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Ok, guys I have to ask this because it is getting very weird to me:

Where is adium storing the message history with each contact?

I don't mean the logs, I know where are those, but if I erase those Adium is still able to remember my previous conversations.
Those conversations are obviosly somewhere in my Mac, I hope, so please tell me where are them!

10x

I believe the answer is:

~/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/Users/Default/ByObject/(service.name of contact).plist

Default may change if you have several Adium users.

Specific key to remove per file: Message Context

bgannin wrote:I believe the answer is:

~/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/Users/Default/ByObject/(service.name of contact).plist

Default may change if you have several Adium users.

Specific key to remove per file: Message Context

I don't have several Adium users, only me, the default.

That is not the answer because if I erase that list, the history still appears and this means that is still saved somewhere.
This is incredible.
So the question remains:

Where are the message history saved???

bgannin is right, and the information is not stored elsewhere. this information is available in our documentation: http://trac.adiumx.com/wiki/MessageHistory

evands wrote:bgannin is right, and the information is not stored elsewhere. this information is available in our documentation: http://trac.adiumx.com/wiki/MessageHistory

Yes, I had to restart my adium.

Thank you very much guys, the history doesn't appear anymore..



I would like to ask one more thing:

The files from that ByObject folder seem to be not openable with the finder, or some other programs, and this is good, because I think it means that the Adium is the only program that can display them.
Is this right?
No one can open and read those, not even if he imports the files in his own adium (he needs needs the contacts I guess )?

If you're worried about someone stealing your information, I think you'll find much better success by password-locking your computer when you're not at it, and possibly even using filevault if you have the space.

Those are not special files, they are simply plist files. You can open them in TextEdit. Apple has an app called Property List Editor in the developer tools. You simply do not have an application that has registered with the Finder to open them, thus the dialog. There's no safety there, it's a plain text file.

Consider this the obligatory "Please don't post subjects (or messages) in all caps" post.

bgannin wrote:Those are not special files, they are simply plist files. You can open them in TextEdit. Apple has an app called Property List Editor in the developer tools. You simply do not have an application that has registered with the Finder to open them, thus the dialog. There's no safety there, it's a plain text file.

Could you please give me the exact link to that Property List Editor application?

Githon wrote:Consider this the obligatory "Please don't post subjects (or messages) in all caps" post.

ok

you can always just use text edit... but heres the link to xcode https://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebOb ... leID=20179

The Property List Editor is not independently available. Xcode and the other developer tools must be installed. If you don't want to wait for a 900 MB download you can find a package on your Tiger Install DVD. (though this isn't the newest, PLE isn't updated often, if ever, and you only need the newest for the newest Xcode, IB, & documentation)

Then it's in: /Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property List Editor.app