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How To: Download iMessages to External Hard Drive to Save Space in iCloud?

Hi! I saw this message (photo) when I went to check on my iCloud storage this morning!


It said I could disable iMessages in iCloud to save storage and that I would have 30 days to download them.


How do I create a file with all my iMessages?


It would be nice to have one with the messages saved so I could see them in finder.

I will settle for a backup but with that I understand I’d actually have to re-Download everything to view the messages.


Thanks guys!

iPhone 11, iOS 13

Posted on Aug 23, 2020 1:31 PM

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Posted on Aug 23, 2020 2:27 PM

I have found a way to save them as a PDF, but I was trying to find a way to save them all at once.


To save individual messages I open iMessages on my MacBook and select the message.


I then scroll all the way to the top of the message > file > print > save as a pdf.


I was looking for a free option to do this with multiple messages at a time so I did not have to save everything one at a time which is time consuming.

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Aug 23, 2020 2:27 PM in response to zinacef

I have found a way to save them as a PDF, but I was trying to find a way to save them all at once.


To save individual messages I open iMessages on my MacBook and select the message.


I then scroll all the way to the top of the message > file > print > save as a pdf.


I was looking for a free option to do this with multiple messages at a time so I did not have to save everything one at a time which is time consuming.

How To: Download iMessages to External Hard Drive to Save Space in iCloud?

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