Messages history

Hi, are all the messages sent in Messages saved (even after the application is closed or the computer is restarted etc.) and if so where are they stored. Thanks, Brandon

HI,
Make the Finder appear in the Menu Bar as the "Front" App.
Use the Go Menu > Go to Folder and type ~/Library in the Dialogue Box that appears.
An Alternative to to use the Go Menu and Hold the ALT key down whilst Acessing that Menu.
Once in the Library you need to find the Messages folder which has a Sub folder called Archive.
All old saved (By Messages) chats are in here by Dated folders.
In the past Spotlight has not looked or reported back on anything with the Users Account's Library but it seems to make and exception in this Messages Folder.
Previously iChat kept the Saved Chats in ~/Documents/iChats
The place of this iChats folder could be moved but that was the Default spot.
~ is a short way to write /Users/(your account short name)/ (or the folder in Users with the House icon)
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Updated to iOS 7, when my phone came on for the first time I could see I had 2 new viber messages. When I went to open viber it asked me to register my number, which I did. Once the app was open I noticed all my message history was gone.

Hi,
I have only just upgraded to iOS 7 on my iPhone 4 and am having a problem with Viber. When my phone came on for the first time after the update I could see I had 2 new viber messages, when I went to open viber it asked me to register my number, which I did. Once the app was open I noticed all my message history was gone...
I still have an itunes backup of my phone just before the update, I restored it to this backup, followed the same process and now viber will not even work (the access code wont sms to me and the phone call option for recieving this code also come up with some error about not being able to do this at this time).
I have been able to access viber using another phone number (I have two sims which I use as I am currently overseas in south korea, my referenced australian sim has worked previously on viber overseas and I definently do have roaming on) but again I have no message history.
So to questions:
1) Why is my activation not working under my referenced australian number?
2) Can I recover all my message history which should be saved in my itunes backup? I am willing to revert to this backup state again if needed.
Please help.
Thanks.

Look iTunes>Preferences>Devices...is a backup listed for your iPhone 5 dated BEFORE you restored your iPhone 4 backup to your iPhone 5? If not, your data is gone. If there is a backup, on your iPhone 5: Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content & Settings. You should now be able to restore that backup, if it exists, to your iPhone 5.

All of the sudden my entire text message history was deleted, but if I search for a text it shows up in the results but will not open. How can I restore the old text messages?

I went to text message on my phone and when I looked down my entire text message history was gone. When I sent a text message it showed up as the only box an there was not an Load Older Messages option. But when I page over and search a word or name old messages show up in the results and when I press on them it opens the text message page but there is no text message.

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How do I set up iMessage on my different devices to keep the message history synchrony? Pls HELP!

Task
I'm using an iPhone 4, iPad Wifi (both iOS 5.0.1) and Macbook Pro (OSX 10.7.3) and I'd like to the same message history on all devices.
What I've done
On the iPhone 4 the set is something more complicated (for me).
As can be found under "Settings" -> "Messages" -> "Receive at" ->
"You can be reached for messages at:"
Phone +49 xxxxxxxxxx
Email xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Both are apparently used as equivalent to receiving address. That's ok!
BUT in the same screen as "Caller ID" must be made a decision between mobile phone number and Email.
Till now I used iMessage just on my iPhone 4 and "Caller ID" was set to phone number. But on iPad I just can chosse the Email and the the screen doesn't show any message. Now I was told that "Caller ID" is supposed to be the same on all devices. So I set up all devices with my Email as "Caller ID".
Problem
If I select - as before - the phone number then the exchange is working wonderfully with third parties, but the message history isn't shown on the iPad an Macbook Pro.
When I choose Email as "Caller ID", then the message history is shown on all three devices, BUT the recipient receives the messages from my Email and not associated with the phone number.
In addition, I couldn't deposit the alias addresses of my Apple ID to "You can be reached for messages at:". Since I've given these addresses different receivers - business / private, it is disadvantageous.
Or is it recognized as the alias address that matches the actual Apple ID main Email address?
This leads to the following confusions
          •          Recipients who did not save my Email don't reply because they can't assign it.
          •          Recipients who have previously received iMessages via iPhone with my phone number as "CallerID" will now receive a new message history.
Questions
Is there a possibility that
          •          no new message history will start over?
          •          always keep the phone number, which is verified in iCloud is displayed as the sender ID on all devices?
          •          ensuring that alias addresses of my iCloud account are assigned to my Apple ID?

