skype is very easy to get and use. it's at
http://www.skype.com
you can read about it there and download it. when you download it,
somehow the site knows what oporating system you have so you'll get
a .dmg file. this is a disc image. once it's done downloading, command
o will open the file. find something called skype.app. this is the
program. now copy the .app file (command c) and close this window. not
go to your applications folder. i do this by finding my harddrive on
the desktop, then opening it with command o again. now the first
folder you should find is a folder called applications. open the
folder with command o. now paste in this .app file (command v). now
hit s til vo says skype.app. now command will open it and skype will
launch! now create a username and password for yourself. then skype
will bring up your profile that you can fill out with whatever
information you want or you can close it and not fill it out. first we
need to get something off the desktop. look for somethng called skype.
this is not a folder. what that dmg file did was put on a kind of
vertual drive so that it could be opened and you could get to the
program. since the program is installed,, it's not longer needed.
hitting command e will eject this "drive" and won't hurt the mac at
all. their's no need to do anything else. it's gone from your mac. now
back to skype. just go through the menues to the skype menu, make sure
the prefferences are set how you'd like them, then go to the contacts
menu and start to add people. it's a very easy process, just follow
the dialog that you'll get. you can voice chat with other people and
type to them in text if you want. i'm not sure if i typed too much or
not. i didn't know how much you knew about how the mac works yet. if
you know some of this, just read what you don't. hope this helps.
On Feb 4, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Bruins Fan wrote:
Hi Everyone,
It seems like skype is a popular form of communication, and I was
wondering how I go about getting it? Is it easy to sign up for? Can
I use it with the mac?
Thanks, Olivia
PS, Sean, once someone takes me through how to get skype and run it
I will try using it to talk to you.
