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That was available in an old developer beta and pulled a while ago.
https://wccftech.com/apple-has-removed-messages-in-icloud-feature-in-ios-11-beta-5/
https://wccftech.com/apple-has-removed-messages-in-icloud-feature-in-ios-11-beta-5/
Oh I see.
We will wait for it to be implemented with the upcoming releases. Thanks
Does anyone know if this feature will merge different databases from two different devices? My scenario is that I set up a new Mac, and I opened the Messages app and new messages started going there, including text messages, but didn't get any message history from before I set it up. Also, my old Mac didn't have any text messages because it didn't support it?
So now my iPhone, Mac, and old Mac have three slightly different chat histories, and I'd like it all to match what's on my iPhone (which is the most complete).
iPhone -- Everything
Old Mac -- All iMessages but no SMS
New Mac -- iMessages and SMS from when it was set up
I'm hoping the new Messages on iCloud will merge everything to the most complete (iPhone) database?
So now my iPhone, Mac, and old Mac have three slightly different chat histories, and I'd like it all to match what's on my iPhone (which is the most complete).
iPhone -- Everything
Old Mac -- All iMessages but no SMS
New Mac -- iMessages and SMS from when it was set up
I'm hoping the new Messages on iCloud will merge everything to the most complete (iPhone) database?
I imagine it will merge everything. However, since it was pulled, there is no way to be sure how it will deal with pre-cloud messages. I agree your scenario would be best, but it could be a complication with merging locally stored messages that caused the beta to be pulled.
Sorry to hijack this thread - but have a cloud imessages question. I note (thanks to this thread) that imessages are not on icloud as yet. When it is available how will you be able to delete on your phone but still keep them.
Would you say have a setting that it deletes after 30 days, and the rest are on icloud?
I ask because my family shares photos of my nephew on a shared messenger group - this one particular group has a ton of photos/videos and it accumulates to many GB of memory. Is there a way of keeping these off my phone's memory but with the ability to access later should I want them?
Thanks!
Would you say have a setting that it deletes after 30 days, and the rest are on icloud?
I ask because my family shares photos of my nephew on a shared messenger group - this one particular group has a ton of photos/videos and it accumulates to many GB of memory. Is there a way of keeping these off my phone's memory but with the ability to access later should I want them?
Thanks!
Based on WWDC's keynote, it sounds like it would all be offloaded to iCloud immediately. The plan is to not have the messages be local.
You'd definitely see stories/articles and threads about it all if there was anything new.