Skype history on Mac OSX

Where can I find my Skype history on my Mac OSX?Through Skype I have received a video message from an overseas friend in August 2013 and in August 2014.Recently this friend died and I would love to have those 2 video's she made for me in the past. Her children would be happy to have them.Hope someone has the right answer for me.

I can easily run as many versions of Skype as I want (currently I have about 7 running). I'll detail the process below. But for those who already know how, my issue is that I can't copy/cut/paste in any of the non-primary instances because they are being run under other user accounts. Any ideas on how to get the other user clipboards to function?
To open multiple versions:
1) System Preferneces
2) Users & Groups
3) Click the lock on the bottom left and enter your admin password
4) Click the '+' sign above the lock
5) Click the dropdown at the top and select Administrator.
6) When naming the account I suggest staying consistant (account1, account2, etc.) MAKE SURE YOU ENTER A PASSWORD. THIS WONT WORK IF YOU DONT MAKE A PW.
7) In applications goto Utilities >> Terminal
Type:
su account## -c "/Applications/Skype.app/Contents/MacOS/Skype && exit"
For the step above, replace account## with whatever account name you made.
9) Enter the password for that account.
As mentioned above, you can't cut/copy/paste in any of the secondary accounts, so if anyone knows a way around this it would be very helpful. Thanks.

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I can easily run as many versions of Skype as I want (currently I have about 7 running). I'll detail the process below. But for those who already know how, my issue is that I can't copy/cut/paste in any of the non-primary instances because they are being run under other user accounts. Any ideas on how to get the other user clipboards to function? To open multiple versions:1) System Preferneces2) Users & Groups3) Click the lock on the bottom left and enter your admin password4) Click the '+' sign above the lock5) Click the dropdown at the top and select Administrator.6) When naming the account I suggest staying consistant (account1, account2, etc.) MAKE SURE YOU ENTER A PASSWORD. THIS WONT WORK IF YOU DONT MAKE A PW.7) In applications goto Utilities >> Terminal Type: su account## -c "/Applications/Skype.app/Contents/MacOS/Skype && exit"For the step above, replace account## with whatever account name you made.9) Enter the password for that account. As mentioned above, you can't cut/copy/paste in any of the secondary accounts, so if anyone knows a way around this it would be very helpful. Thanks.

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Skype First Aid logs attached
Apple Skype Crash report attached
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Please note that these are the files intended for previous post by musiccomposer regarding Skype crash on Mac OSX 10.7.5
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I am using a wonderful, bu old, Mac OSX 10.4.11. I am using Firefox 3.6.13. Last night my history was there! This morning when I turned my computer on it has all disappeared! Why?
The bookmarks bar is still intact.
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Get Temperature Monitor to see if it's heat related...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12381/temperature-monitor
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http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
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Hour after hour the system stability degenerate affecting all the applications, the Finder and at the end with all the user's accounts of my family.
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I downloaded and installed Google Chrome. After few minutes of normal behaviour the same thing happened to Chrome. It doesn't crash but it is impossible to see any single web page (session crash).
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Process: LCA
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*** error for object =0x....: incorrect checksum for fread object - object was probably modified after being fread.
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Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
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Delete caches to resolve some startup problems:
Boot into single-user mode. After startup is completed you will be in command line mode and should see a prompt with a cursor positioned after it. At the prompt enter the following then press RETURN after each commandline:
/sbin/fsck -fy
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If you were successful then enter:
/sbin/mount -uw /
rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/*
rm -rf /Library/Caches/*
reboot
I suggest you print out the above to be sure you do not make any errors when entering the commands. When in single-user mode you have 'root' access, so it's important that you not make any mistakes.

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I have a desktop mac operating on Mac OSx 10.4.11 and the system does not recognize my iphone and I am unable to upgrade to the newest itunes version. What do I need to do?

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OS numbers and names
OS X 10.4.x - Tiger
OS X 10.5.x - Leopard
OS X 10.6.x - Snow Leopard
OS X 10.7.x - Lion
OS X 10.8.x - Mountain Lion
More about Macs
The Apple History site has specifications for every Mac ever produced: http://www.apple-history.com/
Upgrade to Leopard
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Upgrade beyond Leopard
OSs beyond OS X 10.5.8 require an Intel processor. If in doubt check this: Click the apple at the top left of your screen and select 'About this Mac'. This will give you your OS number. Then click 'More Info' to see which processor you have. If it says PowerPC you cannot upgrade to Snow Leopard and above. If you have an Intel Mac it is well worth upgrading to Snow Leopard now and then considering other options after that. You can buy Snow Leopard here: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A
Upgrade beyond Snow Leopard
Information about upgrading Snow Leopard to Lion or Mountain Lion: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256Z/A
Important
Check that your Mac complies with any requirements. If you are not in the US you should use the Change Country link at the bottom of Apple pages.

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Mac OS 10.1 (Puma)
Mac OS 10.2 (Jaguar)
Mac OS 10.3 (Panther)
Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger)
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Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Mac OS 10.7 (Lion)
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Etresoft, I don't think it will take only 28 years to reach Mac OS 30. There's no way to tell the amount of years for sure, but if they keep the pattern of getting to .9 then going up 1 that's 193 to go. (including 10.7 Lion)
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This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
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BigMacUser wrote:
I recorded an acoustic performance of my vocal quart last night on an iPhone running GarageBand 2.0.1 on iOS 7.1.2. But I can't open it in GarageBand 11 (6.0.5) on Mac OSX 10.9.5.
[...] when I try to open this iOS-created file on the Mac, it asks me where I want to save it
it sounds like it's opening fine, but you're just not letting it finish.
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