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Kawi_rider_zx6r t1_j2egmkg wrote

Reply to comment by mhg123123 in PSA: The proper way to delete or shrink iPhone System Data use on disk by Vertsix

It said in one of the steps how to not lose messages. Curious though, whats the purpose to have 3 years worth of messages, like do people really sit and read thousands of old messages just for fun? Never understood this phenomenon of keeping around super old messages.

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mhg123123 t1_j2ejkda wrote

My mother passed away and her messages/photos is all I have left of her

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radfordra1 t1_j2f4qat wrote

Did you try using an iCloud backup and see if that restored them?

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Kawi_rider_zx6r t1_j2eqs2p wrote

Sorry to hear that i wasn't trying to be rude I'm just wondering in general because a lot of people really be saving decade old conversations.

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theseyeahthese t1_j2fbtvg wrote

I wish Apple had an option for 5 years for auto-delete. I don’t need decade old messages, but sometimes 1 year is just a little too short of an auto-delete window. I don’t sit around and look at old messages for fun, it’s moreso about searching for a specific detail about something that was discussed. No different than searching through old emails. And since the current options are basically only “auto-delete everything after one year” or “keep everything for forever”, I go with the latter just in case. Tldr, they need more cleanup options.

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