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Skype for Mac

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Skype for Mac is software that enables you to make free calls anywhere in the world. The tool uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other users. It offers several features, including SkypeOut calling from the tool to regular and mobile phones worldwide, conference calling, and secure file transferring. You can also now share your screen with other users. Skype calls focus on video and audio quality, and secure the calls with end-to-end encryption. Enjoy!

Enjoy free voice and video calls on Skype for Mac or discover some of the many features to help you stay connected with the people you care about. Choose the hue that fits you best to make your the app experience your own. Bring your conversations to life by reacting to any message and expressing yourself with GIFs, stickers, and Mojis. Share photos, messages, emoticons, and stickers in real-time. Whether you’re planning your next big adventure with the whole group or just catching up with your family, calling is now even better.



Follow friends and family for snapshots of their week and react to them with just a tap. These memorable moments stay available for seven days. Buy tickets for a concert, find mind-blowingly delicious recipes, or even plan your next trip around the world. You can also quickly find and drop useful information into the conversation. Reaching local businesses or friends who aren't online is easy. Call mobile and landline numbers at affordable rates with Skype for macOS to Phone.


What is Meet Now for Mac and how do I use it in Skype?

Meet Now in Skype allows you to easily set up a collaboration space and invite both contacts and friends or family who are not on Skype. Participants can then easily join meetings whether they have an account or not.

How do I create a meeting in Skype?

Starting your meeting is as easy as signing in to Skype and selecting the Meet Now button. You'll get a call link and a Share invite button to easily to invite others. Once you're ready, set your call to audio or video and select the Start call button. You can also create a meeting directly from the web.

Enjoy Skype's fresh new look and feel. Here are just a few of the great things you can do:
  • Chat every day with free instant messages.
  • Share files and photos for free in an instant.
  • See your family come together over a free group video call.
  • Switch between calling and messages with one click, or do both together.
  • Low-cost calls and text messages to mobiles and landlines.
Also Available: Download Skype for Windows

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- Chat Makeover, Reply Edition! Skype's message replies just got a snazzy update. Spot replies with ease, bask in theme-synced elegance, and enjoy a design that's accessible yet chic. It's not just a reply; it's a conversation enhancer!
- Tidy Chats, Trimmed Replies! Skype now smartly shortens long replies to three lines, making chats neater. Click to expand, and never lose context in your conversations. It's concise, clear, and clutter-free!
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We've swept out some pesky bugs and enhanced performance to keep your experience smooth. Just another productive day!


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- Enhanced Bing messages across platforms: Tap or click numbered references within Bing chat for detailed attributions, providing a more insightful and engaging conversation experience.
- Skype Number banner: Enjoy the convenience of a second line for calls and texts, offering you more flexibility in your communication
- Sign-in screen refresh: A modern touch to your sign-in screens, improving the experience when you log into your existing Skype account, across all Platforms. For an added touch of convenience, you can also Sign in with a QR code.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. Got rid of some bugs, made a few tweaks. All in a day's work.


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- Bug fixes and stability improvements. Got rid of some bugs, made a few tweaks. All in a day's work.


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- Bug fixes and stability improvements. Got rid of some bugs, made a few tweaks. All in a day's work.


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- All the pretty colors: You can customize your theme in Skype and choose from several different colors
- The Beauty of languages: You can now use your own voice during a translated call in Skype
- Universal translator: During a Skype call, if a participant speaks different languages, Skype Translator will automatically detect the languages and translate it for you
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. Got rid of some bugs, made a few tweaks. All in a day's work


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- Customize live captions & subtitles: We've added the ability to choose where the live captions & subtitles display during your group calls
- Sharing is caring: Easily share your profile in Skype for Web from the Welcome screen
- Find what you're looking for: We’ve made improvements to make search results faster and more relevant
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We handled some bugs and made a few general improvements


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- Pics or it didn't happen: We've added the ability to quote any item sent, including photos, in a chat
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We don't like bugs either, so we got rid of some for you.


Skype 8.86.0.407
- Show the love: We've added some new Ukraine themed emoticons Ukraine heart emoticon Ukraine handshake emoticon Ukraine pray emoticon
- Never mind: If you change your mind while creating a new Meet Now meeting, select Leave to cancel the meeting
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We found some bugs under the rug, so we swept them out for you.


