Skype for mac VS Yahoo Messenger for Mac

Skype for mac VS Yahoo Messenger for Mac

Skype for Mac and Yahoo Messenger for Mac both are free and simple which are designed for Mac usres, and support a number of other clients including MSN Messenger, Google Talk, and several others. With them you can make Instant Messages and calls easily.

The following part, we read the reviews of them together and find which one is more suitable for you.

Skype for Mac is a free communication software, With Skype you can make free calls over the internet to other people on Skype for as long as you like, to wherever you like. The new version brings screen sharing and Skype access.

• Make free Skype-to-Skype calls, video calls and instant messaging
• Follow friends’ and your own Mood Messages through a Mood Message chat session
• Quick Add for adding contacts to a chat session
• Hidden avatars for incoming contact requests
• Prioritization of your concurrent chat sessions in the Chat window

Yahoo Messenger for Mac adds voice and voicemail capabilities. Using Yahoo Messenger, computer to computer voice calls are free, and you can purchase a PhoneOut and/or PhoneIn account to call land line or cell phones, or receive calls on your computer, or even set up call forwarding to land lines or mobile phones. (Rates start at 1 cent/minute in the U.S.)

You can also send SMS messages with Yahoo Messenger, and get free voicemail; Yahoo Messenger delivers voicemail as an email attachment to the address you specify. Skype's had all these features for Mac and PC for some time now, so Yahoo's pretty late to the game—but it's still good to have options.