


Once inside the Messages folder, you can view your attachments by clicking on the Attachments folder. Look for the folder called Messages and open it.

Look for the Go option at the top and type in ~Library.This will allow us to go to the location where our iMessages are stored on our mac. In the navbar, find “Go” and then from the contextual menu find “Go to Folder…” and select that option. This will allow us to find our iMessage archive, and we can try to restore iMessages this way. If you want to know the actual path for where your messages are stored, you can get to it by following the steps below. They’re locally stored and don’t require an internet connection, so if you need to reference an iMessage conversation you can do so without the internet. IMessages are stored inside the Messages app that comes installed as part of macOS. Keep in mind that this is turned off by default, and if you want to read more about it you can do so by going here. If you have enabled Messages in the Cloud, then, when you delete a message on your Mac, it will delete on your other devices as well.
