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Skype Tip: Voicemail Suddenly Stops Working

David Nunez
David Nunez

I’m posting this tip because it took me a course of a week to enter the right combination of search terms to get an answer.

Symptom: On OS X, your voicemail stops working. They are listed in your history, but when you click to play, the playback window pops up for a brief second and then vanishes, never playing the message.

Cause: For some reason, Skype relies on your having a microphone attached before it allows you to play back messages.

Solution: Plug in a microphone or audio in device or run skype off a machine that already has a microphone built-in (like a MacBook).

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Dir of Technology at the MIT Museum • Writing about emerging tech's impact on your life • Speculative insights on the intersection of humanity and technology 🤖

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