Download Skype for Mac 2.7.0.195 beta

Skype released a new beta release of its eponymous VoIP program for Mac OS X about a week ago. The version number of this is 2.7.0.195 beta and the download can here are being found. The download weighs just over 34MB clean on the hook, but this is a so-called Universal Binary. The developers have been busy since the last release, which is already at the end of January, and the changelog shows a long list of changes and improvements:

New features:

• Higher resolution video calls (640×480 and 25 frames per second)
• Mobile Indicators

Improvements:

• Possibility to paste DTMF codes to call window
• Added confirmation dialog before closing all open chats
• selected chat background color in drawer is now gray if Skype is inactive
• Joining public chat when host is offline has improved messaging
• clicking search button in the view which is shown after quickfiltering starts search immediately
• “Block” and “Add to Conference” menu items were not enabled when multiple contacts were selected in contact list
• Added “Back to Contacts” button to the view which is shown after quickfiltering didn’t find anything
• KICKED and KICKBAN messages now shown in chat
• Volume slider in conference calls and video calls
• Improved context menu of contact groups
• Rename contact group right after creation
• Address Book contacts are now updated after change in Address Book
• context menus of Address Book contacts improved
• File transfer notification window improved
• Added “Create New Group” menu item to the “Add to Group” submenu in the context menu of contact list

Changes:

• Growl removed from advanced prefs
• Renamed ‘Show Skype status in menu bar’ to ‘Show status in menu bar’and moved to General

Bug fixed:

• Skype did not install Address Book dialer on some instances
• Compatibility with Leopard OSX 10.5 firewall
• Removed 3 seconds delay after hanging up a video call
• When sending contacts to multiple users comma appeared between user
• Sound popup menu was not updated after removing custom sound
• Video calls were unstable on PowerPC computers
• Kick chat messages was displayed incorrectly
• Crash on quitting with Cmd+Q before user is signed in
• “About Skype” window did not close when the logo was clicked
• It was not possible to send voicemails after canceling a voicemail recording right after it started
• Number of missed events were sometimes wrong after marking new voicemails
• Sometimes contact list was not fully visible or there was some white space inside the main window
• Sometimes echo123 was not added to the contact list for the new users signing in first time
• Skype crashed during processing transfer history for File Transfer window
• Sometimes Skype crashed when stopping video
• File Transfer didn’t show correct file size during transfer
• Local video was not shown on some cases
• Search button in Find Contact was disabled
• It was possible to import duplicate phone numbers
• It was not possible to accept file transfer after Skype client re-start
• Multichat participants list was wrongly sorted
• There was no call window on receiver side, if caller hung up and called again very quickly
• If someone came online while renaming a contact the whole contact name got selected
• Contact groups were sometimes expanded automatically when internet connection status changed
• Busy signal kept playing while waiting for redial
• Chats did not open sometimes on Panther OSX 10.3.9
• Reset language in edit profile window did not work
• Sometimes Skype played dual ringtones when making a SkypeOut call
• It was not possible to transfer call back to the person who transferred it to you
• Wrong chat was selected in drawer after closing all read
• When adding Address Book contact to Skype contact list some details were not added to contact list
• Sometimes Skype froze while loading contactlist right after sign-in
• Conference call view didn’t transform back into single call view, when only one participant was left in the call
• Full screen video didn’t clear when joining a conference call
• Long URLs were overdrawn in view profile window
• When already in a call, and ‘automatically answer calls’ selected – current call was placed on hold and incoming call was answered
• Cancel Sign In button didn’t function properly
• Skype API: OPEN CHAT command didn’t work

Localizations updated:

• German
• Spanish
• French
• English
• Japanese
• Russian
• Norwegian
• Italian
• Czech

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