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Q: how can i transfer all messages/conversations from my iphone to messages.app on my mac?

Hi folks,

 

perhaps someone can help me:

 

how can i transfer the whole content of my messages-app on my iphone to the messages app on my mac?

 

the problem ist, when i create in the messages-app a new account with my appl-ID (for example on a new mac) that i am also using with my iphone, then everything works fine from the startpoint of creation.

 

BUT ... no older messages, that i have on my iphone will be displayed in the new messages.app-account on my mac.

 

i have thousands of older messages and conversations, i now only can see on my phone or with some more or less useful thirdparty-apps. those only can vonert the messages to pdfs or som other semi-useful fileformats > but no one can transfer it back into the messages-app.

 

  • i learned, that apple doesn't store my imessages for longer than 72hours (which makes me happy because of data-privacy), so i cannot get them via the imessages-servers.

 

  • i also learned, that it is possible to transfer the data from the library-folders of a previous account. but unfortunately, i just deleted those files accidently, so this solution won't help:

 

    • i had serious problems to activate SMS-forwarding on a second mac (i guess i did not manage it in between), so i went in the ususal try&error-process and deactivated the messages-account on the mac.
    • after this i cleared all caches with the help of onyx. then i restarted the macbook and the iphone and restarted the messages-app.
    • the app behave like "never used beofre": i entered my apple-ID, the app remembered my cellphone-number and all other settings of the old account, but ALLE THE MESSAGES WERE GONE.
    • i am sure i deleted the by using onyx. but there should be a way to win them back?

 

system config:

  • early 2011-17"-macbook pro with newest el capitan (10.11.6)
  • iphone 6 with newest iOS (9.3.5)

 

PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME – although i am using third party software ...

MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), seagate momentus harddrive

Posted on Sep 2, 2016 8:54 AM

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