How to Skype with OS X 10.6.8?

smayer97 wrote:

And a BIG thank you to Apfelmuseins...At least I got it started. I have yet to test the video, etc. but am hopeful.

Just wanted to confirm after testing that video works just fine for me.

Thank you!

This worked like a charm with OS 10.10.1 and Skype 6.15. Though I could upgrade to a newer version of Skype I found those versions kept crashing my system. I could also upgrade my operating system but don't want to because everything is working perfectly.

So glad to have an easy solution.

Actually, be careful with this solution guys.
I tried it, it did allow me to open Skype 6 on 10.6 system and connect to skype, and even send messages. But for me, voice or video calls did not work. I suspect some other features won't work either.

Again, f****k Skype.

Try ICQ for Mac OS X with free video calls, messaging, group chat and Facebook support , it's better anyway 🙂

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.

I needed to open Skype today, after not being able to login stupid me hit update and of course it pulls down the newest version which is incompatible. luckily I save copies of all app installs, even a handful of versions.

this trick worked like a charm.

then I proceed to go and test it by logging in on my iphone4s with my other account, where it tells me this nice thing about "Color your world. It's your app. Why not make it colorful?" LOL

text chat works, although it took a while to propagate that I was online.

audio or video calling out on the other hand sent a message that said " 'your contact' might not receive your call on all their devices as 'contact' is calling using an out of date version of Skype. Get the latest version of Skype at website…" calling in came up with your party cannot be reached.

{ theoretically as this message is being sent to the person you are contacting, they may already be using the highest current version of Skype wondering why they keep getting this error. talk about bad programming. }

which means I don't really have a reason to have Skype anymore and I might as well delete my 3 accounts ( oh one of them's a Microsoft account, I can't darn ).

I guess Microsoft finally killed Skype.

getting the newest version of something is not security, it is security theater! and one more step it will be you can only use it on X platforms.

to use "Property List Editor" from Xcode.

open the info.plist file in Property List Editor.

look for "Bundle version".

Replace "6.15.0.335" with "7.36.0.507"

Save.

Can't figure how to edit post.

Pick any color… out of 5. LOL

according to the update description on IOS "were listening to your feedback and we're working hard to improve Skype"

so go give them a one star review.

also it won't let me log in on my iphone 3GS and just keeps saying cannot connect to skype.

I really need to spin up a virtual mac machine to run newer apps.

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.

Unable to fix this issue. Why won't Apple make Mavericks available like it does other upgrades? The reviews at the time it came out were so negative that I was afraid to even try it. I have now switched to using ZOOM (free) for video chats.

Hello Mosflm:

This worked again on the latest Skype updte. Thanks! Since this is an ongoing issue, where are you getting the update version numbers? Such as 8.11.0.4 ??? Would be good to be able to find them without coming on here. Thanks again!

Hi Williwing

I got the version number by downloading the latest copy of Skype and looking in info.plist - if anyone else knows a way to get the number without downloading a version I can't use I would really like to know!

Hello,

I tried this a few months ago with my version 10.7.5 and it worked! thanks.

However, today I was barred from Skype as I have this version, and when I tried this it no longer worked. Is there something else I can do to allow me to use Skype on 10.7.5?

This didn't work for me either. It keeps sending me to another page to install a plug-in. Messaging works, but nothing else. I changed all the numbers exactly as described but my numbers are different to start with. Mine are 6.15.0.334. when I change the numbers and save it, restart the mac etc when I check back the numbers have reverted to before my changing them. It's all very mysterious and irritating. I have a 2007 macbook (white) that came with Tiger because I bought it in May and Leopard didn't come out until October 2007. A few years later I upgraded to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 which I've been running ever since. Skype is just not working.

Incidentally, I use skype web version because the desktop App won't even let me sign in, it just says, "Skype can't connect". I'm using Chrome, Safari lets me sign in but then I get a blank page.

Is anybody else in the same boat as me? have you found a solution? anybody?????

Hi

What plug-in is it asking for? I don't think I've ever been asked for a plug-in...

There is no need to re-start the Mac after changing the "CFBundleVersion" - just re-start Skype. I suspect that if the numbers have mysteriously changed after re-booting or after re-starting Skype that either

(a) you've saved the info.plist file somewhere else (i.e. not in the "Contents" folder)

(b) When you thought you'd saved it, you hadn't actually done so

(c) You're running a different copy of Skype to the one you think you are

or

(d) you don't have sufficient privilege to save the info.plist file (can you "sudo", for example?).

After you've saved the info.plist file, what date & time does the file have? It should be when you saved it. What time and date does it have after you re-booted?

You can save the info.plist file somewhere else and then copy it to the "Contents" folder in the "Skyoe.app" folder. It's just a text file that you can edit with your favourite text editor.

I suspect that there's a bug in 6.15.0.334, because the last sub-sub-subversion in the 6 series seems to be 6.15.0.335 - you may want to install this instead (you can download an installer .DMG for this if you're willing to trust the sites that host copies!).

The last thing is don't respond to any upgrade messages from Skype if you want this to work - no upgrade beyond 6.15.0.355 will work on Snow Leopard.

HTH

Hi gallion1,

Would you be willing to walk me through the steps of how to do this from the very start? And I mean every little step, assuming I'm a complete dummy. I can't see why this isn't working when it seems to work for everybody else! I think I'm missing a vital step.

Thanks a lot