Skype way too quiet. How to get louder Skype audio output on my MacBook Pro? My girlfriend and I are getting really irritated with how quiet Skype is on my new MacBook Pro.  Even with the volume turned up to the max, I can still barely hear her even with my air conditioning and fan off.  

At first, I thought about buying a pair of speakers, but even the small USB ones would be irritating to have to have around all the time.  Then I thought of buying a new sound card, but then I realized that iTunes with the preamp in the equalizer set to 12 is actually more than loud enough.

Is there a way that I could connect to that and make Skype that loud?  Or is there any other way to make it louder?

On a smaller note, I've been having the same issue with movies played in Google Chrome.
Did you check the settings in the app "Audio MIDI Setup"?
It's in /Applications/Utilities.
Sometimes the settings there can get out of whack.