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- Keep out the riffraff: Prohibit guest users from joining your group. Learn how to manage group chat settings in Skype on desktop
- Share the credit: You can send your own Skype Credit as a gift to a Skype contact. Learn how to give Skype Credit as a gift
- Get ready to meet in style: Starting or joining a Meet Now call? The Meet Now lobby got some updates and looks better than ever. Learn more about Meet Now in Skype
- What’s that? Want to know what's new while using Skype? You'll find a red dot on a menu when we add or update features. We’ve also added a “New” In Skype, a red label with the text "New" label next to new features. After you open and close the menu, the labels will go away
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We squashed some bugs for you


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- Sharing is caring: We've given you more options for sharing—or not sharing—in Skype. Learn more about screen sharing in Skype.
- Thoroughly modern messaging: In the light theme, rounded corners and added color modernize our design and make your messages look sharp. We’ve also made avatars larger.
- And modern calling, too: Enjoy a modernized experience while you're on a call.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We wrapped some bugs in a rug and took them outside. Then we tidied up a bit.


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- Blur the lines: Don't bother to tidy up before your Skype on the Web video call; just turn on background blur (because you can do that now). Learn more about customizing your background in Skype.
- Fresh new threads: We've made some changes to modernize Skype's look, but don't worry, everything is still where you left it.
- Foxy: We've added support for Mozilla Firefox, so you can use Skype on the web on virtually any browser. Learn more about Skype browser compatibility.
- Put a pin in that: Keep losing track of someone in a large call? We've now made it so you can pin participants to the active call stage, so you always know right were they are. Learn more about what you can do in a Skype call.
- Meet, meet, meet: We've made some improvements to the Meet Now flow. Learn more about Meet Now in Skype.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We've used loud noises to scare off some bugs, then battened down the hatches a bit to make everything just a little more solid.


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- Robot dancing: Want to keep up on what's new in Skype, right in Skype? We've added a robot friend to help you out there. Learn more about Skype bots.
- Keeping out the riff-raff: You can lock your Meet Now meetings to make sure only the right people are there. Learn more about Meet Now in Skype.
- Look behind you: Wish your backgrounds had a little more life? Good news, you can now add animated backgrounds in your Skype video calls. Learn more about changing your background in Skype video calls.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We've really cleaned up around here and sent some bugs running for the hills.


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- We've got you: You can now use Skype for Web on virtually every desktop and mobile browser. Learn about browser compatibility.
- Hi, my name is: We've made it so you can name your Meet Now meetings when you create them, plus add emoticons and photos to personalize your meeting titles! Coming up with clever meeting names is on you, though. Learn more about Meet Now in Skype.
- Welcome to my underground lair: We've added scene selections for Together mode, so you and your friends can get together (virtually) anywhere. Learn more about switching views in Skype.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We've eradicated some bugs and tidied up the place a bit


Skype 8.69.0.88
- React Hard 2: React Harder: We've upgraded your custom reaction picker, and you can now have more reactions right at your fingertips. Learn more about reactions in Skype
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We've disappeared some bugs and cleaned the place up a bit


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- Hanging out with the cool kids: We've introduced Together Mode to give everyone in your call the best seat in the house. And as if that wasn't enough, we've added Large Gallery Mode so you can see everyone's video stream all at once. Learn more about switching views in a Skype video call.
- Let me add you: This version of Skype includes the option to add someone to an ongoing Skype call by their phone number as well as via Skype. Learn more about calling in Skype.
- What's that behind you?: We've added more predefined backgrounds and more background categories, and we're adding more all the time. Learn more about changing your background in Skype.
- Meet Now, Right Now: Meet Now is integrated in Windows 10, so you can meet with a simple click. Learn more about Meet Now.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. Bugs? Stomped. Improvements? Made. Done.


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- Yes, you in the back: Have a question in a group call? No need to come off mute just yet, because you can now raise your hand in group calls. Learn more about what you can do in a Skype call
- Call the number on your screen: You can now set Skype to be the default calling app for numbers you find on web sites, so you can just click the number and call via Skype
- Welcome to Safari, pal: You can now join a Meet Now call from Safari on your Mac desktop. Learn more about Meet Now
- Let me see your ID: Just got invited to a call with an ID? Now you can paste that ID directly into Skype to join. Learn more about joining calls
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We've sent some bugs packing and made a few general improvements


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- There's no reaction for what I am feeling: Yes, there is. You can now customize the reaction picker in Skype, so the perfect reaction is always on hand. Learn more about the reaction picker.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We've changed around some keyboard shortcuts to fix a bug between Skype and Terminal, plus made a few other general improvements.


