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Locations of Adium files

This page lists the locations of all Adium-related files.

Note: The "Library" folder mentioned below is hidden in OS X versions 10.7 and newer. See this article for details.

Location of the application

Normally, your Adium should be placed in the following location:

  • Home Folder Applications Adium.app

Location of preferences

Adium places the majority of its preferences here:

  • Home Folder Library Application Support Adium 2.0

There is also a preference file at:

  • Home Folder Library Preferences com.adiumX.adiumX.plist

Location of saved transcripts

Message transcripts can be found in this directory:

  • Home Folder Library Application Support Adium 2.0 Users Default Logs

Location of user icons

Your own icons

Recent icons set via the icon picker (both for contacts and for yourself) are cached at ~/Library/Images/iChat Recent Pictures, and such recent icons are shared with iChat.

Icons of your contacts

Icons, once retrieved, are cached at ~/Library/Caches/Adium/Default. (The "Library" folder is hidden in OS X versions 10.7 and newer. See this article for details.)

Location of non-standard, installed Xtras

The Adium Xtras you have installed are stored in subfolder of the "Adium 2.0" folder mentioned above:

  • Home Folder Library Application Support Adium 2.0
    • Contact List - Contact list layouts and themes (.ListLayout, .ListTheme)
    • Emoticons - Emoticon packs (.AdiumEmoticonSet)
    • Menu Bar Icons - Menu bar icon packs (.AdiumMenuBarIcons)
    • Message Styles - Message styles (.AdiumMessageStyle)
    • PlugIns - Plugins (.AdiumPlugin)
    • Scripts - Scripts (.AdiumScript)
    • Service Icons - Service icon packs (.AdiumServiceIcons)
    • Sounds - Sound packs (.AdiumSoundSet)
    • Status Icons - Status icon packs (.AdiumStatusIcons)