Jan 06, 2015 I have a OS X 10.7.5 MAC. I will like to get Skype. Answered by a verified Mac Support Specialist. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. By continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described in our cookie policy unless you have disabled them.
Skype chat history contains all of your instant messages whatever you sent/received from your contacts and also keeps calls records you made or received from others. Now, if you have a plan to change your mac, and want to transfer your Skype chat history from your old Mac to new Mac, then definitely you need to make a copy of Skype history file first. So, here you find instructions to transfer Skype chat history between Mac computers or from Mac to PC.
See also: Transfer files from OS X Mavericks to Windows 8
Snapshot of the guide:
![]() Locate Skype Chat History on Mac
Step-1
Click on “Finder” icon from the dock of your Mac. From the menu, navigate through “Go” > “Home”.
Step-2
Go through the folders “Library” > “Application Support” > “Skype”. Then open the folder with your Skype name and from there access the file “main.db” and copy/backup it on your computer.
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Note: You can not normally open this main.db file, but it contains all of your Skype chat history.
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Step-3
To transfer Skype chat history from your old Mac to new Mac, first of all you need to get login to your Skype on your new Mac (the Mac on which you want to transfer your chat history). Its required because when a user first time login to Skype on a new machine, Skype creates some user specific folders, which are used to keep a user’s Skype chat history. Anyways, after login to Skype just logout.
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Now, you have to copy “main.db” file from source Mac computer and paste it in the same Skype user folder on new Mac, by going through the same folders path written in steps 1,2.
Step-5
Login to Skype on your new Mac and see you will find all of your Skype Chat history, whatever you have on your old Mac computer.
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Once you have located the main.db file on your Mac (OS X Mavericks, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard) copy this history file on a portable device for transferring it to your PC.
Now, on your PC that running one of the following Windows operating systems, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows 7, XP, Vista, you need to find Skype history folder location.
Check for software updates mac. You can follow this guide to find the location of the Skype chat history folder on Windows and simply copy the chat history file (main.db) here.
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Related ContentA few months ago Skype has been release the new version 7.56(776) for Mac OS after issuing we got problem with some MacBook running on OS version lower then 10.9 we need to upgrading our MacOS X to 10.9 or above for installing the newest version of Skype 7.56(776), But some old generation of MacBook can’t upgrading to that version because new version of Mac OS X can’t support with some old generation of MacBook I think hardware capacity of old generation of MacBook is to small it is digital to run the latest of Mac OS X.
So now I have an solution for fixing Skype problem on old generation of Mac OS X running on lower then 10.9, But it may not working on some function but at least we can use Skype for test chat on our MacBook below is the instruction.
<key>CFBundleversion</key> <key>CFBundleversion</key>
<string>6.15.0.335</string> Change the script to <string>7.36.0.507</string>
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Note: If the string change above not working please try with the new string below:
<string>8.12.0.14</string>
Click Skype OS X 6.15.0.335-2.dmg to download
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