How to backup adium?

secretpact · Feb 16, 2008, 02:02 AM

How do I backup adium's preferences, aliases, logs, and anything else I'm forgetting? I'm planning to do an Erase & Install and I like exactly how my Adium is right now so I want to restore it.

swiftaw · Feb 16, 2008, 02:06 AM

~/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/
~/Library/Preferences/com.adiumX.adiumX.plist

iCeFuSiOn · Feb 16, 2008, 02:06 AM

Back up the following locations/items and you should be good to go:

~/Library/Preferences/com.adiumX.adiumX.plist
~/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/

Where ~/ is your home directory (for example, /Users/[your user name]).

This will back up the preferences and the instant message logs, plus any dock icons/menu bar icons/sound schemes/contact list styles/message styles/other extras that you've installed for Adium. So you will be back up and running in no time!

secretpact · Feb 16, 2008, 02:09 AM

Thank you very much

. Just to clarify - when I'm restoring Adium I first download and install it from the website, and then replace the folders and files you've listed?

swiftaw · Feb 16, 2008, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by secretpact

Thank you very much

. Just to clarify - when I'm restoring Adium I first download and install it from the website, and then replace the folders and files you've listed?

Exactly

justfuzzbutt · May 22, 2009, 02:25 PM

What if Adium 2.0 doesn't appear under the application support folder?

Catfish_Man · May 22, 2009, 02:33 PM

Make sure you're in the right application support folder (~ indicates your home folder, so you don't want the one in the main Library folder).

PeteB · May 22, 2009, 02:37 PM

It will do, but you're probably looking in

Library/Application Support

You need to look in

Users/<user name>/Library/Application Support

justfuzzbutt · May 22, 2009, 02:39 PM

Oh, you're absolutely right. Thanks!

Feb 16, 2008, 02:02 AM	#1
secretpact macrumors regular Join Date: May 2007	How to backup adium? How do I backup adium's preferences, aliases, logs, and anything else I'm forgetting? I'm planning to do an Erase & Install and I like exactly how my Adium is right now so I want to restore it.

Feb 16, 2008, 02:06 AM	#3
iCeFuSiOn macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2007	Back up the following locations/items and you should be good to go: ~/Library/Preferences/com.adiumX.adiumX.plist ~/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/ Where ~/ is your home directory (for example, /Users/[your user name]). This will back up the preferences and the instant message logs, plus any dock icons/menu bar icons/sound schemes/contact list styles/message styles/other extras that you've installed for Adium. So you will be back up and running in no time! __________________ iCeFuSiOn Switched to Apple on 01/15/2008! 15" MacBook Pro 2.2 GHz 8 GB iPod touch

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PeteB macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jan 2008	It will do, but you're probably looking in Library/Application Support You need to look in Users/<user name>/Library/Application Support __________________ iPod Touch 2G/32Gb -17" HiRes MBP 2.6Ghz - Spyder3 calibrated - LR & CS3 *Photo Gallery*

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Feb 16, 2008, 02:06 AM	#2
swiftaw macrumors 601 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Omaha, NE, USA	~/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/ ~/Library/Preferences/com.adiumX.adiumX.plist

Feb 16, 2008, 02:09 AM	#4
secretpact Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: May 2007	Thank you very much . Just to clarify - when I'm restoring Adium I first download and install it from the website, and then replace the folders and files you've listed?

May 22, 2009, 02:25 PM	#6
justfuzzbutt macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2009	What if Adium 2.0 doesn't appear under the application support folder?

May 22, 2009, 02:33 PM	#7
Catfish_Man macrumors 68020 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Portland, OR	Make sure you're in the right application support folder (~ indicates your home folder, so you don't want the one in the main Library folder).

May 22, 2009, 02:39 PM	#9
justfuzzbutt macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2009	Oh, you're absolutely right. Thanks!