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Apple today released macOS High Sierra 10.13.5, the fifth major update to the macOS High Sierra operating system available on Apple's Mac lineup. macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 comes more than two months after the release of macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, which introduced eGPU support, Business Chat in Messages, and more.

macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 can be downloaded directly from the Mac App Store or through the Software Update function in the Mac App Store on all compatible Macs that are already running macOS High Sierra.

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The macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 update introduces support for Messages in iCloud, a feature that Apple has been testing and working on since macOS High Sierra was announced last June.

Messages in iCloud, as the name suggests, stores your iMessages in iCloud rather than on each of your individual devices, introducing improved cross-device syncing and saving on-device storage space. Messages in iCloud support is also available in iOS 11.4, which was released to the public earlier this week.

macOS High Sierra will be followed by macOS 10.14, a next-generation version of macOS that Apple is expected to introduce at the Worldwide Developers Conference next week.

Article Link: Apple Releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 With Messages in iCloud Support
 
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Does it really have Message to iCloud if the support doc was revised and it doesn't include macOS reference?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208532

Not at home with Mac, so can't confirm, but would guess that reference was removed when iOS 11.4 was out there but macOS 10.13.5 wasn't, which provoked tons of griping. Now it'll probably go back in. (Hope, hope.)

EDIT: Changelog says it does support Messages in iCloud.
 
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Are the messages in the cloud encrypted? I kinda like having my messages on my device only for privacy reasons.
 
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Apple today released macOS High Sierra 10.13.5, the fifth major update to the macOS High Sierra operating system available on Apple's Mac lineup. macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 comes more than two months after the release of macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, which introduced eGPU support, Business Chat in Messages, and more.

macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 can be downloaded directly from the Mac App Store or through the Software Update function in the Mac App Store on all compatible Macs that are already running macOS High Sierra.

macoshighsierra10135-800x450.jpg

The macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 update introduces support for Messages in iCloud, a feature that Apple has been testing and working on since macOS High Sierra was announced last June.

Messages in iCloud, as the name suggests, stores your iMessages in iCloud rather than on each of your individual devices, introducing improved cross-device syncing and saving on-device storage space. Messages in iCloud support is also available in iOS 11.4, which was released to the public earlier this week.

macOS High Sierra will be followed by macOS 10.14, a next-generation version of macOS that Apple is expected to introduce at the Worldwide Developers Conference next week.

Article Link: Apple Releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 With Messages in iCloud Support

So which means do we need internet always to check our messages ?
 
Is there a reason why Apple hadn't released an actual web app 'Messages' on iCloud.com? If they do that, does that means it will hurt iPhone and iPad sales?
 
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HOO-RAY! Hopefully this solves the issues I was having with the last beta wherein moving a flash drive crashed Finder, and I can't command-click to open folders because Finder "isn't available". Combo update ahoy?

Build version 17F77 in the Dev portal.
 
Messages in iCloud on the iPhone is always telling me to connect to WiFi and power while uploading messages. It also seems to get stuck a lot on "Downloading Messages" with progress bar. What a hassle!
 
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