Microsoft wants you to have the latest and greatest Skype experience. Outlook 2011 for mac mail setup. If you want the old Skype, well, tough. The company said today that starting on March 1 — less than 30 days from now — people will no longer be able to sign in to version 7.16 of Skype for Windows desktop and older versions, and version 7.18 of Skype for Mac and older versions thereof.

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“If you’re one of those users, all you’ll need to do is download the new update,” the Skype team said in a. This Skype is retiring old software. But that doesn’t mean the upcoming move won’t rankle some people. Version 7.18 of Skype for Mac and version 7.16 of Skype for Windows both came out less than a year and a half ago —. So it’s not as if this is very old software. Still, Microsoft has been doing a lot to improve Skype in the past year.

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Microsoft’s Skype update brings with it features such as mobile group video calling, group video messaging, video message saving and more. Microsoft is disabling Skype for users running older Windows desktop (7.16 and below) and Mac (7.0 to 7.18) versions. When we retire older versions of Skype, if you are still using an older version, you may be signed out of Skype automatically and won’t be able to sign in again until you upgrade to the latest version. To update Skype on Windows 7 & 8 from within the app: Sign into Skype. In the last few weeks, this led to complications for users running older versions of OS X, as these older operating systems couldn’t run the latest supported builds of Skype. Select 'Skype' from the results, select a previous version to download, and then click 'Download Now.' Launch the EXE file when the download completes and then follow the onscreen prompt to. Skype for Business on Mac is the all new client that provides great communication experiences for Apple users. Features like one-click join, edge-to-edge video, and full screen sharing give you a superior Skype Meetings experience.

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It’s been migrating the app to its Azure public cloud infrastructure. Current versions of Skype — like version 7.44 for Mac — come with amenities like better previews of websites and better support for emoticons and other content in the input box for chats. “We’ve poured our energy and passion into creating something truly special, and this is just the beginning,” Skype said.