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I need to retreive some imessages. they were originally sent and recieved on my iphone 5 but it is linked to my mac, so they were def on my mac. i deleted them and now i desperatley need them back. is there any way i can retrieve deleted i messages on my mac? i have a mac book pro
MacBook Pro, iOS 6.0.2
Hi,
In Messages on the Mac do you have the Preferences > Messages section set to "Save History when Conversations are Closed" ?
This will store all IMs and iMessages in ~/Library/Messages/Archive.
Use the Finder > Go Menu > Go to Folder and type that path into the Dialogue box that appears. (~/Library/Messages/Archive).
They are stored in dated folders so some guessing/trail and error will be needed.
You may find that if this was an iMessage and you send the person a new message that the whole History with that Contact since you installed Mountain Lion/Started Messages may appear and that it is scrollable the closer you get to the "top" and the top may keep moving until all is on show.
10:31 PM Monday; December 24, 2012
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images." No, Seriously
Is there anyway i can retrieve imessages that i sent from my phone and then they were on my mac and i deleted them? is there a deleted section on the mac i can go to and retrieve them?
