This is important because once the “clones” are running you wont be able to launch the “original”.ġ0. First you need to start the “original” version of Skype. There is no need to download new copies of the app.ĩ. If you accidently throw the wrong programmes on top of Peek-O-Matic you can always start over ny dragging Skype on top. If you have more than one account repeat steps 1 through 8 but with a new user account for each extra Skypeaccount you have. It will ask for the new user account password each time. Click twice on Peek-O-Matic and choose the new user account you just created. Find Skype, place the mouse cursor above it, push down and hold, drag and drop the Skype icon onto Peek-O-Matic and let go of the mouse.Ĩ. Move Peek-O-Matic from where you downloaded it too and onto your applikation folder.ħ. I have three Skypaccounts so I downloaded two copies of Peek-O-Matic.Ħ. Your mac will automaticly rename/append new number to the download. To get more than one copy simply click the blue arrow several times. If you have more than one extra Skypeaccount get as many copies as you have extra accounts. If you only have one extra Skypeaccount you only need to get one copy of the script. It’s an appelscript that will run applikations as another user on the same computer without actually having to switch user.ĥb. Click the blue arrow to download the programme.ĥa. Go to Andreas Schuderer’s site and get a copy of Peek-O-Matic. For security reasons you should never save your user keywords in your keychain.ĥ. shortname: skypeaccount2 (name without spaces)Ĥc.

Regarding user account name make sure to give it a name that reflects its a skypeaccount user.Ĥb. If your want to run three Skypeaccounts simultaneously, set up two extra user accounts (ex: skypeuser1 and skypeuser2)Ĥ. If your want to use two skypeaccounts, set up one extra user account for your mac (ex: skypeuser2). This will be used to run your extra Skypeaccount.

Systempreferences, Skype (more than one account), Peek-O-Matic (freeware).ģ. You have several Skype accounts and want to simultaneously call from and accept calls to these different Skypeusers. Tested on OS X 10.5 Leopard PPC (should also work under OS X 10.4 Tiger and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (PPC and Intel)) How to run more than one version of Skype simultaneously.

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