How do I share applications between accounts (ie Skype)

Not sure how to share applications between accounts? If I load Skype to my account for example, how can my wife see and use that same Skype account without having to have her own?

There are two aspects to this ... 1) where you install the Skype software on your Mac and 2) whose ID you use to login to Skype.
1) You should always install software in the root /Applications folder. This is the default installation folder for nearly all software. Installing in /Applications makes the program (app) available to all user accounts on your Mac. If you install the software in any other folder (especially a folder inside your own user account), it will usually limit use of the software to that account only.
2) After installing Skype as I indicated above, if you want your wife to use her own user account on the Mac, but sign in to Skype with your Skype user ID, all she needs to do is log into her account on the Mac and then open Skype and sign into Skype with your user ID & password.

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