~library/application support/mobilesync/backup/

kc4424 · kc4424 #1 (**permalink**)

01-02-2014, 01:20 AM

I am going into this file to see if I am able to recover "messages" My mother died of ALS in November and I would like to save the conversations that I had with her. Does anyone know how I can do that?

Slydude · Slydude #2 (**permalink**)

01-02-2014, 02:16 AM

From the Finder head to the "GO" Menu and choose "Go to Folder".
in Mountain Lion I think the files are in ~/Library/Messages
If you are on Mavericks the files are in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages,

In Mavericks the files are stored in folders by date. Open a folder and you can see files for any person you had a conversation with on that date. If you double click a file it will open allowing you to see the message content.

There may be a subfolder there with attachments as well. Not sure how many messages will be there. I don't think the archive messages function is on by default.

Edit: Possibly helpful http://www.macworld.com/article/2012...anscripts.html

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Member Since: Nov 16, 2009 Location: North Louisiana, USA Posts: 7,364 Mac Specs: 2.8 GHz MacBook Pro 10.10.2, 8 GB mem, 2.66 GHz Mac Pro - Dead, iPhone 6+	01-02-2014, 02:16 AM From the Finder head to the "GO" Menu and choose "Go to Folder". in Mountain Lion I think the files are in ~/Library/Messages If you are on Mavericks the files are in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages, In Mavericks the files are stored in folders by date. Open a folder and you can see files for any person you had a conversation with on that date. If you double click a file it will open allowing you to see the message content. There may be a subfolder there with attachments as well. Not sure how many messages will be there. I don't think the archive messages function is on by default. Edit: Possibly helpful http://www.macworld.com/article/2012...anscripts.html Sylvester Roque Former Contributing Editor About This Particular Macintosh "Got Time to breathe. You got time for music." Denver Pyle as Briscoe Darling
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kc4424 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 02, 2014 Posts: 1	01-02-2014, 01:20 AM I am going into this file to see if I am able to recover "messages" My mother died of ALS in November and I would like to save the conversations that I had with her. Does anyone know how I can do that?
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