Skype makes computer stutter every few seconds

Sometimes this happens right away and other times it takes a few minutes but when I'm on a video call and only on a video call skype makes my computer start skipping or stuttering every few seconds. If I get my girlfriend to wave her hand on skype u can see the video pause for a split second every few seconds which also happens to anything I'm doing on the computer anywhere.
I've installed and uninstalled skype but nothing helps.
I have the brand new 2015 Macbook pro with broadwell processor. I've also used skype on the 2014 Macbook pro retina and it does the exact same thing. I never could get it to work right. My girlfriend has an old poopy 2012 macbook pro with no retina and she doesn't seem to have the issue. She has Yosemeti installed just like I do.
My processor runs about 40% usage in activity monitor. As you know 40% is only for one of the cores I assume since it can go way above 100% when check the activity monitor for whatever reason.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Don't want to get rid of a mac b/c of this one issue.

I'm having the same problem, and I don't understand what started causing it. I assume it's the last two releases of Skype that I've upgraded to, because I don't remember this occurring on such annoyingly frequent level. I am running Windows 7 home premium x64, 4GB memory, Intel celeron 1.60 GHz.
It's very disappointing to see how with every new version of it, instead of fixing things and making the overall performance better, it seems to become worse. After Skype 6.9, every version has started increasing the resources used, and now thanks to skype, my laptop starts to freeze when I'm in a video call and try to watch a youtube video, or open a website. The CPU jumps to 100%, then drops a little, but it keeps a steady 50-70 % during the call, which is HUGE. And before someone suggests I buy a laptop with a more powerful processor, I'll say that just a few months ago it was working perfectly well, so the solution shouldn't be taxing to MY budget, surely!
I wish there was a chance to downgrade to a previous version, but no, you took that option away too, God forbid someone misses the ad-saturated versions, full of lagging and stuttering, constant freezing of the camera and constant "connecting" message, saying the internet connection is slow, or there is a problem with it, when in fact the Internet connection is perfectly fine and fast. What gives???

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01/07/2014 12:34:09.781 fontd[194]: ATSFindFolder timeout. (domain:-32763, dirType:'font', createFolder:false, ATSServer pid:194)
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01/07/2014 12:35:04.047 com.apple.WebKit.Networking[422]: CFNetwork SSLHandshake failed (-9806)
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8 MAC AUTH succeeded
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 12:37:36.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
01/07/2014 12:39:34.215 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x80f
01/07/2014 12:39:44.059 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x834
01/07/2014 12:40:00.570 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x858
01/07/2014 12:41:14.463 WindowServer[90]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Microsoft Word" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
01/07/2014 12:41:14.669 WindowServer[90]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Microsoft Word" after 1.21 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8 MAC AUTH succeeded
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 12:45:25.000 kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 12:46:01.496 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x905
01/07/2014 12:46:57.825 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
01/07/2014 12:46:57.825 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100012 destroyed
01/07/2014 12:50:06.454 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[685]: NSURLConnection/CFURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9812)
01/07/2014 12:50:08.330 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.qtkitserver[689]) Could not terminate job: 3: No such process
01/07/2014 12:50:08.330 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.qtkitserver[689]) Using fallback option to terminate job...
01/07/2014 12:52:41.749 WindowServer[90]: _CGXHWCaptureWindowList: No capable active display found.
01/07/2014 12:53:02.180 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x9e1
01/07/2014 12:53:55.256 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xa58
01/07/2014 12:53:58.964 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xa6a
01/07/2014 12:54:44.057 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xae9
01/07/2014 12:56:03.269 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xb92
01/07/2014 12:56:26.912 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xbc9
01/07/2014 12:57:24.560 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xc17
01/07/2014 12:58:52.024 Safari[419]: Couldn't contact spell checker for Multilingual
01/07/2014 12:59:00.610 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:00.610 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:00.611 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:00.612 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:00.614 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:22.496 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xd1e
01/07/2014 12:59:37.440 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:37.440 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:37.441 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:37.441 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 12:59:37.441 AppleSpell[353]: *** -[NSMachPort handlePortMessage:]: dropping incoming DO message because the connection is invalid
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8 MAC AUTH succeeded
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 13:00:16.000 kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to 64:66:b3:93:a6:e8
01/07/2014 13:00:24.747 Dock[183]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0xd91
01/07/2014 13:00:28.448 Safari[419]: Error launching spell checker for U.S. English: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 "The application “AppleSpell.service” could not be launched because a miscellaneous error occurred (OSStatus -1712)." UserInfo=0x60800027bdc0 {NSURL=file:///System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service, NSLocalizedDescription=The application “AppleSpell.service” could not be launched because a miscellaneous error occurred (OSStatus -1712)., NSUnderlyingError=0x608000242e80 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -1712.)"}
01/07/2014 13:00:28.448 Safari[419]: Suppressing further spell checker launch failure warnings

