These supernodes hold together the peer-to-peer network. People can use the system safely without revealing their real-life identity to other users of the system, but there is no way to know that the person they communicate with is the one they say they are. From the Mac OS X Finder or Desktop, pull down the Go menu and choose Connect to Server (or hit Command+K to bring up the Connect to Server screen) Enter the networked server destination address as usual, often this is an IP address in the format of something like: afp://192.100.1.155. Skype provides an uncontrolled registration system for users. Connect to a Favorite Server from Mac OS. Skype has an encryption system for security.
August 15, 2007: Skype 2.7.0.49 (beta) for Mac OS X released adding availability of contacts in the Mac Address Book to the Skype contact list, auto redial, contact groups, public chat creation, and an in-window volume slider to the call window.August 2007: Skype 3.5 for Windows released with additions such as inclusion of video content in chat, call transfer to another person or a group,.Skype also released a 3.2 beta with a new feature called Send Money which allows users to send money via PayPal from one Skype user to another. December 2006: Skype announces a new pricing structure as of January 18, 2007, with connection fees for all SkypeOut calls* March 2007: Skype 3.1 is released, adding some new features, including Skype Find and Skype Prime.October 2006: Skype 2.0 for Mac is released, the first full release of Skype with video for Macintosh.December 2005: videotelephony introduced.
September 2005: Skype for talking is banned in South China.August 2003: First public beta version released.April 2003: and domain names registered.
September 2002: investment from Draper Investment Company.