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- All the best reactions: Sometimes you need the perfect reaction at your fingertips, and now you can customize which ones appear in the reaction picker. Learn how to add custom reactions to your reaction picker.
- Just like that old TV show: Now you can see nine participants with video on your screen at one time. Learn how to switch to 3x3 mode.
- Who's in charge around here? Need to create a group with defined moderators and users, like a classroom? Try creating a Moderated Group.
- Just a key-press (or three) away: We've added some new global hotkeys you can use even when Skype is minimized. Learn more about keyboard shortcuts.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We sent some bugs packing and swept up after ourselves


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- This could be anywhere: Want to look like you're calling from the beach, or from space? Now you can, with custom backgrounds for your video calls. Learn more about backgrounds in Skype.
- Note: Background improvements are not available for Skype for Windows 10 (Version 14)
- Share all the things, Part 2: Now you can share files directly from your Mac to your Skype contacts, as well
- Faster on the draw: You now have quicker access to call controls in the chat menu. Learn more about what you can do in a call
- Bug fixes and stability improvements. We've chased a few bugs out of the attic and done some spring cleaning


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- Instantly Quotable: You can now use keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste quotes on Windows and Mac. Turn it on in Settings > Messaging > Paste copied messages as quotes to try it out. Learn more about improved quoting in Skype
- Note: Improved quoting is not available in Skype for Windows 10 (Version 14)

Bug fixes and stability improvements:
- Sys tray icon should not appear offline anymore after a computer launch
- Split view should not get disabled by itself anymore
- When using split view, new messages sync now better in open chat windows
- Auto-answering working better when the app was backgrounded on desktop


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- With Meet Now you can quickly and easily create a meeting and invite anyone (even if they aren't on Skype) just by sharing a link. Not available on Skype for Web
- Send a message with tone: Is text losing your tone? You can now send a voice message in Skype instead. Also, feel free to show off that guitar riff you just learned
- Bug fixes and stability improvements: Smashed some bugs, but a quick trip through the car wash cleaned the windshield quite nicely


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- Translated Conversations: Talking and chatting with people all over the world in a different language just got even easier with Translated Conversations in Skype. Learn more about Translated Conversations
- Share Away: We've made it easier to give Skype permission to share your screen on Macs running the lastest macOS (Catalina). Learn more about sharing your screen on Skype for Mac
- Check It: We've added the Checkmark and the Crossmark to our available emoticons. Learn more about emoticons in Skype
- Bug fixes and stability improvements


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- Accomplish more with Microsoft To-Do in Skype: Press and hold, or right-click on a message to create a task. Manage your To-Do's from your Add-ins
- Learn more about how to get stuff done with Microsoft To-Do
- Video sharing: The length of videos that can be shared is now 1 minute
- Drag and drop files with ease if you please: Select a chat, and then just drag and drop your file anywhere in the chat to automatically send it


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- Record your calls: Introducing cloud-based Skype call recording directly from the app. The perfect feature to pair with Skype for content creators when you want to livestream
- Color filters for photos: Use color filters to inject some charm into new or existing photos and delight your friends
- Spotify: Music lovers can now search for songs, albums and artists, preview, play, and share music on Spotify! Just select the Add to chat button to get started
- Skype Number: You can now manage your Skype Number right from your settings in the app


Skype 8.27.0.85
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Skype 8.25.0.5
- General updates and improvements


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- Call Snapshots: Take a snapshot while on a video call
- Video Messaging: Send a video message to a friend - click the video message video message button button to start recording


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- Quality improvements and general fixes


Skype 7.55.600
- Share a link to invite non-Skype users to a Skype chat. Just click the shared link to join the chat
- Easily find shared media – just go to a chat and select files underneath the name of the contact or group
- General improvements and bug fixes


Skype 7.54.409
- Added touch bar support for video message view:
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- Fixed a memory leak discovered on Mac OS 10.12.4 with other performance and stability improvements


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- Quickly get to video messages, press play to watch a video message while it's still downloading
- General fixes


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- Skype call controls are now available on MacBook Pro TouchBars
- General fixes


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Skype 7.43.241
- Improved quoting for single messages
- Chat opens where the conversation left off last time (only for users with Skype Credit and subscription)
- General improvements to screen sharing
- Stability improvements


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Skype 7.41.198
- Users can now see GIFs playing inside the chat when receiving or sending one
- There are more image control commands on the File Transfer context menu
- General fixes


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- Users will no longer be able to save or retrieve old video messages


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Skype 7.31.304
- Rich text now shows emoticons in the text-edit box
- Menu button in location message - once you share a location the user will then see a menu giving you a choice of options
- Improved name labels in contact search
- Improved sidebar icons in compact view


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- Skype Bots - a new way to bring expertise, products, services and entertainment into daily messaging on Skype.
- To get started on Mac, tap on the “Contacts” from the menu and select “Add Bot….” to search for or view a list of available Bots.
- If you’re using Skype for Web, select “Discover Bots” on the left toolbar to see a list of available Bots.

