Question; how do you backup 3+ years of iMsg conversations?
Question; how do you backup 3+ years of iMsg conversations?
I have Messages turned on in iCloud and so that is covered but what if a technical issue pops up and one of the suggestions was to clear out any old conversations to "see if that solves the problem".
I mean; these conversations with family and groups are memories and I would like to make multiple copies of it.
Asked if anyone here felt the same and found a solution.
You could try using imessage-exporter. I haven't used it myself but have seen it being recommended before in this sub.
thanks will check on this as well.
Thanks for sharing!
As I recall, if you have a MacBook, iMessage syncs your messages and stores them in a file named ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
That file or files (my notes don't say number or the names of files) is just a SQL database which can be queried with the sqlite client, or exported into a more friendly format.
This solution worked for me about 5 years ago; I don't know if Apple still allows this.
Do you know if this includes attachments as well? Or are they stored elsewhere.
Unfortunately I don't remember.
IIRC there's some EU regulation that is going to mandate iMessage to be compatible with Android, which means Apple may soon make iMessage more open, and more options should appear in a few years.