Why I stopped using Skype today (probably forever)

Why I stopped using Skype today:
1: updates being rammed down my throat. if i hit no ONCE, it means I DON'T WANT IT. I don't need to give you any reasons as to why I don't want it, but I'll do it anyway:
a: more ads everytime I upgrade
a: uglier interface everytime I upgrade
2: Oh my god, the ads. After the software finally figured out some way to update itself today (without my permission) after 3-4 months of me hitting NO NO NO NO NO everytime the stupid window pops up, I get exposed to an ad for DEPENDS. Jesus christ, i'm a 26 year old male. And now it's above EVERY CHAT WINDOW instead of just the main page. Fantastic. I really want to think about DIAPARS everytime I look at skype.
3: I would rather convince my friends to install STEAM for use as a messenger than convince them to install this piece of trash. At least DEPENDS ads arn't rammed down my their throats.
Seriously, Skype has been getting worse and worse for the last 3 years. It's now officially worse than i remember AOL instant messenger being. It's gotten that bad. Just... DIAPAR ADS? REALLY?

Well here is what I'd recommend doing:
Do a hard reset on your modem & router. Then re-test, if the problem persists it's possible you have a DNS problem. If you are not familiar with DNS settings (I'd be a little surprised if you were) then I'd recommend carefully reading this MacWorld article; DNS Troubleshooting. Then I'd recommend changing your DNS settings using the following directions.
1. System preferences
2. Network
3. Click Advanced
4. Click DNS tab
5. Click + sign
6. Add 208.67.222.222
7. Click + sign
8. Add 208.67.220.220
9. Click OK.
10. Exit System Preferences
11. Try out your iMac and report what happened.
This might be the root of the problem. If not then I'd still recommend visiting the SKYPE site and see if you can track down similar issues others are having.

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HT3939 Why i cant use skype on iphone 3G?

Hello
Can someone pls tell me how i can use skype on this iphone !!
Iphone 3G
Model A1241
Thanks

Thats not actually true. If you go on "YouTube" and do a search for "Skype on Iphone 3g".
theres a link that goes to a site where there is an older version "Skype 3.0" is available. Fars I can tell, no Jailbreaking required! Only downside for the "3g" model is that when making a call. You can see them. They can't see you. The "3g" doesn't have dual cameras(Only on back of phone).
I have a "3g" and going to install soon.

HT1937 why i cannot use skype using iphone

I want to use Lap top to send sms, whatsapps while connecting the Iphone..
I wans to use planning tool and task and to do list using both lap top and Iphone,
how can syncronise betwwn the two devises
Mohamed

Thats not actually true. If you go on "YouTube" and do a search for "Skype on Iphone 3g".
theres a link that goes to a site where there is an older version "Skype 3.0" is available. Fars I can tell, no Jailbreaking required! Only downside for the "3g" model is that when making a call. You can see them. They can't see you. The "3g" doesn't have dual cameras(Only on back of phone).
I have a "3g" and going to install soon.

Apple ID - Two Factor Authentication (and why I stopped using it)

The Apple devices I use every day consist of the following:
2009 MacBook Pro 17" (home)
iPhone 6 (home)
2012 MacBook Pro Retina (work)
My home devices are all logged in using my Apple ID as usual, and my work laptop uses a Apple ID specific to work, but with my personal Apple ID logged in for iMessage and FaceTime (pretty standard, I presume, for people with full-time work laptops they can bring home, etc.). Now, since I have multiple devices which are constantly syncing everything back and forth, whether it be something as simple as my contacts or as delicate and near and dear to my heart as my photo collection, I felt that maybe I should use two factor authentication for my home Apple ID, just to be on the safe side. I recognize that the two factor authentication only protects iMessage and FaceTime currently, but I implemented it with hopes that someday they will incorporate everything about iCloud and other services synced between Apple devices that you would assume should be covered by a two factor authentication update/overhaul.
I liked this idea very much, as I use two factor for almost everything I can, but things started to fall apart one day when I had to switch to a temporary work laptop and decided to log in to iMessage with a new app specific password, as you would need to on a new device (unless you wrote down the original iMessage password, which is a terrible thing to do). When I went to create my new iMessage password for work laptop B, I decided to revoke work laptop A's iMessage password while it went in for repairs. This wasn't so bad until something seemed funny about my phone, as it was asking for me to log into iMessage again. Now, I had created a separate password for work laptop A's iMessage when I first logged in a while back, as well as a separate password for the temporary work laptop B so it didn't interfere with my other generated passwords. Apparently this didn't matter.
I continued and created a new app password for my phone, but when I got home, wouldn't you know it, I had to log into iMessage on my home laptop again as well. I had to create a new password for that, which seemed to work for a while, but then I was prompted to enter my iMessage password on my phone again once I revoked my home laptop's iMessage password. Not following? No, me either. It seemed to me that creating separate app specific passwords for me to use across my devices didn't stay as separate as I thought they should, but instead they somehow seemed to be dependent on one another. Since I had a frustrating time trying to activate iMessage again on my iPhone and laptops on multiple occasions while this was happening, I decided to disable two factor authentication altogether.
I suppose I should ask a question here, so here goes: has anyone else encountered this horrific two factor authentication/app specific password management issue for their own account? Have you been able to resolve it, and if so, any helpful suggestions? Thanks!

