Have you tried WhatsApp? Marcus Marcus Harris 74 iPhone7
> On 19 Jun 2018, at 12:38 pm, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Walter, > > Skype was bought by MS in 2011 and, like Google and Facebook, MS would prefer > that you do as much as possible via their MS account login ;o) > > However AFAIK you do not HAVE to use Skype by signing in via an MS account. > > A quick google of "use Skype without a MS account will bring up many articles > but, since terms and conditions and operating parameters change frequently > for these online services, I find it always best to filter to newer articles. > Sometimes these articles are spot-on, sometimes they are rubbish -up to you > how much time you want to spend investigating these - my yardstick tends to > be how much can I mess up if I get it wrong - so lots of reading/research > before messing with system settings or delving too far in terminal. > > However you just want to use Skype so, for any solution that does not involve > downloading dubious software or connecting via unknown sites, I would tend > to just try it out. > > This article > <https://crazytechtricks.com/use-skype-without-microsoft-account/> is not > particularly well written but it is fairly recent and the suggestions fairly > simple. Basically it offers two approaches: > 1 Create a Skype account without creating a MS account, > 2 Just use Skype without any account. > > Personally, I have an Office 365 subscription (can't live without Excel) so I > do have an MS account - so I have no idea if/how well these methods work. You > would have to decide which one you would prefer depending on how much you > intend to use Skype - I would imagine a Skype account is useful if you intend > to use it a bit, especially from more than one device. > > So maybe just give it a try? > > > HTH > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: <[email protected]> on behalf of FW > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: WAMUG <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, 19 June 2018 at 09:17 > To: WAMUG <[email protected]> > Subject: Skype > > Good morning Skype users. > > I was trying to have a Skype contact on my wife’s iMac. > > After opening Skype it told me I had to upgrade to the next version. > I downloaded and installed the next version 8.23. > > The setup procedure ended in a road block because it asks me to: > “Sign in with a Microsoft account”. I should create one if I don’t have > one. > I don’t have such an account and don’t want to create one. > > Is there a workaround ? > > Thanks and cheers > > Walter > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
