Thinking-Guy

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Is there such a thing as the opposite of a data hoarder? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

[–] Thinking-Guy@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To borrow a term from the Wikipedians: "Deletionist"

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Question; how do you backup 3+ years of iMsg conversations? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

[–] Thinking-Guy@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately I don't remember.

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Question; how do you backup 3+ years of iMsg conversations? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

[–] Thinking-Guy@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

As I recall, if you have a MacBook, iMessage syncs your messages and stores them in a file named ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

That file or files (my notes don't say number or the names of files) is just a SQL database which can be queried with the sqlite client, or exported into a more friendly format.

This solution worked for me about 5 years ago; I don't know if Apple still allows this.

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