Backing up Adium

Preferences, Adium Xtras and chat transcripts (logs)

Adium stores your preferences, AdiumXtras, and Message History and chat transcripts (logs) in:

(Your home folder)/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0

To back up information, simply copy the folder to your backup medium. To restore it, simply copy your backed-up folder to that location.

In case you only want to back up your chat transcripts, you will find them in the Logs folder which is the in Default folder of above directory. See further down for detailed instructions on how to back up your transcripts.

Passwords in your keychain

The only items related to Adium which will not be backed up are any stored passwords you may have for your Adium instant messaging accounts. Passwords are stored in your Apple Keychain. See How to back up and restore your important Mac OS X 10.4 files for information on backing up your Keychain in OS X 10.4.

How do I copy transcripts from one location to another?

Copying your Logs folder from your Home folder to another location

• Press ⇧⌘H. This opens your Home folder.
• Navigate to Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/Users/Default.
• Hold down the Option, Alt, or ⌥ key, and drag the Logs folder to the other location.

Copying your Logs folder from another location to your Home folder

• Press ⇧⌘H. This opens your Home folder.
• Navigate to Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/Users/Default.
• Hold down the Option, Alt, or ⌥ key, and drag the Logs folder from the other location into the Default folder.

Recovering deleted transcripts

Accidentally deleted some transcripts? See Recovering Transcripts.