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what does it mean when on meassges and it says downloading messsges from icloud and it does nothing and

On messages what does it mean when it says downloading messages from I cloud but yet it does nothing?

iPhone SE, iOS 14

Posted on Jan 23, 2021 5:35 PM

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Posted on Jan 23, 2021 5:38 PM

This means that Messages in iCloud is enabled. Your messages, if any, are synced between your devices that are logged in to iCloud. You must be connecting the charger and WiFi.

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Jan 23, 2021 5:38 PM in response to melodie22

This means that Messages in iCloud is enabled. Your messages, if any, are synced between your devices that are logged in to iCloud. You must be connecting the charger and WiFi.

what does it mean when on meassges and it says downloading messsges from icloud and it does nothing and

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