General iOS 11 Public Beta - Messages in iCloud Turned Off?

[spacewolf]

I realise this feature was removed, however I have still been using it. Today I noticed that messages are no longer syncing and messages data has been removed from iCloud. Did Apple turn the feature off recently?

 

[jsmith189]

Yeah, they disabled it a few betas ago, assuming it wasn't ready. I think they mentioned it returning in an 11.X update.

 

[spacewolf]

Yeah, they disabled it a few betas ago, assuming it wasn't ready. I think they mentioned it returning in an 11.X update.

I guess I might as well update to the latest beta now then if Apple have actually turned it off now as well as removed it from future betas.

 

[Yun0]

ios 11.1 would be a fine candidate to think it would come back on, but 11.0.x is always possible as well..

0.1% for the 11.0 gm, the risk of additional related to it, or unrelated to it, bugs is too great too late

 

[spacewolf]

Anyone know of an easy way to archive messages from an iOS device without a computer? ☹️

 

[hArrisburger]

I had used it in an earlier beta and it did work well on a restore from new. All of the picture messages went to the cloud, creating space. But now, when I click on "download" it won't show the message on the cloud. I hope when they do bring it back, those old picture messages are available.

 

[adrianlondon]

Anyone know of an easy way to archive messages from an iOS device without a computer? ☹️

There are ways to extract them from an iTunes backup but (a) it's not easy and requires some 3rd-party app plus (b) you say without a computer.

Without just selecting every single one and forwarding them to someone who has more space than you on their phone/iPad, I'd say no, there's no easy way. Treat iMessages and texts as quick little phone calls. Let them fade from your memory and get deleted - you don't need them ;p