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.
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How to backup adium?
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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!
~/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!
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?
. 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?
Thank you very much
Exactly
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).