We’ve also been introducing previews of new Skype Bots over the past couple of weeks. These include:
- Murphy, a Bot to find and create images for when questions can’t be answered by words alone
- Summarize, a Bot designed to give an overview of a web page if you don’t have time to read the whole thing


Skype 7.27.355
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Skype 7.24.335
- SlimView, improved adaptive layout for small window sizes
- Added detailed sidebar view items under the View-Sidebar menu - Compact, Regular, and Detailed
- Added keyboard shortcuts for Skype Home, contacts, and history
- Allow users to get directions to shared locations
- General Fixes


Skype 7.21.350
- General fixes


Skype 7.20.378
- General fixes


Skype 7.19.407
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Skype 7.18.342
- General fixes


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Skype 7.16.386
- Support Force Touch to QuickLook file transfers
- General Fixes


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Skype 7.14.301
- Added never before seen Bollywood Mojis to make your Skype chats even more fun, exciting, and dramatic.
- Yash Raj Films and Eros International bring you the latest and greatest content from movies such as Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, RA one, Dhoom 2 & 3, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Devdas, and many more.
- In addition to Bollywood Mojis, we’ve created a series of new Skype emoticons highlighting some of the food, gestures, holidays and daily expressions honoring the Indian culture Bollywood stems from.
- Best part? Both Bollywood Mojis and emoticons will be available worldwide, in the featured tab of the emoticon picker.


Skype 7.13.428
- Compatible with OS X 10.11 El Capitan
- Fixed an issue causing Skype to crash on quit for some users


Skype 7.12.657
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Skype 7.11.653
- Fixed stutter when Skype window is minimized during a video call
- Fixed spinner which sometimes incorrectly appeared during a video call
- Resolved PSTN contacts not appearing in custom contact lists


Skype 7.10.777
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Skype 7.9.746
- Updated and smarter web link preview experience. Now when you share a link and want to add some words for additional context, you can simply send everything in one message. If an image related to the link was found, a rich visual preview of the web page will be automatically displayed, so your contacts can see a preview of the shared web page with the message.

Fixed Issues:
- Messaging: Fixed an issue which caused links to occasionally disappear in chat
- Messaging: Fixed an issue which prevented GIFs from loading properly
- Application: Fixed an issue which crashed the application on Macs with Force Touch trackpad


Skype 7.8.391
- Improved performance when rendering animated GIFs
- Fixed an issue where chat texts are blurred when the conversation was dragged between displays.


Skype 7.8.388
- Redesigned the chat input field to give you quicker access to some well-loved features. Now it only takes one click to start sending photos, files, contacts and video messages.
- We have also added the ability to paste or drag images directly into the input field, for those moments when context is everything.
- Don’t forget that taking screenshots on OS X is quick with Command (⌘)-Shift-Control-4. Just press those keys at the same time, select your image and then paste into the input field.
- [Fixed] FMessaging: Improved performance when rendering animated GIFs
- [Fixed] Application: Fixed an issue where chat texts are blurred when the conversation was dragged between displays


Skype 7.7.335
- Revamped the chat experience in Skype.
- Significant improvement to keep your chats synced across multiple devices.
- Refreshed how your chat looks- introducing bubble-style chat, inline photos and starting to display file icons on desktop so you can easily scan through and find different files in your chat history.
- Rolled out web link previews, which makes sharing web pages in Skype an easier and richer experience.
- With web link previews, you no longer need to type the: “check out this funny cat video” alongside the actual link to the cat video. When you send the link in chat, a rich visual preview of the web page is automatically displayed, making it much easier to see what’s been shared. Finding a link in your chat history also becomes quicker, saving precious time to let you focus on the conversation.
- In the current implementation, we only show a preview if a web link is the only thing you send in a message. We also put extra focus on optimizing for video and image content, so we encourage you to try links to video, image or even gifs first. But we’re definitely not stopping here, so expect more improvements to come. Web link previews will be gradually rolled out on Mac, and then to other platforms in the coming months.
- [Fixed] Application - Fixed an issue where some users cannot start Skype due to a corrupted index
- [Fixed] Account - Fixed an issue preventing some users from disabling “User XYZ went offline” notification


