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The whole world can talk for free with this p2p telephony software.

What’s new in Skype 2.0 for Mac

* Make video calls to anyone on Skype, no matter what kind of computer they are using.
* Say hello, smile, or even wave with anyone, anywhere in the world on Skype.
* Great quality video that just works.
* All for free of course.

Free to download and use

* Make free calls to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world.
* Chat with one person or have a group chat with up to 100 people at a time.
* Conference call with up to four people for free.
* Easily send files and photos to each other.

Useful things that cost a little

* Calling phones is not free but it’s pretty cheap. No setup or monthly fees.
* Get a SkypeIn number, so that people using ordinary phones can call you directly on Skype.
* Let Skype Voicemail answer for you when you can’t take the calls.
* Forward your Skype calls to your mobile or landline.

System requirements

* Mac computer with G4 800 Mhz processor or faster
* Mac OS X v10.3.9 Panther or newer
* 512 MB RAM
* 40 MB free disk space on your hard drive
* Microphone
* Webcam: Suggested webcams include Apple iSight, Philips SPC900NC, or Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000. Drivers for the Philips and Logitech webcams can be downloaded from http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/.
* Internet connection (broadband is best, GPRS is not supported for voice calls, and results may vary on a satellite connection).

What's New:

· improvement: added NAT-PMP support
· improvement: added uPnP support
· improvement: added Authenticated Proxy support
· bugfix: 3-4 second delay when hanging up video call
· bugfix: sometimes Skype crashed when applying changes in Edit Profile window
· bugfix: "Add to Contacts" command was not working for 1-on-1 chats in history view
· bugfix: "Add to list" button was cut off in Start Conference and Add Users to Chat windows on Tiger
· bugfix: Safari 3.1 (4525.13) chats time-name were getting cut off.
· bugfix: Abnormal exit on declining two sent files.
· bugfix: Add and remove buttons were cut off in Send Contacts window on Leopard
· bugfix: Add to Contacts command didn't work in the context menu of the history list
· bugfix: Address Book phone numbers with custom tags were not shown in Skype
· bugfix: Call Transfer menu not updating when new contacts were added
· bugfix: Chats were loosing their topics
· bugfix: crash/hangup on skype credit change when old SMS chats open for long time
· bugfix: default call window height was too small
· bugfix: do not add chats without activity timestamp to event history
· bugfix: fix for delayed sms delivery notifications
· bugfix: flag icons not showing in upper case
· bugfix: Freeze with lots of Address Book contacts (>3000)
· bugfix: history entries became blank when right-clicked on Leopard
· bugfix: Improvements to audio sync
· bugfix: it was not possible to use the context menus of conference call participants when the call was muted or on hold
· bugfix: it was possible to change the value of sound level indicators in conference calls
· bugfix: Leading 0 was removed when user tried to call to Italian landline number - they need leading 0
· bugfix: missed events badge was missing from chat drawer after Skype restart
· bugfix: outgoing calls that went to voicemail didn't have icons in the history view
· bugfix: own voice level indicator was still moving when conference call was muted
· bugfix: Skype crashed after "Delete all SMS Messages" was pressed
· bugfix: sometimes Skype got stuck in the login process when Address Book integration was enabled
· bugfix: sometimes window artifacts appeared when having two simultaneous calls
· bugfix: Status does not reset correctly after screensaver triggers away if Set my status to Away when inactive for 0 minutes was set
· bugfix: strange sound start happening on end of the call (Apple Bug ID5796436)
· bugfix: when being signed in on at least two Macs and answering a call on one machine, then ringing didn't not stop on the second machine
· bugfix: When chats are closed after draging them around, wrong chat gets activated
· bugfix: when placing a call, then sometimes the word "Button" was briefly displayed instead of the phone number
· bugfix: Word wrap in Public chat settings window
· bugfix: Workaround for strange large number startTimestamp on some chats (preventing chat history links displaying)
· bugfix: yellow alert were hiding chat topics quite often.
· change: replaced SkypeIn with Online Number
· change: increased minimum size of SkypeOut Caller Window
· change: new User Registration Window: By default, eMail notifications checked
· change: pop-up dialog to enable or disable Address Book integration
· change: sometimes duration of some calls was displayed as 1193 hours in the call history
· change: sound event for contact coming online is now off by default
· Skype API: BTN_RELEASED NO clears quickfilter field now (previously removed the last character only