If your iPhone and iPad are both running iOS 6, and your iPhone successfully registered it's phone number in Settings>Messages>Send & Receive, all you should have to do on your iPad is go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive and sign in with the same Apple ID you are using on your phone.
If it is, and it still isn't working, try going to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive, tap the ID, sign out, then sign back in.

Message history won't erase in iOS 8

I am using an iPad 3rd generation with iOS 8.
When I set the Message History: Keep Messages to "30 Days" I expect all older messages to vanish. But they're still here.
Interestingly, before iOS 8, I noticed that my messages would not disappear when I logged out of one iCloud account for use with iMessage and into another. That is, my history of messages has messages for BOTH of the iCloud accounts that I've used in the past with this app.
I've tried restarting, logging out and back in, closing the app from the app switcher. Nothing seems to make those messages go away except manually deleting one by one.
Am I missing something?

According to http://robservatory.com/a-nasty-little-itunesios-bug-may-be-causing-media-sync-i ssues/, this is an iTunes/iOS bug that has to do with duplicates (or what iTunes thinks are duplicates) in your library. Rob gives a fix for the problem in the post, but it involves deleting the "duplicates". If you're like me and don't want to delete them because they aren't really duplicates, hopefully the fix will come soon.

Clearing of text messages history

for some reason my blackberry curve just started clearing all my text message history??? i've no idea why or how? in fact, i checked the history option and i have it set to keeping it for 6 months, before it was 3 months, but i never had the problem that all of a sudden all my text messages were cleared, it seems as if it may be on some schedule to clear it all. but how this came about i've no idea as i don't believe that i changed any function and i don't want this happening anymore...
help????
thanks!

Sometimes happens because you are running the device under low memory.
First of all with the phone turn on take out the battery for 30 seconds and reinstall the battery again.
Read this link with tips for memory space.
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB14320
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Print out of text message history!

Hey guys,
Does anyone know how i can get a print out of my entire text message history for one conversation on my iphone 4. I know it is in the phone because i can view it bit by bit if i continue to scroll and hit "view previous messages" but i am in the middle of a legal thing and i desperately need a print out of the history of this one conversation. There has to be a computer genius out there than can help me. There must be a way to export it to my macbook or my email or something. Please if you know anything i would be so grateful. Thank you!

Two Methods:
1. You can put the text messages on your screen like your reading it.. press the lock button and the home button at the same time.. it will take a picture of it and be saved to your photo album.. then upload it to your computer or email it to yourself..it won't be a document but it will be a picture and that's something.
2. use iPhone backp extractor app:
First backup your iPhone to your computer with iTunes, all text messages, contacts will be included in the backp file, but it is an unreadable format, you have to extract them to your computer for print.
Vibosoft iPhone message extract:
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Is there a way to access old multimedia messages that are no longer in the message history?

Is there a way to access old multimedia messages that are no longer in the message history?

not unless you manually saved it to the sd card.

How to transfer Messages history from Mavericks to Yosemite clean install

I would like to do a clean install of Yosemite on my MacBook, but retain all of my Messages history and attachments from my current Mavericks install. Is this possible? What files do I need to copy from the Mavericks install (before I wipe the HD) and where do I need to put them after I install Yosemite (cleanly)? Anything else I need to do after copying them?
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I managed to finally get mine to work, but not after a bit of trouble and losing new messages since my time machine back up (about a days worth since my backup replaced my current. I backed up and upgraded last night, and I figured out how to restore messages this morning, so anything in between that I got on my phone was lost. no big deal).
Much of the below is from other discussions, so I don't want to take credit for it, but wanted to make it easy for you, and there was one small change.
First make sure you can see hidden files by opening terminal and inputting: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
QUIT YOUR MESSAGES APP
Replace the following files from your backup to your current clean install. Pretty much all the files should be in the same spot, except for one folder that I'll explain further below.
Same File path
/users/<name>/Library/Messages-------> /users/<name>/Library/Messages/ this folder should include 4 files:
chat.db
chat.db-shm
chat.db-wal
the folder "Attachments"
/users/<name>/Library/Preferences----> /users/<name>/Library/Preferencescopy any file that includes iChat or Messages in the .plist
Different File pathI am not sure if this matters, but it's something I noticed when I got a message in my clean install before trying to restore my history. In Yosemite, I noticed that that "Attachments" and "Archive" folder are both in /users/<name>/Library/Messages, whereas in Mavericks, the "Attachments" folder is in that file path, but the "Archive" folder is located in /users/<name>Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/iMessages/Archive, and within this same folder there is a shortcut to the Attachments folder. (I'm not sure if this matters, but this worked for me). I hope I didn't confuse you there!
/users/<name>/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages/Archive-------> /users/<name>/Library/Messages/
Restart your computer
Open Messages and it will rebuild your database.
Ta da!

