I’ve blogged about Skype before (see link to my blog) and had an interesting conversation with an entrepreneur about his experience with Skype. I use Skype a great deal and have since I have been on my own now for about a year.  It’s cheap, easy, and a great addition to my phone setup.  One of the things I like about Skype is the ability to dial out of my Address Book.  Great functionality.  That is until today.

I recently had to redo my entire computer and int he process I put in a new hard drive and upgraded to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. (Quick aside: after a brief stint with Windows 7 I would say hands down that Mac’s operating system is superior). In the process upgrading my computer my Skype Dial Out of Address Book function stopped working. Unfortunately, no IT guy to talk to  so I googled: “Address book dial with Skype” I found a few helpful links. The most helpful link I found is a Macosxhints.com article form July 2006.  I immediately wrote it off because it was from July 2006.  I thought 3.5 years is past the statute of limitations on online blog help.  I was wrong.  It proved to be the easiest and quickest solution.

I’m blogging on it because I want to let people know that according to my own experience the directions work well (despite being from 2006).  We aren’t a Technology or Mac blog but when I come across helpful solutions I like to let our readers know as they or others may have similar problems that I encounter as I run my business.

So if you are having this problem:

• Go to this site: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060718114236477
• Don’t worry about the code looking stuff at the top – you’ll just copy and paste that into AppleScript Editor.
• To open AppleScript Editor use the Spotlight and type it in
• Just paste the code into it
• Save it some place where you can find it
• Make sure to quit out of Address book before the next step
• You will move this script file into the Address Book Plug-ins folder found at the following Finder path
  • Users->yourusername ->Library -> Address Book Plug-ins
• Open Address book back up – your dial out of skype should now appear when you click the number

Another Link I came across is a thread on Skype’s board:  http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=436051;  the dates are more recent and thus I was able to validate that the 2006 blog post worked.  Someone poses a solution on switching to 64 big Snow Leopard and someone else poses a few files to download and place in the Library files.  I believe these are just the scripts.  The 64 bit thing gets a little complicated and their are warnings that basically told me it was over my head.

Hope this helps.  Also, if you have any helpful hints for computers, phones, or anything that may impact an Entrepreneurs world please feel free to post here or shoot us an email.  We exist to serve entrepreneurs and business owners.