Is there any way to transfer all the messages and only the messages (no iTunes full phone restore) from my old iPhone to my new iPhone not using iCloud? I am asking for an Apple supported way, not 3rd party apps.
Thanks a lot!
There are perfectly good and reputable apps to copy messages to your computer and archive them, like PhoneView for Mac OS. None of them will put achieved messages back onto an iPhone.
The only supported and reliable way way to do what you want will be to make a backup of the device with those messages, and then restore that entire backup to the other device. Either that, or use messages in iCloud.
There are perfectly good and reputable apps to copy messages to your computer and archive them, like PhoneView for Mac OS. None of them will put achieved messages back onto an iPhone.
The only supported and reliable way way to do what you want will be to make a backup of the device with those messages, and then restore that entire backup to the other device. Either that, or use messages in iCloud.
No. There is not.
No, but given the restrictive nature of iOS, I'm thinking you're unlikely to find one that will work as desired.
Yes, there are many backup solutions, but also some that additionally offer selected restore, like only messages (for instance iMazing). I don't understand how it is done given there is no direct access to the iOS file system, but it claims all is done just using Apple's own communication protocol. If I test it I will let you know.
Well just seems odd to me that you’ll trust the privacy and security statements of a less known third party developer to open up your device(s) to their software, but you don’t trust iCloud?
Just beware that you will get no help from Apple if you use unsupported programs to access data on your iOS device, or to write data to your iOS device. I would at the least be sure to make an encrypted iTunes backup before I trusted any other unsupported software.
Good point.
Assuming both Apple and iMazing are not malicious (most likely scenario):
(1) With iMazing or a similar software I can do all this offline and/or local, I do not need to upload my data to a server.
(2) With Apple, my data are on their servers for sure where they are possibly stored forever and used somewhen by whoever as Apple has to consent to the local laws and authorities. Just think of the iCloud in China where the government seems to have all the access (almost certain). I am no sure this is much different on Apple's other serve farms.
Should iMazing be a malicious software, they still don't have the data if I do the backup and restore on a offline machine, which is actually my plan.
Clearly, the best solution would be an open source iMazing (assuming it works as advertised), or at least an Apple that does its job and delivers a proper backup and restore software with every iPhone, separated from a music and movie store. Conceptually, iTunes is arguably the worst piece of software from Apple, in my opinion.
Thanks, I see.
So I will have tp revert to 3rd party Apps. There seem to be a number of them. Would you have any experience with one of them and that really works?
How to transfer just message to new iPhone without iCloud?
