On your Mac, open Terminal and goto folder cd ~/Library/Mobile Documents/įind the folder that has WhatsApp in the name find *whatsapp* and change into it.įor me the result looked like this only small *.icloud files. The trick was a small comment that said to disable "Optimize Mac storage" (see step 5).Ĭreate the backup in your iPhone WhatsApp via Settings -> Chats -> Chat-Backup -> Backup create now
However, I got distracted by the fact that I (like other commenters) only found small.
The answer from Kanthala Raghu was correct for me. Note: If you have multiple WhatsApp accounts backed up to the same iCloud account, you’ll need to replace the ‘*’ between “Accounts/” and “/backup” by the desired phone number. tar files to extract a folder structure containing the files organised by conversation. To extract what’s in there, copy those files to your desktop via the following terminal command: cp *whatsapp*/Accounts/*/backup/*.tar ~/Desktop The documents, pictures and videos are stored in separate, unencrypted archives:ĭocument.tar (PDFs and other attachments) To my knowledge, you can’t access directly the messages as they are stored in an encrypted SQLite database. If you only see *.icloud files, then turn off “optimize mac storage” in the icloud system preferences. If you don’t see anything, then make sure that iCloud drive is turned on. You should see all the files related to your WhatsApp backup(s). Type the following commands cd ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/ Launch Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities folder) Your WhatsApp backup(s) are stored in a hidden folder of iCloud Drive on your MacBook (if you signed into iCloud and turned on iCloud Drive).
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