I need to free up storage on my Mac. Looks like messages is taking up a lot of space. I have messages on my Mac and iPhone and saved in iCloud. If I change my Mac messages settings to deleting messages after one month or one year on my Mac, will that also delete from my iPhone and in iCloud? I would like to keep all messages in iCloud. Also, if I delete photos and videos in Messages on my Mac, will that delete on iPhone and iCloud?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
Thanks tygb.
I guess my question is - How do I move messages faster to iCloud so they are taking up less storage on my Mac? For work reasons, I don't want to delete any messages that I may need at a future date. Although I am sure there are many messages I could do without.
On my phone messages is taking up 7.88 GB, on my Mac messages is taking up 16.18 GB. I would like to see messages on my Mac taking up less storage space.
Any ideas?
Thanks tygb.
I guess my question is - How do I move messages faster to iCloud so they are taking up less storage on my Mac? For work reasons, I don't want to delete any messages that I may need at a future date. Although I am sure there are many messages I could do without.
On my phone messages is taking up 7.88 GB, on my Mac messages is taking up 16.18 GB. I would like to see messages on my Mac taking up less storage space.
Any ideas?
See some articles .
https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204247
https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/macbook-air/apdb468896e0/2019/mac/10.14.5
https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT206996
https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/system-information/syspf5a64aa6/mac
As per the article https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT208532
Here’s how it works
Messages in iCloud are updated automatically, so you always have the same view everywhere that you use iMessage. If you have deleted a message, photo or conversation on one device, it will be removed from all of your devices. And since all of your attachments are stored in iCloud, you can save space on your device.
You can use Messages in iCloud on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Regarding the messages preferences when opened see the article https://support.apple.com/et-ee/guide/messages/icht20001/mac
https://support.apple.com/et-ee/guide/messages/icht1035/13.0/mac/10.15
Use continuity feature from Mac https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchl1d734309/mac
Copy and paste messages https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchl70368996/10.15/mac/10.15
Air drop can also be used .
deleting messages from Mac
