Stuck on Downloading Messages from iCloud

Thanks for sharing both methods.

This sync in the cloud isn't a key feature for me so I'm going to stay on my first idea : let the 30 days go, wait for the * Messages_backup_which_I_think_is_faulty * to be deleted and start from scratch.

I've just noticed one thing. When Messages is disabled, I look in iCloud storage and I can how my storage is used between iBooks, Numbers and so... Messages was also there, with a size of 0 and the option to UNDO. Also, I could read how days left before permanent delete. I can't see this option anymore. Just Messages you can turn On or Off. My iPhone is running 11.4.1 *****

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Hi to all,

Mine also has this same issue. It's been continuing to say "Downloading Messages from iCloud" for 2 days now. Reboots and restarts etc. haven't helped.

Any solutions offered by apple etc.?

Thanks.

I have the same issue with IOS 12.0 on an iPhone 7 from a restore from an IOS 11.0 on an iPhone 6. If I try disabling messages, it says "messages in icloud messages have not been fully downloaded to this iphone"

I get the same as you, that my messages are done downloading and I am missing the whole month of August an all my texts. I should say that I set my phone up as new so I am downloading all my messages from the cloud. I have kept my phone charging for almost 3 days straight.

Hi it’s nearly the end of September 2018 and this is still an issue for me. With iOS 12.0 & Mojave out now there still isn’t a fix.

I’ve been with apple support for a week and no help. They just say log in & our, reset your phone... no other advice.... he actually said just get a new iPhone.

In addition to the iMessages problem of “downloading messages” , I also have an iCloud update problem with none of my files uploading on my iPhone Xs max/iPad mini. But uploading to iCloud via my Mac works.

When I try to upload to iCloud it says: waiting to upload & after a little while it says: upload error. I wish I wasn’t so invested into the apple ecosystem, and now I’m regretting it.

So one of the notes that I remember receiving when enabling iCloud on my iPhone was that wifi must be connected and power. For a macbook it seems obvious that wifi would be required as most no longer offer an ethernet, but I did notice that there was NO data traffic while my battery power was low. As soon as I plugged my macbook into power and it reached between 10-15% I see heavy traffic on my macbook air. So I believe the downloading is occurring now.

I realize that for some this will not be the solution as many mentioned leaving their macs downloading overnight etc. which I would assume required plugging them for the length of time.

Hope this helps someone though!

I have been having this issue on my iMac running latest High Sierra 10.13.6 for a couple weeks now. I have signed out of iCloud and back in which fixes it temporarily but the problem comes back. When I try to uncheck the box in Messages preferences that says "Enable Messages in iCloud" - it waits 30 seconds or so and comes back with an error saying it couldn't be done. I looked on my account on iCloud.com but didn't see anything there I could change to fix it either. Any other suggestions to fix this or is it purely a wait for Apple?

I have this issue also. Updated MacBook Pro today and enabled the ICloud Synch. All I get is this:

I'm having the same issue, stuck on "Downloading Messages for iCloud"

Any updates?

If you open the Messages application, does it seem to be updating?

Yeah me too. All this sign out and sign back in is annoying. Why doesn’t it just work?

Me too, also logged out, restarted etc etc!

I let it run for hours before trying what I tried. A new MacBook Pro should not take hours or days to sync 10 messages. Or in my case, none, since I deleted them all.

This is happening to me too. Using Activity Monitor I can see that nothing is actually downloading / there is no network activity.