MacOS – Where does skype store downloads

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After downloading an attachment in skype, which is saved to my ~/Downloads folder, the attachment won't show up in de Downloads-folder until I click the 'eye' or 'magnifying glass' icons overlaying the download in the skype-message window.

Even when listing the files in the Downloads-folder in terminal, the skype downloads won't show up.

Where are the files downloaded in a skype message stored, until I click one of the two 'Reveal in finder'-icons (resolved in update 1)

Question: Is there a setting/possibility, to automatically make the attachements show up in the Downloads-folder without having to click on them aftet the download is completed?

UPDATE 1:
The files seem to be located in /Users/<user>/Library/Caches/com.skype.skype/fsCachedData

UPDATE 2:
I tried writing an automator script, which watches the above folder for new files, automatically renames them to their original names and moves them to ~/Downloads, but I don't know where the original names are stored.
I tried to just change the extension of the files which also failed, as automator only differentiates between file-types, but not different extensions

Best Answer

To answer the title of my question

The files are located in /Users/<user>/Library/Caches/com.skype.skype/fsCachedData

If someone knows how to get them out of there automatically, I would still like to know

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