I need to restore my phone to a backup but iMessages wasn’t being backed up at the time. I made a backup of iMessages tonight and wondering if I can restore the old backup, then synchronize the messages from the upload of tonight?
iPhone 14
See the article What does iCloud back up? - Apple Support
Your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch backups only include information and settings stored on your device. They do not include information already stored in iCloud such as Contacts, Calendars, Bookmarks, Notes, Reminders, Voice Memos4, Messages in iCloud, iCloud Photos,
2. When you use Messages in iCloud or turn on iCloud Photos, your content is automatically stored in iCloud. That means that they're not included in your iCloud Backup.
Read Restore all content to iPhone from a backup - Apple Support
See the article What does iCloud back up? - Apple Support
Your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch backups only include information and settings stored on your device. They do not include information already stored in iCloud such as Contacts, Calendars, Bookmarks, Notes, Reminders, Voice Memos4, Messages in iCloud, iCloud Photos,
2. When you use Messages in iCloud or turn on iCloud Photos, your content is automatically stored in iCloud. That means that they're not included in your iCloud Backup.
Read Restore all content to iPhone from a backup - Apple Support
petefromfargo Said:
"restore backup and messages : I need to restore my phone to a backup but iMessages wasn’t being backed up at the time. I made a backup of iMessages tonight and wondering if I can restore the old backup, then synchronize the messages from the upload of tonight?"
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Yes. Enable Messages on both devices and all will sync.
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