Download Skype for Mac 2.7.0.257
A new version of the Mac OS X client of the voip program Skype was released on Wednesday with version number 2.7.0.257. The download is exactly 34MB, but this is a so-called Universal Binary. The developers have not been idle since the previous release, which is already two and a half months old. The changelog of this release shows a large list of changes and improvements:
Improvements:
- Optimized quick filtering history
- Improved connection speed to Skype network from restrictive network environment
- Improved stability and quality of video
Changed:
- Added (myspace) emoticon
- Added error message for SkypeOut error #1102
- Default destination folder of file transfers changed from Desktop to Downloads
- If there is a pending file transfer then after restarting Skype that pending file transfer will be focused in the file transfer window
- New 512px volume icon or dmg
- Switched icons in the dmg background image
- Localizations updated
Bug fixed:
- Skype crashes sometimes when ending video call on Leopard
- First video call sometimes produced green picture
- Skype crashed when moving send video windows on Leopard
- Language name for Belarusian was wrong
- Backspace/delete now clears file transfers in File Transfer window
- Chat button was not working in the “Contact was already added” window
- Chat command was not enabled in contact’s context menu in contact list
- Chat command was not enabled in contact’s context menu in contact search window
- Chats were not closed properly sometimes
- Crash while moving contact from one chat drawer to another
- Dialogs sometimes did not have “View earlier messages” link
- Dock -> Change Status -> Invisible was not working
- Error message when calling a non authorized contact was not proper English
- File transfer group was not visually stopped when some transfers were canceled
- File transferring iWork documents failed
- Fixed chat rendering on Tiger/Safari 3
- File transfer window grabbed focus, when “auto-accept file transfers” option was turned on
- File transfer window position was not saved
- File transfer window was sometimes messed up when files were sent to multiple recipents
- History tab -> Customize Toolbar -> Skype crashed
- It was possible to enter a date less than 13 years ago as birth date
- Leading spaces in chat messages were removed
- Name was missing for SkypeOut Address Book contacts in SMS chats
- No error message when new password was the same as the old one
- Opening chat window was very slow at startup
- Skype crashed when clearing chat topic with backspace and then pressing enter
- Chat window emoticons pop-up was sometimes shown in wrong Space on Leopard
- SkypeOut credit was shown as FREECALL1.0 for newly created accounts
- No scrollbar appeared in the SMS entry field
- Sometimes contact was still shown in contact list after being removed from contacts
- Sometimes Skype crashed when the number of missed events changed
- Start Conference Call: multiple selected contacts were not added
- Unable to cancel file transfer after submitting an item into a multichat
- Undelivered chat messages were not shown as such after relaunching Skype
- Under certain circumstances some users did not show up in quick filtering results
- View -> Show Offline Contacts was grayed out if main window was not in focus
- Voicemail was sent to contact on some cases when user had selected to cancel sending
- When “Show Offline Contacts” was turned off and SkypeOut contacts were added or removed, then contact list was sometimes not refreshed
- When “Show Offline Contacts” was turned off, then offline contacts were not included in quick filtering results
- API: SET PROFILE CALL_FORWARD_RULES did not work when username contained comma
API added:
- OPEN VIDEO TEST
- OPEN VIDEO TEST-0
- OPEN SEARCH
- OPEN OPTIONS
- OPEN OPTIONS VIDEO
- OPEN SEND CONTACTS
- OPEN VOICE MAIL
- VOICE MAIL
- CALLVOICEMAIL
- OPEN DIALPAD
- OPEN SEND CONTACTS-0
- OPEN IMPORT CONTACTS
- OPEN AUTHORIZATION
- GET UI_LANGUAGE
- SET AUTOAWAY ON/OFF
- BTN_RELEASED UP
- BTN_RELEASED DOWN
- GET CALL PARTNER_HANDLE
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Version number | 2.7.0.257 |
Release status | Final |
Operating systems | macOS |
Website | skype |
Download | |
File size |
34.00MB |
License type | Freeware |