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Question; how do you backup 3+ years of iMsg conversations? (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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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.

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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

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