Skype’s popularity as an app for making video calls, sending messages, and doing voice chats on smartphones, computers, and tablets doesn’t exempt it from issues. You’re not alone: Skype won’t start on MacBook for many other users as well, and it can be truly exasperating if you need the popular app for personal video calls or work communications. Are you using a MacBook and have been trying – yet constantly failing – to run Skype on your Apple machine for months and months on end? Are you trapped in an endless cycle of installing and reinstalling Skype, and yet nothing seems to work?