I deleted my old email address and added a new one, after my iPhone died iCloud keeps popping up asking for the password of my old email address. I can't remember my password and the account is still gone, it pops up every few seconds. How can I fix this?

I deleted my old email address and added a new one, after my iPhone died iCloud keeps popping up asking for the password of my old email address. I can't remember my password and the account is still gone, it pops up every few seconds. How can I fix this?

If you are unable to remember your password, security questions, don’t have access to your rescue address or are unable to reset your password for whatever reason, your only option is to contact AppleCare(or Apple ID Support), upon speaking to an operator you should explain that your problem is related to your Apple ID, this way you will not be charged for assistance, even if you don’t have an AppleCare plan.
The operator will take you through some steps you may have already tried, however they need to be sure they have exhausted all usual approaches before trying to reset your account, so you should try to be helpful and show patience with the procedure.
The operator will need to verify they are speaking to the account holder and may ask you some questions that only the account holder could know, and you will need to answer them if the process is to proceed.
Once the operator has verified your identity they will send a message through to your device which contains an alpha numeric code, which you will need to read back to them.
Once this has been completed they will send an email to your iCloud email address after a period of 24 hours, so you should check that mail is enabled in your devices iCloud settings.
Upon receipt of the email, use the reset link provided to reset your password, after which you should be able to make the adjustments to iCloud that you wish to do.

I just bought 8gb of ram and after installing it and powering back on my mac mini it beeps once every few seconds how can I fix this

How do I fix this problem, I have a mid 2010 mac mini. I put in both of my 4gb sticks of ram and when I power it on it beeps once every few seconds. The firmware is up to date, so what else could it be, cause this system is suppose to suppore 8gb of ram? please help and thanks

What RAM....?
Three months ago I upgraded my 2010 to 8GB with Crucial RAM, I never had a single beep and everything is hunky-dory.
Computer memory upgrades for Apple Mac mini (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz) DDR3 - Mid 2010 Desktop/PC from Crucial.com
Also check out OWC.
Apple Mac mini Memory DDR3 / Ram upgrades for 2009 Mac mini & 2010 Mac mini unibody models

Mouse sputters every few seconds

I just got a brand new customized Mac Pro direct from Apple. Every few seconds, there is a delay in mouse input, but instead of just stopping, the cursor "jumps" across the screen. This would normally not be a huge problem, but in intricate tasks like 3D art or gaming, it's an incredibly serious issue. I've tried a wireless USB mouse, a wired USB mouse, the "Magic Mouse", and several different mousepads. It happens regardless of whether I'm connected to the internet. How can I figure out what the problem is? Does this issue affect anyone else?
SPECS
Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 3.2 GHz
6 GB RAM
Thanks in advance...I really need this fixed soon.

After some troubleshooting I have determined that the monitor was causing the issue.
Running Activity Monitor showed me that on systems that were experiencing the mouse lag the "kernel_task" process would fluctuate between 7 and 14 percent. On systems that were not experiencing the lag the "kernel_task" would max at about 6 percent but usually was settled in below 1 percent.
A co-worker and I began disconnecting devices and watching the "kernel_task" cpu usage. When we disconnected the monitor I observed the computer with ARD and noticed that "kernel_task" dropped to a sub 1% range. When we reconnected the monitor it shot back up.
We swapped the monitor with one that was connected to a system not experiencing the issue. Once we connected the monitors to their new systems BOTH systems were stable. This led us to power. We determined that turning the monitor off and back on did not help the issue, but actually disconnecting the power from the monitor did restore "kernel_task" to a happy, stable state. This solution has now been repeated on the remaining symptomatic computers and it "fixed" all of them (not sure if it is a permanent fix or if this is going to reoccur)
Specs: Mid-2010 Mac Pro, Radeon 5870. Connected to a Dell SX2210b via DVI cable.

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