, i Message files stored: The Good News. Your messages and photos, videos, or any other attachments automatically sync and store in ~/Library/Messages/Archives and ~/Library/Messages/Attachments. The Archive Folder holds all your past messages from saved or closed conversations.
The message table indeed seems to hold all the saved i, and messages. It has a text field with the actual sent or received message, a date field (more on that below) and a handle id. After a little exploration I found that the handle_id is a code for each phone number or Apple-id that you have had a conversation with.
A frequent inquiry we ran across in our research was “Where are iMessages stored on my Device?”.
, i Messages are stored in the i. Message service on your Apple ID. They are completely separate from i, and cloud. Turning on i. Message will store your messages on Apple’s servers, regardless of i, and cloud setting. Deleting an i. Message does not delete it from all your currently-authenticated devices but the message won’t show on future authenticated devices.
Can any one tell me how long does Apple keep messages sent via i. Message in the i. Cloud (or anywhere else)?, i Message servers do not store any messages. If someone you send an i. Message to is offline, the i. Message will temporally be stored until delivered.
Why are my iMessage messages saved in iCloud and not on Mac?
If that box is not ticked, then your message history is saved in i. Cloud only and not on your Mac. To use Messages in i. Cloud, you need mac. OS 10.13.5 or later and i. OS 11.4 or later, and you need to be signed in to i. Message using the same Apple ID on every device where you want to use it.
After downloading and scanning your i. Cloud backup files, you are now free to look up text messages/i. Messages from i. Cloud and find the i, and message logs. Click “Messages” and “Message Attachments” to access messages on i. Cloud one by one.
How to view iMessage history and deleted messages on iPhone?
Launch the program and from the main window, click on “Recover from i. OS Device”. Press “Start” and then Connect the i. Phone to the computer. Click “Next” to continue. Need to check i. Message history on iphone, just select “Message” from the next window.
How can I view someone else’s iMessages online?
If you’re in dire need of viewing someone’s i. Messages online, you can use an i. Cloud backup extractor. It can help you see the backed-up data, including text messages, stored on another person’s i, and phone. You’re likely to get the freshest data, as Apple recommends doing regular back-ups.
While I was reading we ran into the query “How to view iMessage online on Mac?”.
, view i Message Online by Logging into i. Message on Mac 1 Step 1. Launch the Messages app on your Mac. Sign in with your Apple ID to activate i, and message.