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Chat.db keeps getting blown away restore mesagagws

so I formatted my MacBook Pro. High Sierra.

I made a backup of the files and folders in ~/library/messages/.


When I go to the new machine ... and paste over the files ... as soon as I open iMessage ... chat.db gets overwritten.

and I don’t get the history.

Any ideas?

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Sep 5, 2018 6:19 PM

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Posted on Sep 6, 2018 11:44 AM

Hi,


So these files come from another computer ?

And therefore from another Mac User account (even if you actually use the same User Name on both) ?


Highlight the files and Right Click them and check in the Get Info panel that you can access that you Own the files and have Read and Write Permissions.


Or make sure you Own all your files

Resolve issues caused by changing the permissions of items in your home folder - Apple Support



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7:44 pm Thursday; September 6, 2018


 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Sierra)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 MacBookPro 15" 2016 (High Sierra 10.13.x)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 iPhone 6 iOS 11.x and an iPad (2)
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Sep 6, 2018 11:44 AM in response to alenknight

Hi,


So these files come from another computer ?

And therefore from another Mac User account (even if you actually use the same User Name on both) ?


Highlight the files and Right Click them and check in the Get Info panel that you can access that you Own the files and have Read and Write Permissions.


Or make sure you Own all your files

Resolve issues caused by changing the permissions of items in your home folder - Apple Support



User uploaded file

7:44 pm Thursday; September 6, 2018


 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Sierra)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 MacBookPro 15" 2016 (High Sierra 10.13.x)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 iPhone 6 iOS 11.x and an iPad (2)

Chat.db keeps getting blown away restore mesagagws

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