![]() ![]() If it’s only a few messages that you need to remove, then deleting the entire chat history may be a little bit of an overkill. ![]() The same works for the web version of the application, in case that’s what you are using. Hit Delete in the confirmation box to remove the conversation.Right or Ctrl-click the conversation in Skype sidebar.If you are aiming to keep things tidy, your intention to remove it is natural too. Having exchanged a few messages, especially if you have a lot of people reaching out, you may not feel like conversation history deserves a spot on your Recent list. Much like the case with browsers, at times, you may not want to keep your history on Skype. If you have run into a similar issue, then get comfortable and lets get this figured out. This, however, does not mean that the app is without flaw, as many users still struggle with completely removing Skype from their Macs. Skype, for instance, has paved a way for the majority of today’s social networking programs and, over the years, earned its spot on the list of essential applications for a number of users. Some applications come and go, but some tend to stick. ![]() Moreover, in the majority of cases there is a wide selection of apps full of features with a different approach the same task. No matter what needs to be done - there is an app for that. Please post other methods to accomplish this in a more streamlined way if you find something that works better for you.Applications are used to do anything whether it is to take notes, listen to music, edit pictures, browse the web - you name it. ![]() There are other terminal editors, such as "nano" and "pico" that you can use instead of "vi". The main take home from this is that you need to edit the ist file in package contents of the Skype application and change the version number from 2.8.0.866 (or whatever version you have) to 6.15.0.334 (of whatever version skype is now requiring). On some later versions of Mac OS X, the package contents are more challenging to access, but you can search for how to do that, separately. (I found 3)ġ0) after done editing, type :wq (this saves the file and quits the editorġ1) launch Skype, and you should be good to go! this puts you in insert mode and you can edit the file.ħ) replace whatever 2.8 version you have with 6.15.0.334ĩ) repeat steps 5-8 until you have replaced all instances of the 2.8 version number. From there.Ģ) cd /Applications/Skype.app/Contents/ (if this is where your Skype is)ģ) ls (this (LS in lower case) will list the components there, and you can confirm that one is named ist)Ĥ) sudo vi ist (this opens ist in the vi editor) you will need to type your admin user password.ĥ) /2.8 (this searches for and finds an instance of 2.8 in the file, so you can edit it and change it to the currently "acceptable" skype version)Ħ) type the letter i. You may be able to accomplish the same thing using the Finder, Show Package Contents, and an editor like TextEdit, but I ran into permission problems when I tried that, so I switched to doing this through the Unix terminal and this worked fine.ġ) make sure Skype is not running (Quit if it is) and run /Applications/Utilities/Terminal. I will write up the geeky way that definitely worked. plist file so that the Skype server thinks you are running a modern version when you are actually still running 2.8. It took a lot of searching, but I found a work-around that solves the problem for the time being. I am practicing my best restraint here not to use all the 4-letter words that came to my mind when MS did this and screwed us. Perhaps you had the disgusting experience of Skype cutting off your service if you were running version 2.8 because it's cleaner than the current spammy crappy versions or because you have a PowerPC (PPC) mac that can only run this earlier version, or whatever your reason, and you have been informed that MS / Skype will no longer work on your computer. See this post from Andyyyyyy for a possible way of getting round that: mac-os-x-10-4-tiger-and-below-as-well-as-on-mac-devices-running-on-powerpc-archi tecture Skype (v.5 or later) is for Intel Macs running OS 10.5.8 or above only.Īnd from September 2014 no more Skype for PPC Macs: ![]()
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