Contents folder. When I change the numbers and go to 'file' and 'save as' it offers to save it in 'documents' I can't see a way to save it to 'Contents'. Hopefully this whole issue rests on being as simple as working out how to save the numbers??!!!

So, how do i check to see the actual version that I'm running?

And, how do I check if I have sufficient privilege to save those changes? (I have never heard of 'Sudo', so can't 'do' that either)

Next, I saved the 'plist' to the desktop and then copied it from the desktop to the 'Contents' folder but the old plist remains. I deleted the old plist and the new one is still there with todays date. I relaunched skype and click to call a contact but still no luck, still asking for the plugin.

I'm sure I'm just missing a vital step along the way. Please assume that I have no clue what I'm doing, because I don't. Am I supposed to delete all the Skype files on my mac and then re-install at some point in this sequence?

I'm using the little Skype icon next to the address bar:

I have no idea if that makes a difference. I've tried everything again while signing in from going to Skype.com

If I launch the desktop app for Skype from the applications folder, which it now is not letting me even do that, it would usually ask for my log in info and then say, 'Can't Connect'. Now when I try to launch it, nothing happens. The skype logo zooms in towards me then pops off and nothing else happens.....

If my version is buggy and my numbers are: 6.15.0.334, how do I find a version for 6.15.0.335? I've uninstalled this a few times now and reinstalled a version for 10.6.8 and it always has these numbers: 6.15.0.334.....

Thanks again for looking into this. I appreciate any help and tips no matter how obvious it may seem to you. I might have missed it. I don't really know what I'm doing with this so need all the help I can get.

Cheers

Hi

Any version of Skype that hasn't been obsoleted by Skype should work - I found that the CFBundleVersion starting with "7" didn't work for me, but since the current version that did work for me starts with "8" I'd guess it is more future proofed. BIMWBW...

Apropos WaltzingMatilda's problem, it looks to me as if they are using a plug-in to Chrome, and not the standalone application - I've never run Skype from a browser so I might be wrong. My advice (and gallion1's) refer to the standalone application.

As for saving the info.plist; I guess I don't know how to do that. The date last saved was 2014 and it's the same for all the contents in the Contents folder. When I change the numbers and go to 'file' and 'save as' it offers to save it in 'documents' I can't see a way to save it to 'Contents'. Hopefully this whole issue rests on being as simple as working out how to save the numbers??!!!

Probably - see below

So, how do i check to see the actual version that I'm running?

And, how do I check if I have sufficient privilege to save those changes?

On the Mac top bar, go to "Skype" (when you have it running) and choose "About Skype" - you'll get a pop-up that gives you this information.

(I have never heard of 'Sudo', so can't 'do' that either)

"sudo" (no capital letter to begin with) raises your privilege level when you are running from the Terminal or an x-term; preceding any command with "sudo " lets you do things that can possibly damage your system or environment, for example over-writing important files. You will have probably come across its functions without realising it when using a software installer, when you get a pop-up with your username and a request to enter an administration password.

Next, I saved the 'plist' to the desktop and then copied it from the desktop to the 'Contents' folder but the old plist remains. I deleted the old plist and the new one is still there with todays date.

Looks like you're almost there, in this case, but

I'm using the little Skype icon next to the address bar:

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/925665040

Looks as if you are running a browser plugin. I would say "try double clicking the Skype icon in your Applications folder instead" but it looks like you've already done that. At the moment, this leaves me with addressing this point -

If my version is buggy and my numbers are: 6.15.0.334, how do I find a version for 6.15.0.335? I've uninstalled this a few times now and reinstalled a version for 10.6.8 and it always has these numbers: 6.15.0.334.....

Surprisingly, 6.15.0.335 is available on the skype downloads website - here's the link that I used today -

http://download.skype.com/macosx/Skype_6.15.0.335.dmg

I hope some of this helps!

Thank you very much Apfelmuseins! So glad this fix worked for me!

did not work for me

Linsawt, Did you follow the steps of the tutorial? Did you change the exact line of code?
regards.

This is a great littele hack. Real code!

Well found. A genuine 3 lines of code fix!

Brian Catt

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