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It's worth noting that if you have the "Messages in iCloud" feature turned on, the local sqlite database can't be relied on any more. Or, rather, you become abl
by kemayo 5y ago
It's worth noting that if you have the "Messages in iCloud" feature turned on, the local sqlite database can't be relied on any more. Or, rather, you become able to access messages in the client that aren't actually stored on-disk, and querying the local database will only turn up messages received since you set up the particular computer you're using.
- radicality 5y agoThat seems not true for me. I have that setting enabled, and I last updated my computer November last year, and before that in 2019. Just checked my imessage db file and it goes back to 2014. What you experienced sounds worrying though, I wouldn't want to lose that db on a potential computer upgrade. Do you have any more details on it or what you think happened?
- kemayo 5y agoActually, I might be thinking of the ~/Library/Messages/Archive folder, which used to contain a readable backup of your messages and which stops updating with the iCloud sync.