Skype 7.6.0.409
- Optimization that reduces chat memory usage
- Increased maximum height of chat input field
- Fixed an issue where screen-sharing is not received after pausing and resuming of a call


Skype 7.5.738
- Support of 14 new languages, including Hindi, Turkish, Czech, Ukrainian, Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, Indonesian, Catalan, Croatian, Slovak, Vietnamese, Thai and Malay.
- Messaging: Fixed an issue causing the input field to occasionally disappear
- Messaging: Fixed an issue causing high CPU usage when animating emoticons
- Voice: Fixed an issue preventing call UI from coming up when making a call soon after signing in
- Screen Sharing: Fixed an issue causing screen flickering when the shared window is off-screen
- Application: Fixed several crash issues
- Application: Reduced instances of App Nap preventing Skype from reconnecting


Skype 7.2.412
- Adjusted color contrast in chat for improved readability
- Application: Crash when changing profile picture
- Application: Crash in welcome tour when playing test sound and navigating to the next page
- Application: Crash when launching Skype with Ecamm Call Recorder 2.5.11 installed
- Account: Call phone number button and Send SMS button on contact's profile page not working
- Account: High CPU usage when idle on profile page


Skype 7.1.0.665
- Change log not available for this version


Skype 7.0.0.653
- Design refresh of the chat and calling experience
- New file transfer experience including inline images
- Support for large emoticons
- Your Favorites conversations now "roam" and sync on supported platforms
- Skype is now a 64-bit application
- Support for limited instant message formatting ��" keep an eye on the Skype blogs to learn more about this feature soon
- Application: Fixed occasional post-call crash
- Application: Fixed login crash that could happen on Retina laptops with an external screen
- Screen sharing: Fixed crash when closing a window that was being shared
- Contacts: Fixed sidebar pictures sometimes not loading
- Conversations: Can now change group chat picture


Skype 6.19.0.452
- Change log not available for this version


Skype 6.19.0.450
- Change log not available for this version


Skype 6.19.0.442:
- Some users reported problems with crashes while sending and receiving files. We’ve fixed this issue.
- We fixed an issue where the client would crash upon waking from sleep.
- We fixed missing search results when searching for your messages on older Mac desktop machines.
- Improvement: Added Voice Over support to select recent searches from Add Contacts search field. This improves our screen reader support for visually impaired users.


Skype 6.18.0.493:
- Change log not available for this version


Skype 6.18.0.485:
- Change log not available for this version


Skype 6.17.60.477:
- Change log not available for this version


Skype 6.15.60.330:
- Occasionally, some users experienced crashes on launch, and others on quit. Thanks to some valuable assistance from users in the Community Forums, we’ve been able to identify the cause of these crashes. This release contains fixes for both of them.
- Sometimes you don’t want to be notified of every message in a long-lived conversation, and that’s why Skype for Mac has allowed you to set notifications per-conversation for many years. However, recently users on the Forums reported that these settings weren’t sticking. We’re happy to let you know this is no longer the case -- this bug is fixed, and you can again use "Notification Settings…" from the "Conversations" menu to set notification keywords, etc.
- In the release of Skype for Mac version 6.14, we highlighted two known issues: animated emoticons using too much CPU, and some users experiencing crashes when screen sharing on MacBook Pros. In 6.15 we have fixed the animated emoticons issue, and MacBook Pros users should update to Mac OS X 10.9.2 to prevent crashes when screen sharing.


Skype 6.14.60.351:
- Some changes to refine the UI and to improve compatibility with OS X Mavericks.
- Did you know that you can turn off all notifications, such as new message sounds, by setting your status to Do Not Disturb? This feature has been in Skype for years, but sometimes it can be easy to forget that you’re in this mode so we’ve added a warning to the Notifications preference pane to remind you why you aren’t getting notifications in this state.
- You’ve always been able to adjust the size of text in the conversation pane, but text you typed into a conversation would remain the same. We’ve amended this so that now the two text sizes will be updated at the same time. Just choose "Make Text Bigger" from the View menu.
- We’ve also fixed a number of reported bugs, including sound output from Skype to Bluetooth headphones and speakers caused by a change in the way that OS X reported available devices, and mach port leak on Mavericks which could lead to slowness and, in some cases, kernel panics.

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