SKYPE

[LeftCoastLady 441]

So far, everything I'm finding points to it being an issue of using OS Lion. It seems to have stopped working with the latest version.

yeah, it's quite weird.. tried to switch off and start again but nothing changed...! thx so much for taking the time to look into it!!

[sara80 17]

So far, everything I'm finding points to it being an issue of using OS Lion. It seems to have stopped working with the latest version.

I knew I didnt like Lion since the very first moment I updated it.... quite a few programmes stopped working ... oh well, it could be worse I guess, old school it is!

[Chris & Anna 1]

Here's a way that will work on both Windows and Mac to download Skype chat and/or call logs. It pulls the data from your username's main.db file.

http://stephanietan.boldersecurity.com/2011/04/analyzing-skype-chat-and-call-logs.html

WOW! I've been looking for a way to do this on Mac for quite some time. Thank you so much! I just did this, formatted it nicely in excel, and pasted into word... we have over 1100 pages of chat logs at a 10 point font in 5 months... quite a lot to drag into an interview, haha.

Although I can't imagine the average user being able to follow this guide very easily. Wish there was an easier solution for the non-techies.

[Chris & Anna 1]

thx, now I manage to see my skype folder by going thro the "normal route" BUT if i try to open the database thro SQLite then I don't even have Library in my Local User Name :///

I know I am not super smart on technology ... LOL

Lion hides the user library by default. Try this:

In Finder, press, Cmd-Shift-G (Go to a folder)

Then type "~/Library" in the text box, without quotes

You should be able to drill down from there to application support, skype, etc.

[Sapphire Moon 25]

surely you may as well just open a text editor and type it in by hand??

and heres another one

wow..thanks for this file, I just tried it!

This is a much better format of the chats as opposed to just copy/paste.

[NateFP 10]

Hi all

I cant get around printing out the chat logs of skype since i started chattting with my fince since January 2011.

Can someone help pls.

http://eigenein.info/skype-historian/ this is the link, first download it and install and run the program and and the browser of Skype Historian showed up then you have to click on next and then Export,so you can export all your histories from Skype and after its done when you opened it appears in Excel then you can print the one you want. Hope it helps and let me know. God Luck!!!!!

[VisaParaUnSueno 9]

K-1 VISA*

A QUESTION TO ALL SKYPE USERS. WHEN YOU GUYS SENT THESE CONVERSATIONS DID YOU ALL SEND ALL THE CONVERSATIONS GOOD OR BAD... MEANING VERY PRIVATE ONES LIKE WHAT IF AT THE MOMENT THERE WAS ARGUMENTS OR DISAGREEMENTS WITHIN THE CONVO (OF THE TWO OF YOU)...? COUPLES DO DISAGREE SOMETIMES AND THAT IS NORMAL OR JUST THE HAPPY LOVEY ONES ... WHAT IF THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF CONVERSATIONS YEARS WORTH... IS THERE A LIMIT THAT WE SHOULD SEND AND SOME TO KEEP AWAY FROM OR JUST THE HONEST TRUTH OF ALL CONVO'S... WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OR RECOMMEND.

THANK YOU GOOD TOPIC

[Kiv69 0]

Did i see someone say there is a program you can use to pull up facebook chats? please if there is any i will love to know the name. I formatted my pc sometime in January and so i don't think i have all the skype chats from 2010 till date but I'm sure my fiancee has it all. Does anyone know if i can still recover my skype chat history after formatting my computer? i know it doesn't affect gtalk history because it goes in the mail on its own folder

[ldndee 0]

Here's a way that will work on both Windows and Mac to download Skype chat and/or call logs. It pulls the data from your username's main.db file.

http://stephanietan.boldersecurity.com/2011/04/analyzing-skype-chat-and-call-logs.html

I also have mac and have a problems to print out call logs...any advice??

[sara80 17]

Lion hides the user library by default. Try this:

In Finder, press, Cmd-Shift-G (Go to a folder)

Then type "~/Library" in the text box, without quotes

You should be able to drill down from there to application support, skype, etc.

Thanks for your tip, it is actually there if I look for it thro Finder. But I cannot find it when I open SQLite... any advice for that or should I just give up?

[Sapphire Moon 25]

K-1 VISA*

A QUESTION TO ALL SKYPE USERS. WHEN YOU GUYS SENT THESE CONVERSATIONS DID YOU ALL SEND ALL THE CONVERSATIONS GOOD OR BAD... MEANING VERY PRIVATE ONES LIKE WHAT IF AT THE MOMENT THERE WAS ARGUMENTS OR DISAGREEMENTS WITHIN THE CONVO (OF THE TWO OF YOU)...? COUPLES DO DISAGREE SOMETIMES AND THAT IS NORMAL OR JUST THE HAPPY LOVEY ONES ... WHAT IF THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF CONVERSATIONS YEARS WORTH... IS THERE A LIMIT THAT WE SHOULD SEND AND SOME TO KEEP AWAY FROM OR JUST THE HONEST TRUTH OF ALL CONVO'S... WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OR RECOMMEND.

THANK YOU GOOD TOPIC

I am going to send the entire 2 year history!

Hmmmm...as far as the arguments though, I may not include our arguments but even if I did, I can't see the CO reading every message word for word. I don't know of any couple that has never argued or disagreed before...so wouldn't it look normal to include the arguments when submitting this for proof of ongoing relationship?

[Chris & Anna 1]

Thanks for your tip, it is actually there if I look for it thro Finder. But I cannot find it when I open SQLite... any advice for that or should I just give up?

Cmd-Shift-G worked for me in the open dialog in SQLite.

[sara80 17]

Cmd-Shift-G worked for me in the open dialog in SQLite.

I managed to make it work, since I could see the folder thro Finder, what I did is copy and paste my skype folder on the desktop. You prob are saying, thats great! Yeah, if I wasnt stuck at "how to get the chats onto excel" I did manage but it's not the full conversation/chat I see... and how to get the date in a "readable format"? I'm prob not literate enough to go through this way, I know! altho I like to try and get annoyed I can't understand it, so I get even more stubborn and want to find a way! (this is how we learn, at least us, not geniuses! LOL)

[Dan & Jenni 457]

I managed to make it work, since I could see the folder thro Finder, what I did is copy and paste my skype folder on the desktop. You prob are saying, thats great! Yeah, if I wasnt stuck at "how to get the chats onto excel" I did manage but it's not the full conversation/chat I see... and how to get the date in a "readable format"? I'm prob not literate enough to go through this way, I know! altho I like to try and get annoyed I can't understand it, so I get even more stubborn and want to find a way! (this is how we learn, at least us, not geniuses! LOL)

my thoughts to you is dont worry about it... London wont ask for proof of ongoing relationship anyway

[Chris & Anna 1]

I managed to make it work, since I could see the folder thro Finder, what I did is copy and paste my skype folder on the desktop. You prob are saying, thats great! Yeah, if I wasnt stuck at "how to get the chats onto excel" I did manage but it's not the full conversation/chat I see... and how to get the date in a "readable format"? I'm prob not literate enough to go through this way, I know! altho I like to try and get annoyed I can't understand it, so I get even more stubborn and want to find a way! (this is how we learn, at least us, not geniuses! LOL)

The original link has a query that formats the date. http://stephanietan.boldersecurity.com/2011/04/analyzing-skype-chat-and-call-logs.html

SELECT author as source,chatname,strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', timestamp,'unixepoch','localtime') as start_time,body_xml as message from messages

I understand this is complicated for anyone who hasn't messed with databases before. I really wish someone would make a program like SkyHistory for Mac. Good luck!