Answering Skype Calls Automatically

By Ricky Buchanan • July 30, 2007

For those who use Skype and have trouble answering calls quickly enough, you can set Skype to answer for you automatically.

To do this, open the preferences (from the Skype menu) and select the “Calls” button from the top row. Check the box for “Auto-answer Calls”. To return to answering calls manually, just uncheck the same box.

In the “Advanced” section of the preferences, there is a check box for automatically pausing iTunes during calls, which also works very well.

Not having to dive for all the right commands when I get a Skype call makes everything much easier!

- Ricky Buchanan, ATMac

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Tags: apple, audio chat, auto answer chat requests, free, IM, instant message client, instant messages, instant messaging, mac, os x, text chat, text message client, video chat

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Ricky Buchanan

Ricky Buchanan is 33 years old and the founder and main writer for ATMac. She's bedridden with severe CFS/ME or perhaps a primary mitochondrial disorder - the doctors are not sure. When she's not working on ATMac or her other websitse she composes music, listens to audio books, does other disability advocacy, watches TV with her flatmate, and enjoys her cat.

One Response to “ Answering Skype Calls Automatically ”

Telephone Answering Service Manchester Sep 11th, 2008 at 8:29 pm

You can also forward the calls on - this is great if you are on holiday but still want to appear to your clients that you are at work!

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