Timeline for Transfer iMessage Archive to new Macbook
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| Apr 25, 2020 at 23:45 | comment | added | At0micMutex | The backups should be located within ~/Library/Messages, though I'm not sure how that would work in regards to using iCloud. | |
| Apr 25, 2020 at 16:22 | answer | added | bmike♦ | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 25, 2020 at 16:17 | comment | added | bmike♦ | Oh no, so you already did the thing that’s supposed to work. If you’re willing to reset one more time, want me to put an answer how I would try next? I can’t reproduce it, but it might help someone that’s not as good as you at getting this started and it might help you too. | |
| Apr 25, 2020 at 16:10 | comment | added | Mina | @bmike Thanks for the response. So to clarify, there is only iCloud account at play here. On my old computer, the messages dated back to 2013 and were stored locally vs in icloud. I initially used migration assistant thinking it would be simplest, but the message archive didn't appear. So I reset the computer, set it up as a new laptop, and tried manually pulling the archive history from the old HD into the respective folders on my new mac. | |
| Apr 25, 2020 at 16:00 | comment | added | bmike♦ | Why not run migration assistant to move the old user over? You can’t merge databases, but if you have no user account on the new Mac, you should be able to migrate all data then sign in to iCloud if you choose that to merge messages. This lacks a little detail on if one iCloud account is in play between the two Macs and if this is just a migrate or a merge. | |
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| Apr 25, 2020 at 15:54 | history | asked | Mina | CC BY-SA 4.0 |