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Setting up Skype History Viewer is a speedy task that needs minimal user intervention. It requires Skype installed and doesn't contain complex options or configuration parameters, so it can be handled with ease by anyone. He did what’s not available as of now in Google Drive at least, that is, sync any given system folder to the cloud.Skype History Viewer is an approachable piece of software that, as the name suggests, gives you the possibility to view your Skype chat history. If you would like, make a donation to Sebastian: Now I have a security copy of all my Skype history in a “safe” place. Provide the password if asked and you’re done.įigure 5 - MacDropAny Folder Sync Success message You may be prompted to enter your password to allow MacDropAny to access the Library folder. I kept the same name and clicked Sync.įigure 4 - Name the folder copy (I kept the same) It then allows you to give a different name to the folder to be backed up. I created a new folder there called Skype and selected it:įigure 3 - Choose an existing folder (Skype) on Google Drive or create New Folder Then it’s necessary to choose where to store the files in Google Drive. Now when asked to Choose a folder, Library will be available:įigure 1 - Select Skype user folder (lenielmacaferi) to be backed up to the cloudĪfter clicking Choose we need to select the Cloud service provider where to store the files:įigure 2 - Selecting cloud service provider

To fix that, follow what’s described here. Problem: that folder is stored inside the Library folder that is hidden by default in Mac OS and so it won’t show up in the list of folders available to MacDropAny. I wanted to select that Skype chat history folder described above. It asks you to choose a folder to sync with the cloud.

Moved it to Mac OS Applications folder and opened it. I got the MacDropAny 2.12.zip zip package and extracted the. A new Google Search and then I found a great piece of software called MacDropAny by the young developer Sebastian Hallum Clarke! Basically it allows you to keep any folder synced to the cloud and supports many cloud service providers: Dropbox, Box.com, Copy, Google Drive, iClouDrive, MediaFire or Microsoft SkyDrive. I wanted to backup that folder to the cloud more specifically to Google Drive. For more details on that, check this answer on SuperUser:

Inside this folder there’s an SQLite database file called main.db (mine is 13.1 MB) with all chat history. Users/leniel/Library/Application Support/Skype/lenielmacaferi How do I see my chat history in Skype for Mac OS X? This Skype’s support page provided the path: Today I wanted to save a backup copy of all my Mac OS Skype chat history.įirst thing I did was look for where Skype stores chat history.