Can someone share how I can backup and restore just iMessages content on my Mac? I have time machine but how do I just get the iMessages?
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iMessages Backup and Restore
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Hi,
what is your OS ?
In Mavericks, the messages are here :
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages/Archive
You can select the line above, then right-click / Reveal in Finder.
what is your OS ?
In Mavericks, the messages are here :
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages/Archive
You can select the line above, then right-click / Reveal in Finder.
iMessages Backup and Restore
Thank you. My OS is Mountain Lion. I tired the path you sent but it doesn't work.
Thank you. My OS is Mountain Lion. I tired the path you sent but it doesn't work.
On Mountain Lion :
~/Library/Messages/Archive
Right click the line above / Services / Reveal in Finder.
~/Library/Messages/Archive
Right click the line above / Services / Reveal in Finder.
This is great! Thank you. Another question: once I have Yosemite installed, where do I copy these things to?
thanks,
nima zahadat
thanks,
nima zahadat
This is great! Thank you. Another question: once I have Yosemite installed, where do I copy these things to?
thanks,
nima zahadat
Unless you are doing a clean install, the messages should stay as they were in Mountain Lion, you won't lose any data.
iMessages Backup and Restore
Thanks. I am doing a clean install. Any idea where the messages go? And do I just copy the folders to the new location?
Thanks. I am doing a clean install. Any idea where the messages go? And do I just copy the folders to the new location?
iMessages restore
OK. I installed Yosemite clean and moved the archived messages from ~/Library/Messages to the same location. They do not show up in the iChat. Any suggestions?
zahadat nima
OK. I installed Yosemite clean and moved the archived messages from ~/Library/Messages to the same location. They do not show up in the iChat. Any suggestions?
zahadat nima
On Yosemite, the right location is :
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages/Archive
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages/Archive
iMessages restore
Thanks. I went there and all the messages I copied to the ~/Library/Messages/Archive show up there already but nothing comes up in the actual application. Any suggestions?
Thanks. I went there and all the messages I copied to the ~/Library/Messages/Archive show up there already but nothing comes up in the actual application. Any suggestions?
I think that if you want to see the current messages, you need to use these files :
~/Library/Messages/chat.db
(same path on Mountain Lion (ML) and Mavericks).
I have not tested myself, but likely if you copy these files (possibly 3 files : chat.db, chat.db-xxx, chat.db-yyy) from ML to Yosemite your messages will show up in Messages.
Backup the current files (copy them to the desktop for example) on Yosemite before replacing them with the ones from ML.
~/Library/Messages/chat.db
(same path on Mountain Lion (ML) and Mavericks).
I have not tested myself, but likely if you copy these files (possibly 3 files : chat.db, chat.db-xxx, chat.db-yyy) from ML to Yosemite your messages will show up in Messages.
Backup the current files (copy them to the desktop for example) on Yosemite before replacing them with the ones from ML.
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