If you own more than one Apple devices (e.g., iPhone, iPad, Mac Pro etc), you can set up iCloud Message Syncing, aka, Messages in iCloud. What this means is that you can use iCloud to keep all of your messages updated and available across devices by using Messages in iCloud. This will even help you save space since attachments (e.g., photos), are stored in iCloud. This feature can be turned on by going to Settings > [your name] > iCloud and then turn on Messages. On your Mac, you can turn this on by clicking Messages > Preferences > iMessage and then enable Messages in iCloud.
How to Download Documents from iCloud.com. ICloud.com lets you access and download documents on web browser. After logging in iCloud with Apple ID and password, it is easy to find, organize and download documents from iCloud Drive. After signing in, you can go to iCloud Drive, and double click Desktop or Documents folder. For iOS devices, open Settings - tap on your name - iCloud- slide the switch next to Messages to the On potion. Repeat the process on each device you want to keep in sync. On a Mac, open the Messages app and go to Messages - Preferences - select your iCloud account and check the box titled Enable Messages in iCloud. Sign in to iCloud to access your photos, videos, documents, notes, contacts, and more. Use your Apple ID or create a new account to start using Apple services.
I turned this feature on last night for the first time. At first it looked like it is working perfectly. Then I realized that I could not find all of my messages on one of my devices; my iPhone. There was a loading bar that was saying “Downloading Messages from iCloud” (see the image below). And after more than 15 hours, it was still saying the same message. It was stuck. This article explains what I did to resolve this problem.
Messages in iCloud Stuck, Fix
Note that download messages may take several minutes. This is normal especially if you have many messages, devices. But it should not take several hours, definitely it is not going to take days. If you are having this problem too, please try the following tips to resolve:
- It is possible that Apple’s servers are experiencing issues temporarily. Potential issues with Apple’s iCloud servers may lead to this issue. You can quickly and easily check to see if Apple services are down. Go to Apple’s system status website (https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/). Locate iCloud services to see if they are available or not.
- Update your iOS devices to the latest version of the iOS software by going to Settings > General > Software Update.
- Update your Mac to the latest version of the macOS software. You can do that by opening the App Store on your Mac and then clicking Updates.
- Make sure that on all of your devices you are signed with the same Apple ID.
- Restart all of your devices.
- Disable iCloud in Messages and enable again. Here is how:
- iOS: Settings > Your Name > iCloud > Messages and toggle of Messages and wait a few seconds and enable again. Please note that when you are turning this off, a warning popup will say “Messages have not been fully downloaded” tap Disable and Download Messages.
- macOS: Messages > Messages (from the menu items) > iMessage > and uncheck “Enable Messages in iCloud”. And wait a few seconds and turn it on again.
- On all of your devices, sign out of iCloud and wait a few seconds and sign back in. Here is how:
- iOS: Settings > Your Name > Scroll Down and tap Sign Out. And then sign back in.
- To log out of iCloud on your Mac, go to System Preferences > iCloud > Sign Out.
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“I am missing an old text message from november 2012 to now from a specific person,I alway back up night wiht Icloud. I just need to know how can I retrieve those conversation. Thanks.”
Just like the Apple user reported , you probably keep some precious text messages from other people on your iPhone iPad for a long time. Unluckily, someday you just lost them for some reasons and expected to get them back. But how to? If you have backed up your text conversations to iCloud, you can restore from iCloud to retrieve them. However, iCloud won’t allow you to recover only text messages and will erase all your current iOS data. Therefore, to help you retrieve deleted/missing text messages from iCloud backup without any data loss, we introduce you iOS Data Recovery, one reliable iCloud backup extracting tool.
By safely downloading backups of your iDevices from iCloud server, this tool enables you to clearly view backup details and selectively retrieve only text messages to your iPhone iPad or computer. Besides texts, it can also recover pictures in message attachments. And now, you can get this tool installed on your PC/Mac and begin your recovery progress by following the below steps.
How to retrieve text messages from iCloud backup files
Step 1. Run this software, connect your iPhone to computer with data cable and choose “Recover from iCloud”.
Retrieve text messages from iCloud
Step 2. Click the forward icon, enter your Apple ID and pass code to sign in iCloud account.
Enter Apple ID and password to log into iCloud account
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Step 3. After scan, a list of iCloud backups is available. You can pick up one backup you want and click Download button. It will take you some time to download that backup. After the downloading ends, click “Next” to continue.
Step 4. On the left panel, choose “Messages” or “Message Attachments” to check your texts or pictures in attachments, with the details of date and specific conversations, pick up your desired parts and export them to iPhone or computer by clicking the bottom right corner.
Retrieve text messages from iCloud without resetting iPhone
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As you can see on the screenshots, this tool is competent for retrieving text messages and other iOS data like videos, photos, contacts and so on from iCloud backup. Besides, it can also recover text conversations from iTunes backup without performing a whole restore. So why not grab it now and have a free try?
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This entry was posted in on Apr 25, 2017 by Judy.