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.

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Snapshot of the guide:

• First we find chat history folder location on Mac.
• Setup Skype on our new Mac and transfer chat history file.
• You will also see how to transfer history from Mac to PC.

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.

Note: You can not normally open this main.db file, but it contains all of your Skype chat history.

Transfer Skype History to New Mac

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.

Step-4

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.

Transfer Skype History from Mac to PC

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.
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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If you think there’s nothing more to Skype but only make and record Skype video calls, you should know more. Activate that Facebook button in your Skype to enjoy both’s features in one window; or you could try the other way around using your Facebook.

Facebook With Skype

Call your friends in Facebook with Skype, just remember to sync your contacts.

For Windows

1. Click the Contacts tab
2. Click down the arrow next to All and select Facebook
3. Click Connect to Facebook
4. Log-in your account by entering your Facebook account details; if unregistered, click Sign up for Facebook
5. Click Log-in to enter Facebook

For Mac

1. In the sidebar, click Skype Home.
2. In Skype Home, click the Settings icon and select Connect to Facebook.
3. Enter your Facebook username and password, then click Log in.

With Facebook in your Skype, you can now view and share statuses, photos and everything that you usually do in your Facebook’s News Feed in your Skype Home. You can still hit that Like button and leave a comment.

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Skype in Facebook

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The video call feature that you see in your Facebook’s chatboxes are powered by Skype. So whenever you want to see and call some of your Facebook friends, just click that button.

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1. In your Facebook page, click on a contact whom you wish to call from the contacts bar on the right side
2. Click the video call button that you will see on the upper right side of the chat box

Even though you can use the video call feature with your Facebook account, you can’t make video calls unless you have the latest version of Skype installed in your desktop. Also, some of Skype’s features aren’t available for Facebook such as group video calls, sharing screens, sending files and sending SMS.

Skype in Facebook or Facebook with Skype? What’s your choice? Anyway, whichever you choose guarantees you to make video calls and send messages. Just don’t forget to have a webcam.

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