messages/media local cache

[cedricloneux]

By default, are all iCloud messages downloaded locally?
I'm surprised that iCloud is indicating my messages use 22GB, but when I checked the 'chat.db' file size, it's only using 46MB, and attachments are 9.2GB.
This seems to confirm that the majority of messages and attachments are kept on iCloud and not cached locally.
I used these commands to check the file size

du -sh ~/Library/Messages/chat.db
du -sh ~/Library/Messages/Attachments

Does the command-line interface export all media, including those that may not be downloaded locally?

[ReagentX]

You asked this already: #78

[cedricloneux]

Not really You am talking about attachements here and asking for solution

[ReagentX]

If the media are not downloaded locally, this software cannot export it.