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I have old iMessages on my Mac from before I ACCIDENTALLY deleted a text thread on my phone a year ago :( If I enable messages in iCloud will it delete the things I already have on my phone thread or simply add all the old stuff back?

I have old iMessages on my Mac from before I ACCIDENTALLY deleted a text thread on my phone a year ago :( If I enable messages in iCloud will it delete the things I already have on my phone thread or simply add all the old stuff on my MAC iMessage to my phone? There’s about a year of messages on my phone not on my Mac but all the old messages are on my Mac and not my phone.. I just want both together.

Posted on Jul 30, 2022 7:56 PM

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Posted on Jul 30, 2022 8:17 PM

Nope.


How to Recover Deleted Messages in the Apple Messages app - Apple Community


Best you can do is get screen shots from another participant in the conversation, if they’re willing and still have the messages.

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I have old iMessages on my Mac from before I ACCIDENTALLY deleted a text thread on my phone a year ago :( If I enable messages in iCloud will it delete the things I already have on my phone thread or simply add all the old stuff back?

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