Skype 2.8 for Mac hotfix: fixed login issues
We have just released a Skype 2.8 for Mac hotfix. We recommend for everyone to upgrade to this newly released version.
With this release we have fixed the issues with login to Skype which appeared a few days ago.
We would like to thank everyone who has reported this issue to us and helped us to fix this problem.
Newly released version is 2.8.0.863 and the changes compared with previous release are:
Fixed issues:
* Fixed login issues to Skype
Known issue:
* 'My Account' is not translated into Brazilian Portuguese. Use 'My Account' in the web for workaround.
etr_maverick commented Friday, Oct 29
Thanks for the fix guys, it's working great. I'm looking forward to Skype 5 for Mac now 
gertvanbreedam commented Saturday, Oct 30
The 2.8.0.863 update did fix the login problem for me on my new Imac.
Thanx.
G.
dalene.matthews commented Wednesday, Nov 3
I had the same problem but once I downloaded the new version it's all OK now!! Thanks Skype Team.