HT1688 Is it possible to delete a phone number from Messaging history?

Is it possible to delete a phone number from MESSAGING History?

I think you can delete those numbers.
First delete the Message thread.
Then when typing in a number or contact that is similaro to the number of the deleted thread the unwanted number will appear. If there is a blue arrow to the right of the number tap on the blue arrow.
You should be presented with a choice to Delete from Recents.
Select that choice and the number should no long appear.

MyVZW text message history

When I look at my text message usage on my account with verizonwireless the only text message history showing up is another verizon customer bur if text messages are from another iphone it does not show up on my usage history. How do I get ALL text messages to show up?
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You've reached the right place for assistance! In most cases, the reason behind this is the iMessaging feature on your iPhone. Since these are not standard text messages, they are not reported online. In order to change this you must disable the iMessage feature from your device. To do so, go to Settings>Messaging>Disable iMessage.
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Missing Text Message history

I updated my iphone 4 to iOS 6 and now all of my text message history is gone. What happened?

For each contact press and hold your finger over the message you want to delete. A pop up appears then choose More...
You can then choose Delete All from the top left of the screen, or select each message individually on the left then touch delete at the bottom left of the screen to delete just those messages you previously selected.

Groups and Message History

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Is there a way to separate individual users into groups, so user A cannot add user B on Oracle Messenger?
Another question: message history (Messenger) is stored locally on client machines. Is there a way to store it on the server, so I can see my message history from any client I connect?
Thanks in advance.

This is typically caused by the device having a low amount (or none at all) of memory. When the memory gets lower (lower than 12MB in some cases, although there is not a set number) the device will start deleting messages and/or call logs to conserve memory. You can check your available memory by going to Options > Status and checking the File Free parameter.
The quickest way to free up some memory is to perform a hard reset. Remove the battery from the device (while it is still powered on) for about 30 seconds, then reinsert. Also, look at the links below for ways to maximize the memory:
http://blackberryfaq.com/index.php/How_do_I_free_up_memory_on_my_device%3F
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How to transfer contacts and message history from samsung note 3 to iphone 6 plus

Can anyone please help: how to transfer contacts and message history from samsung note 3 to iphone 6 plus?

You can visit : Move content from your Android phone to iPhone
From this Apple Support website, you can get information about how to transfer contacts, music, photos, videos, documents, and more from your Android phone to iPhone. But for text messages, you may need other tool.

After restoring my iPhone, photos in my text message history are gone

I recently did a restore on my iPhone (June 27th). I back up to iCloud....
I was going through my text message history, and i noticed that the photos I had sent in them were gone, and I can't seem to recover them. I just see an image with a question mark where they should be. When I try to click it (like I might be able to load it), nothing happens. The text message history is there, but not the images.
I also noticed that some pics I had recently taken were gone from my camera roll. When I restored - they were just gone... They had "spots" for the days they were taken, and when I would click on them, it would say loading, but nothing ever happened.
So, I thought the back up must have been bad, but when I try to go back to that point (27th or prior), I can't - only the 3 most recent backs up there, last night, the 3rd, and the 1st.
I've got an older backup that I did to my computer, I could maybe use that - but that was from May (I normally back up to iCloud). I thought iCloud allowed you to back up several generations - similar to time capsule on a mac.
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every time i plug in my phone it doesnt say "sync iphone" it says restore iphone... which i have already done twice

HT201320 i wanted to email my messages history in Viber. But the phone says I can't because I have to change something in the settings. Could someone please tell what to click in the settongs?

i wanted to email my messages history in Viber. But the phone says I can't because I have to change something in the settings. Could someone please tell what to click in the settongs?

How could anyone tell you what settings to change when it's not clear what settings you're referring to?

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