I had also thought that initially, but after turning it on, I went to sign into iMessage with my Apple ID and regular Apple ID password, but it prompted me to create an app specific password to sign in since I had two factor authentication on, as it wouldn't let me use my regular Apple ID password to log in (which I could use to log in for everything else but iMessage and FaceTime). It was nice since I was prompted to provide a code sent to an Apple device of my choosing when signing into the Apple ID management site or iCloud.com, but forcing me to create app specific passwords for iMessage and FaceTime is kind of ridiculous and frustrating. Maybe there's a way to have two factor authentication without the need for app specific passwords? Or if not, then perhaps that would be a great option to present users when turning that feature on.

Why I stopped using acrobat

This is my full screen. Why, adobe, do you take up a quarter of my pdf viewing for me to log in and export WITHOUT giving the option to resize, drag, or minimize the right-hand-side-pane-pain.
Seriously, now look at the picture. If I open a PDF file one one half of the screen, and my note-taking software on the other half of the screen, i can't even view the file because of this Adobe Sign-in pane.
All you'd need to do to make your product USABLE is to allow me to drag, resize, and minimize this window. Seriously, what a pain.
It is because of this alone (which, frankly, makes your product unusable) that I even started looking for alternatives in the first place, and then BOY OH BOY are there some slick alternatives. Never need acrobat again...

This is not Acrobat but the free Reader and you can simply close this panel
by clicking the "Sign & Fill" button above it.

TS1292 Purchased gift cards about a year ago. Misplaced two of them. Found them yesterday, tried to use one today. Invalid. If the money is tagged to the card code why is it invalid? Now have to take photos of both sides and find receipt? Guess out $20?

Purchased gift cards about a year ago. Misplaced two of them, but Found them yesterday. i tried to use one today. Invalid. If the money is tagged to the card code why is it invalid? Now have to take photos of both sides and find receipt? Finding the receipt might take as long as .finding the cards. If I paid hard earned money for the card from a computer company why would that card not be in their data base waiting to be activated? I guess I am out $20 to Apple for not activating immediately! My account was hacked once so I won't put a credit card in and live with gift cards. Now I am getting hit for $20, two gift cards for ten each. I now question who and how people are making money?? Is my only solution, buy card, redeem code instantly, purchase item?

Hi Oxfordataloss,
Thanks for posting. I'm really sorry you've had such problems with BT, it's certainly not the kind of service we would hope to provide. I'll take your comments on board and if you don't receive the final bill as expected please drop me an email with the account details and a link to this thread for reference.
Cheers
David
BTCare Community Mod
If we have asked you to email us with your details, please make sure you are logged in to the forum, otherwise you will not be able to see our ‘Contact Us’ link within our profiles.
We are sorry but we are unable to deal with service/account queries via the private message(PM) function so please don't PM your account info, we need to deal with this via our email account :-)

Why can I not make video calls using Skype?

I'm really baffled. I have a month old MacBook Air. I use Skype daily for work and personal business. Never had a problem until this evening. I went to make a video call and Skype was not linked with the camera - there was no option to make a video call and when I went into Preferences, it said I had no camera. I then used FaceTime - person I was calling also had FaceTime, so it wasn't an issue - but I've now spent an hour trying to solved the problem, including logging in and out of Skype, closing the app and reinstalling, all to no avail. The camera functions fine with FT and other apps - why will it not sync up with Skype after it's worked fine? Anyone have a clue? Thanks in advance.

See this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5306216?tstart=0
FIX:
1. You need Time Machine
2. Go to folder /Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL/
3. Copy AppleCamera.plugin to good place (usb memory stick is the best place).
4. Go to Time machine in date that skype work fine.
5. Change AppleCamera.plugin with file from Time Machine
6. Restart system, Now skype need to work with camera.
From Apple:
MacBook Air (Mid 2013): FaceTime HD Camera might not work after OS X 10.8.5 update

I copied several MOV files to a CD. When I play them from the CD the video is fine but the audio works fine for the first few seconds then stops (using Qicktime Player 7.7.1. Everything works fine if I use VLC Media Player. Does anyone have any idea why?

I copied several MOV files to a CD. When I play them from the CD the video is fine but the audio works fine for the first few seconds then stops (using Qicktime Player 7.7.1. Everything works fine if I use VLC Media Player. Does anyone have any idea why?

