BigDiver

I started getting a lot of Skype database errors during login. I would type my password and during the login process I always got the “Unable to mount database” error on Skype for Mac version 2.8.0.722.

To solve it delete the Skype’s user directory doing

rm -fr ~/Library/Application\ Support/Skype/<username>

using the Terminal application, then login to Skype.

Please pay attention to the “~” at the beginning of the file path. This is not a mistake it actually represents your home directory.

In order to get audio working on my ThinkPad T60 I needed to set Skype’s Sound Devices to:

• Sound In : HDA Intel (hw:Intel,0)
• Sound Out: Default Device
• Ringing: Default Device
• Check “Allow Skype to automatically adjust my mixer levels”