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 🙂

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a message that said " 'your contact' might not receive your call on all their devices as 'contact' is calling using an out of date version of Skype.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.

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.

Where does it say that? This page:

http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/

says it will run on 10.5.8 and above.

I have this problem too.

The latest Skype version does say on the download page, that it should be compatible with OS X 10.6.8

But on trying to install Skype message says I need OS X 10.9 minimum, so the download page is incorrect.

Rather than upgrading to Mavericks or Yosemite, I'm going to look for an older version of Skype for OS X 10.6.8

Hello

Did you find a version that works? I have this problem too and none of the old versions that I have installed will open. Driving me crazy.

If you click THIS link:

http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-mac/downloading/

it will download immediately from the site that Roger gave you.

Lex

EDIT: THIS IS THE WRONG ONE, HERE IS THE CORRECT VERSION (V6):

https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA34498/which-version-of-skype-for-mac-os-x-do- i-need

Lex

Thanks. I tried the appropriate link, but still no luck. I have a mac version 10.6 so I tried the appropriate download (10.6 - 10.8). The first part of the error message I get is:

Parent Process: launchd [72]

Report Version: 6

Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 2

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)

Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x000000000000000b

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):

eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x01993201 ecx: 0x8fe40001 edx: 0x019932e5

edi: 0x00000090 esi: 0x018398ac ebp: 0x019932f8 esp: 0xbffff900

ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010246 eip: 0x005d89f8 cs: 0x00000017

ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037

cr2: 0x0000000b

Binary Images:

0x1b00000 - 0x1b35ff7 com.apple.coreWLAN.framework 6.0 (600.27) <7A690BF0-C3FD-BE25-6687-F4959335BAF3> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreWLAN.framework/Versions/A/CoreWLAN

0x1b49000 - 0x1b8affd +net.hockeyapp.sdk.mac 2.1.0 (24) <57ABAE69-9025-3983-BD43-7DA4FB661C3B> /Applications/Skype.app/Contents/Frameworks/HockeySDK.framework/Versions/A/Hock eySDK

0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4162b dyld 132.1 (???) <211AF0DD-42D9-79C8-BB6A-1F4BEEF4B4AB> /usr/lib/dyld

0x90003000 - 0x90185fe7 libicucore.A.dylib ??? (???) <FBB66376-CBA9-8149-A1AA-10AB8578C3B3> /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib

0x903ca000 - 0x903eeff7 libJPEG.dylib ??? (???) <265DBF67-994E-E320-4CB1-9C3DE792C3B2> /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libJPEG.dylib

0x903ef000 - 0x90471ffb SecurityFoundation ??? (???) <29C27E0E-B2B3-BF6B-B1F8-5783B8B01535> /System/Library/Frameworks/SecurityFoundation.framework/Versions/A/SecurityFoun dation

0x90472000 - 0x904a5fe7 com.apple.framework.Apple80211 6.0 (600.27) <71355192-C725-E3D0-BB2C-34BC2A41B5E3> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Apple80211

0x9054e000 - 0x9072efff com.apple.imageKit 2.0 (1.0) <A09D802D-DAD8-39D6-B3D1-83931741E387> /System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageKit.fram ework/Versions/A/ImageKit

0x9072f000 - 0x9077ffe7 libGLU.dylib ??? (???) <55A69DCE-1237-341E-F239-CDFE1F5B19BB> /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.

Did you completely uninstall the new Skype version that would not work before you installed this old version 6?

hello

Yes, I've moved everything to the trash and emptied the trash. Then I searched for all skype related files and deleted them. This is the closest I can find to the Uninstall option on windows...

still trying...

thanks for your messages

I keep getting this error when I try to instal skype

No you don´t have to but you can upgrade your OS at any point in time.

I still heavily enjoy my 10.6.8 and Skype Skype 615 (335) but boot from ElCap on an external HD, when needed.

The minimum System Requirement for any Skype 7+ is 10.9.

So I am sure that some issues ( like Skype not updating on quit ) are caused by this.