http://macmost.com/skype.html MacMost: Making the most of your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple TV. Thu, 24 May 2012 19:53:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://macmost.com/skype.html#comment-40341 Gary Rosenzweig Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:23:58 +0000 http://macmost.com/?p=1411#comment-40341 An RJ-11 (standard US telephone connector) won't work with a Mac because Macs don't have an RJ-11 jack. You would need something that uses USB. It is common to find headsets with a mic and one or two earphones that use USB are work with Skype -- some are even marketed that way. But I don't know about something that will convert a standard telephone to USB. It would have to deal with all sorts of things that a telephone does -- like dialing and such. Why not just get a headset? An RJ-11 (standard US telephone connector) won’t work with a Mac because Macs don’t have an RJ-11 jack.
You would need something that uses USB. It is common to find headsets with a mic and one or two earphones that use USB are work with Skype — some are even marketed that way. But I don’t know about something that will convert a standard telephone to USB. It would have to deal with all sorts of things that a telephone does — like dialing and such. Why not just get a headset?

]]> http://macmost.com/skype.html#comment-40340 Steve Maynard Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:11:06 +0000 http://macmost.com/?p=1411#comment-40340 I'm interested in getting an adaptor so that I can use my regular telephone set to make Skype calls on my Mac. But, the research is very confusing...it is not clear whether the most common adapter (an RJ-11, I believe) will work with a Mac. And another brand (which appears to be similar if not the same -- something call "Freetalk me") looks like it is a rental, not a purchase. Any suggestions about an adapter for using Skype this way? I’m interested in getting an adaptor so that I can use my regular telephone set to make Skype calls on my Mac. But, the research is very confusing…it is not clear whether the most common adapter (an RJ-11, I believe) will work with a Mac. And another brand (which appears to be similar if not the same — something call “Freetalk me”) looks like it is a rental, not a purchase. Any suggestions about an adapter for using Skype this way?

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