Where does Mac store iMessage photos?

I'm trying to help a frind delete the photos from her iMessage (just the photos, because they may be taking up precious storage). Are they actually stored on the hard drive, or are they kept on the server and downloaded only when needed? If the latter is the case, is there an easily located temp folder containing them?

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On the Mac, messages and photos (or any other attachment) are automatically synced between devices and stored in ~/Library/Messages/Archives and ~/Library/Messages/Attachments.

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You're welcome. Yes, that is correct. In iPhoto, File > Export... > Select external drive.
You said your drive has to be specially formatted - is that for if you want to export your photos to that drive? Or do you mean if you wanted the iPhoto library to be located primarily on the hard drive?
I meant the latter > specifically, your external drive would need to be formatted in this manner if you wanted your primary iPhoto library to reside on an external drive and function correctly. This format is the format of your MBP's internal drive.
Format the drive as FAT32 using disk utility to make the drive universally compatible between OSX/windows. Place the JPEG images on the drive. Transfer between machines with no problem.

Where does mac store all my original photos since iphoto seems to have deleted them no i did not do a back up :-(

I once had over 1000 photos which included the birth of my grandkids etc - now i have one
I have done every thing, rebuild by holding down cntrl - dwnload iphoto manager but i still ony have 1 photo the one that i put in last week
i have looked in the library i have looked in the iphoto masters file and there is only 1 photo
i photo keeps freezing up so its pretty much usless
does anyone know if these photos will be stored on the HD somewhere - ???

Normally, your photos are stored under:
User/Pictures/iPhoto Library
(with "User" being your login account). You need to select iPhoto Library and "ctrl" click and select "Show Package Contents. That's where your photos are.
As you only got one photo in your iPhoto, pertaining to your current login, you could try and go to your startup drive and select Users/
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You can use any connection - firewire, USB, Network or even drag the iPhoto library to an external drive and then move it to the other computer
My Passport is now out of space
what exctly does this mean?
and I have a time capsule for back ups (Only for the Imac). Can the time capsule be used for an external hard drive as well - ie. to transfer the Iphoto library?
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Would I be better off just buying an external hard drive larger that the passport to move between machines?
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Sorry I could not find the answer elsewhere.
Where does iPhone store backups on Windows and Mac?
Can the location be changed?
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Windows:
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Is this location accessible to scripting? I've looked around the preferences objects as well as the "Class" properties of the File and Folder objects without finding anything.
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So you're asking the wrong question. You dont' care "where does InDesign store it," you care "where can I get it?"
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