My purpose for copying to a CD or DVD is so that I can make copies and send to friends and relatives. What is the best way to get these files on a CD/DVD with the right codecs?
The easiest thing to do is to simply tell your friends and relatives to copy the files to their local hard drive before playing them. Your basic problem is that data discs have a limited real time transfer rate. Since you say VLC plays the files fine, I might suspect its player is likely buffering the data while the QT 7 Player is not.
Data discs made for playback directly from the CD or DVD are normally encoded using MPEG-4/AVC (H.264) video with AAC audio. This is a modern codec which has specific settings to re-package the data (i.e., must be encoded using the multipass option and then select the "optimize for CD/DVD" option).

Your Apple ID and phone number are now being used for iCloud on a new iPhone. Why did this pop up today?

Why did this pop up today?
Your Apple ID and phone number are now being used for iCloud on a new iPhone.

Turned on my Mac Pro a few minutes ago and I got the following "POP-UP" message.
" Your Apple ID and phone number are now being used for iCloud on a new iPhone. " ( my iPhone is not new. )
" If you recently signed into "xxxxx iPhone" you can ignore this notification."
On the bottom of this pop-up window is an "OK" button. Well it's NOT "OK" No option is offered if it is not "OK".
I have made no changes to my iPhone whatsoever. Just normal use today. In my iCloud settings everything is turned off except sharing Contacts.
I'd suggest you log on to iCloud.com with your Apple ID, and then go to Settings and look in the "My Devices" settings for anything you don't recognize.
I just did this. All of the devices are iPhones, iPads, and Macintoshes that I own and am familiar with.

Why everytime i used my skype the audio on other line doesnt hear me well? it has some noise disturb

Hi why everytime i used my skype or yahoo messenger and used my video call the receptions or the audio on other side coudnt hear me well there is some distortion or noise on the background and my voice is not clear? Can you help me pls regarding this problem. thank you ver much
my laptop brand is Hp Pavillion dv3 notebook Pc
windows 7 professional 64 bit

In general when syncing the device won't give the desired results the following steps should work.
Backup the device.
Restore as a new device.
Restore the backup made earlier.
tt2

Why must I uninstall skype and download it again every time I want to use it?

Why must I uninstall skype and download it again every time I want to use it?

Hi Eva,
did you use https://helpx.adobe.com/au/contact.html 'till you could see this?
to get this phone number
naturally with your name not mine and did you use "What are my options? >>> https://helpx.adobe.com/au/contact/what-contact-options.html"?
Be that as it may, I'll send a message to one of the motivated and technically experienced member of the staff, who will contact you shortly, I'm sure.
Good luck!
Hans-Günter

I bought an IPAD for my mom and she is unable to make her ID on Itunes just because he doesn't have a credit card?? any help will be highly apprecaited ...she is old and she will probably use skype or will do some browsing....

I bought an IPAD for my mom and she is unable to make her ID on Itunes just because he doesn't have a credit card?? any help will be highly apprecaited ...she is old and she will probably use skype or will do some browsing....

You can create a new account without a credit card.
Refer to article here:
Creating an iTunes Store, App Store, iBookstore, and Mac App Store account without a credit card
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534
However, you cannot change your exisiting account into a "NONE" payment account

Why have apple or itunes stop use iTunes Store Customer Service

why have apple or itunes stop use itunes store customer service
i have some qustions about itunes and itunes store and im uset to mail to them but now i cant find itunes store customer service what happen to it?

Click the Support tab above, then the Get Started link in the Contact Apple Support area and follow the on-screen directions, making the selections as appropriate.
Regards.

Why in God's name is it that every time YOU update firefox my add-on's break? I'll stop using your browser if you are going to keep breaking the plugins platform and require plug-in developers to re-write their plugins to stay compliant! That's retarded!

every time you people update the browser 1/2 or more of my plugins end up broken. WHY? It's counter productive when I rely on some of the add-ons I use. I'll just stop using your browser. Do you know that it gives the impression that it SUCKS?! (By the way, I had updates TURNED OFF and yet it still updated? HOW?!)

Hi earlten
This is a '''Community-Driven''' Support Web Site for Firefox.
The community are volunteers; just ordinary users like yourself who use the Firefox browser and try to offer other users free support. Please remember this and moderate your language to show some respect. I know you are frustrated, but venting this on people who do their best to help others in their free time is not likely to be well received.
Please just state clearly the problem you are having and other users will see if they can help you.
For example: Every so often I check whether my plugins are up to date by using this link:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/[[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/]]

Why is Firefox crashing as soon as I stop using it for even a minute?

As soon as I stop using Firefox for even a couple of minutes, it freezes and crashes and I have to start all over again. I have taken it out and reinstalled it but that didn't help. I have also updated any plug ins that appeared to be outdated.

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+crashes#Getting_help_with_your_crash
Type about:crashes in the URL bar and hit Enter. <br />
Click the hyperlinks to bring up the Crash Report pages and copy'n'paste the URL of each of those reports into the message box here. We'll see if we can help you figure out what is causing those crashes to happen.

Why I stopped using Skype today (probably forever)

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