How long does Messages keep history for in Yosemite? I know for iDevices you can choose between 1 month or 1 year but I'm wondering about how Mac handles it....
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
Messages or e-mails?
Messages are the only form of communication handled by the Messages app. If I was talking about e-mail, I would have referred to the Mail app.
As far as I know messages on your Mac are stored until you delete them.
Messages on Apple's servers are kept until they are delivered or expire after seven days.
I was just checking to make sure. On the Mac, chats will be saved until you delete them from the archive. There is no comparable setting to delete them.
Hi,
I have iChat saved chats from 2004 to the present.
Messages can open all but those save under iChat 1 (So from about may 2005)
iMessages are stored by default to the chat.db databases in ~/Library/Messages
You can also elect to Save Chats and these are held in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages/Archive by date
a long conversation over days, weeks or longer is Saved in parts.
The App can put this back together if you dismiss the chat then restart it. (it presents you with a "history")
8:44 pm Sunday; May 22, 2016
How long does Messages keep history for in Yosemite? I know for iDevices you can choose between 1 month or 1 year but I'm wondering about how Mac handles it....
