Q: Merging messages from an older iTunes backup to another
Hi all,
I know this is not a new topic, and I also know that Apple does not offer a way to do this.
Beyond that, I know there is 3rd party software which *CAN* do this, but it seems that these programs can only "insert" message threads from older backups onto the top of the messages thread in the current backup, rather than chronologically in the middle of that backup where it should belong (sorted by 'date').
I'm wondering if anyone knows if Apple Engineers would make a special case to perform a request like this if you asked. Assuming you provided very clear instructions:
- the backup(s) you want messages merged from.
- the backup you want the messages merged to.
Does anybody know? It kills me to have archived messages from several backups laying around and no way to view them all on my current phone.
If not, the one thing I think might work would be to build a new backup (no messages) and use the 3rd party apps to restore data from the older backups on at a time so it does fall in the correct date order. I'm not sure how that would work though with threads for the same phone # from different dated backups though.... would it all be automatically sorted?
Thanks
Bob
iPhone 6s, iOS 9.3.2, backup and restore
Posted on Sep 21, 2016 12:42 PM