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</h1> <p>This page lists the locations of all Adium-related files.
</p> <p><strong>Note:
</strong> The "Library" folder mentioned below is hidden in OS X versions 10.7 and newer. See
<a class="ext_link" href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/22/access-user-library-folder-in-os-x-lion/">this article
</a> for details.
</p> <div class="taskboxline"> <div class="taskboxheader"> <h3>Location of the application
</h3> <div class="taskboxtext"> <p>Normally, your Adium should be placed in the following location:
</p> <li>Home Folder
<strong>→
</strong> Applications
<strong>→
</strong> Adium.app
</li> <div class="taskboxline"> <div class="taskboxheader"> <h3>Location of preferences
</h3> <div class="taskboxtext"> <p>Adium places the majority of its preferences here:
</p> <li>Home Folder
<strong>→
</strong> Library
<strong>→
</strong> Application Support
<strong>→
</strong> Adium 2.0
</li> <p>There is also a preference file at:
</p> <li>Home Folder
<strong>→
</strong> Library
<strong>→
</strong> Preferences
<strong>→
</strong> com.adiumX.adiumX.plist
</li> <div class="taskboxline"> <div class="taskboxheader"> <h3>Location of saved transcripts
</h3> <div class="taskboxtext"> <p>Message transcripts can be found in this directory:
</p> <li>Home Folder
<strong>→
</strong> Library
<strong>→
</strong> Application Support
<strong>→
</strong> Adium 2.0
<strong>→
</strong> Users
<strong>→
</strong> Default
<strong>→
</strong> Logs
</li> <div class="taskboxline"> <div class="taskboxheader"> <h3>Location of user icons
</h3> <div class="taskboxtext"> <p><strong>Your own icons
</strong></p> <p>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.
</p> <p><strong>Icons of your contacts
</strong></p> <p>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.)
</p> <div class="taskboxline"> <div class="taskboxheader"> <h3>Location of non-standard, installed Xtras
</h3> <div class="taskboxtext"> <p>The Adium Xtras you have installed are stored in subfolder of the "Adium 2.0" folder mentioned above:
</p> <li>Home Folder
<strong>→
</strong> Library
<strong>→
</strong> Application Support
<strong>→
</strong> Adium 2.0
<li><strong>→
</strong> Contact List - Contact list layouts and themes (.ListLayout, .ListTheme)
</li> <li><strong>→
</strong> Emoticons - Emoticon packs (.AdiumEmoticonSet)
</li> <li><strong>→
</strong> Menu Bar Icons - Menu bar icon packs (.AdiumMenuBarIcons)
</li> <li><strong>→
</strong> Message Styles - Message styles (.AdiumMessageStyle)
</li> <li><strong>→
</strong> PlugIns - Plugins (.AdiumPlugin)
</li> <li><strong>→
</strong> Scripts - Scripts (.AdiumScript)
</li> <li><strong>→
</strong> Service Icons - Service icon packs (.AdiumServiceIcons)
</li> <li><strong>→
</strong> Sounds - Sound packs (.AdiumSoundSet)
</li> <li><strong>→
</strong> Status Icons - Status icon packs (.AdiumStatusIcons)
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