Download Skype for Mac 2.5.0.85

Since Skype for Mac last appeared in the Dirt Tracker, the folks at Skype have been busy improving the Mac OS X version of their VoIP software. Today not only a new Skype for Windows has been released, but also Skype for Mac has been updated. The Mac edition has now arrived at version number 2.5.0.85 and can here downloaded as a dmg file. As with Skype for Windows, Skype for Mac allows you to make voice-over-IP calls to other Skype users, as well as call people using a landline and/or mobile phone connection. You do not need a subscription to call other ‘Skypers’, but you do need a subscription to call fixed numbers. The full version 2.5.0.85 changelog looks like this:

version 2.5.0.85

• new feature: birthday notifications
• improvement: new Video codec
• improvement: updated Localizations
• improvement: added voicemail expiry date into MySkype area
• improvement: added “Send SMS” to the context menu of history list
• change: enabled “Send File” and “Send Contacts” menu items when multiple contacts selected in the contact list
• change: “Mark All Missed Events as Viewed” confirmation dialog now has a “do not show this again” checkbox
• change: renamed “Delete From Call List” to “Delete This Entry” and “Delete Selected Entries”
• change: removing chats from history list doesn’t delete the chats itself anymore (use “Delete All Chat Messages” command in the Chat menu to delete the chats altogether)
• change: double-click on a voicemail in the history starts playback now
• change: animations disabled during calls
• bugfix: Skype.framework: isSkypeAvailable returned YES even when user signed out
• bug fix: API: Calling invalid number error was not sent to API clients.
• bugfix: API: isSkypeAvailable returned YES even when user signed out
• bug fix: API: implemented CONTACTS FOCUSED notification
• bug fix: API: BTN_RELEASED * and # didn’t work when there was no call going on
• bug fix: answering an incoming call with Ipevo phone, did not open call window.
• bugfix: unread chats were not loaded after signing in as another user
• bugfix: there were Growl notifications of blocked Skype contacts coming online and offline
• bugfix: the text after EULA link in the Create Account dialog was not clickable
• bugfix: the phone number field of the SkypeOut dialer was not cleared when the window was re-opened
• bug fix: sometimes quick filtering was not performed after a contact was added
• bug fix: sometimes a part of a link in mood message was unclickable
• bugfix: SMS button in Prefs were changing to Skype name instead of Mobile phone.
• bugfix: mood message shifted 1px to the left when highlighted in compact view
• bug fix: link color was wrong
• bug fix: incoming authorization requests will not steal focus anymore
• bugfix: double-click on a SkypeOut contact opens a SMS window now, in case you have specified double-click to start a chat in your prefs
• bugfix: days until SkypeIn service expires was incorrect in the My Skype panel under certain circumstances
• bug fix: clicking on an unread chat in the system menu bar menu will now open that chat
• bugfix: clicking on a missed call in the system menu bar menu will now select the call in the history list
• bugfix: after deleting a new voicemail, sometimes the count of missed events was not correct anymore
• bugfix: “Request Authorization” window did not appear in list of Skype windows