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: n...@possumology.com -----Original Message----- From: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au> on behalf of FW <whae...@iinet.net.au> Reply-To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> Date: Tuesday, 19 June 2018 at 09:17 To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> 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>
