How to migrate Message animated stickers from iOS to MacOS.

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How to migrate Message animated stickers from iOS to MacOS.

I have several series of sticker apps for use with the Message app in iOS. After sending, they show up in my Messages in MacOS, but only the specific stickers initially initially used on iOS are listed amonth the strickers availble in the MacOS messages. Using Universal Control, if I copy from iOS Messages and paste into MacOS Messages I can only get a static image and not an animated one. How can I batch import all of the stickers, both static and animated, from iOS into MacOS on my M3 iMac?

iMac (M3, 2023)

Posted on Jan 29, 2024 8:46 PM

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SravanKrA

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Jan 30, 2024 1:40 AM in response to ross97401

In the Messages app on your Mac, select a conversation.
Click the Apps button to the left of the text field, click the Stickers button , then click one of the following options:

- : Select a recently used sticker.
- : Select a Live Sticker you created on iPhone or iPad with iOS 17, iPadOS 17 or later, using subjects in your photos.
- : Select from a variety of Memoji stickers or create your own Memoji for personalised stickers.

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ross97401 Author

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Jan 30, 2024 11:32 AM in response to SravanKrA

Just to clarify, I've added a couple of sticker packs/Apps on my iPhone. Below is a screenshot showing part of one added collection.

On my iMac, I see the following:

The recently used stickers that I had used when messaging from my iPhone

No live stickers from my iPhone (I installed, but did not create, the stickers on iOS)

Memoji Stickers, but again, none there that were originally acquired through the iOS App Store.

The practical solution is to create the text of the message on a text editor on my Mac and, thanks to Universal Control, paste that into Messages on my iPad and add the sticker from the collection that does show on the iOS device. There appear to be no Messages-related sticker apps in the Mac App Store but many to choose from on the iOS App Store.

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How to migrate Message animated stickers from iOS to MacOS.

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