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Q: Restoring Chat.db with iChat files available

Hi,

 

I've accidentally deleted a Conversation on my MacBook's iMessage.

I was able to recover the Conversation files (with a file recovery software) but I'm having trouble making iMessage add/merge to my previous Time Machine backup (around 9 days old). However I wasn't able to recover the Chat.db.

So basically I only lost a week of chatting on that one Conversation.

I wanted to make iMessage rebuild that Conversation with the existing backup and the recovered iChat files.

 

 

Is there a way to make the current Chat.db recognise and add the Conversation files that I've recovered?

 

Thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Feb 10, 2016 8:35 AM

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Feb 10, 2016 12:40 PM in response to pedro.dito
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    Feb 10, 2016 12:40 PM in response to pedro.dito

    Hi,

     

    The answer is no.

     

     

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