![]() ![]() You may be able to accomplish the same thing using the Finder, Show Package Contents, and an editor like TextEdit, but I ran into permission problems when I tried that, so I switched to doing this through the Unix terminal and this worked fine.ġ) make sure Skype is not running (Quit if it is) and run /Applications/Utilities/Terminal. I will write up the geeky way that definitely worked. plist file so that the Skype server thinks you are running a modern version when you are actually still running 2.8. It took a lot of searching, but I found a work-around that solves the problem for the time being. I am practicing my best restraint here not to use all the 4-letter words that came to my mind when MS did this and screwed us. Perhaps you had the disgusting experience of Skype cutting off your service if you were running version 2.8 because it's cleaner than the current spammy crappy versions or because you have a PowerPC (PPC) mac that can only run this earlier version, or whatever your reason, and you have been informed that MS / Skype will no longer work on your computer. See this post from Andyyyyyy for a possible way of getting round that: mac-os-x-10-4-tiger-and-below-as-well-as-on-mac-devices-running-on-powerpc-archi tecture ![]() ![]() Skype (v.5 or later) is for Intel Macs running OS 10.5.8 or above only.Īnd from September 2014 no more Skype for PPC Macs: It can be updated to Leopard 10.5.8 if you can find a retail Leopard install disk on eBay or Amazon. Is it worth it, do you think? What sort of problems/issues will I encounter with a 10 year old iMac? Will it even run Skype and Netflix? Can you think of anything else cool that I can do with a $200 used iMac? Thanks in advance! For $200, I can have the iMac, and I'm envisioning keeping it as my email/Facebook/Netflix/Skype computer, and still have my Macbook to move around the house with me (I often like to take it to my living room, bedroom, dining room, whathaveyou), and for travel. My current home computer is a Macbook Pro 15" from runs Mavericks and I love it, but it is getting a little short on storage memory, and this iMac has plenty, plus a 20" display. My research tells me that it doesn't have an Intel processor and can't be updated beyond OS 10.4.11 (which is what it's running now). Hi there! I have the opportunity to buy an iMac G5 from has outlived its usefulness for what we do, and hasn't been used in a few years (although it does work.I spent yesterday afternoon getting files off it and trying it out). ![]()
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