I was looking for something in Messages and went to the Finder and typed in ~/Library/Messages under go to folder and it said "the folder can't be found"! Also, when I click on the chat.db file, I get the message: There is no application set to open the document chat.db.
What gives?
My 10.15.7 finds ~/Library/Messages...no problems. (I thought you made you user library visible long ago?)
chat.db is a database file that's in code, not English, and there's no reason for you to be opening it. (How did you get to chat.db if you couldn't even get to the folder it's enclosed in?)
Your search attempt was doomed to failure.
For one thing chat.db is a SQLite database file unreadable outside of SQLite. There are three files in any SQLite database .db-wal, .db-shm, and .db and you have to have open all three with SQLite in order to extract any meaningful content from any one of the three. There are numerous SQLite database files used throughout equally numerous macOS apps and utilities. So files with the .db extension can belong to Photos, Music, webkit, Weather, Safari, as well as dozens of other third party applications. Safari alone has three or four .db databases. Therefore there is no way for Finder to determine which application any given .db file belongs to, so it doesn't even attempt to open anything.
QUESTION? Why didn't you use the search function in Messages?
As far as why Go To Folder… would not open ~/Library/Messages, my suspicion would be a typographical error.
QUESTION? Why didn't you use the search function in Messages? I just did after you said that but didn't get what I wanted.
As far as why Go To Folder… would not open ~/Library/Messages, my suspicion would be a typographical error. [/quote]
Nope, I rechecked after you said that, but it's typed purrfecktlee.
[quote=artie505]My 10.15.7 finds ~/Library/Messages...no problems. (I thought you made you user library visible long ago?)
Then why were you wasting your time with "Go To...?
Under Archive on that same window it shows 8 random chats in 2022 and one in 2021. The last time I accessed old chats there were tons of them. I text a lot so there should have been more. The first time I accessed them, (not sure how I did that), I saw there were so many that I started deleting them to clean up. I got bored and stopped doing it as there were so many. I haven't been able to find that page again. The random chats showed 1 on 2/19/22. I was looking for one on 2/19/22 to prove something to someone about that they said but it wasn't included. Why are you deleting messages from anywhere but inside Messages.app?
Also, what's your setting in Messages > Prefs > General > Keep messages: ...?
Nope, I rechecked after you said that, but it's typed purrfecktlee.
NEVER allow your cat to do your typing for you! Everyone knows cats can't spell, and you probably missed the typo.
Did you try to use an emoji in this post?
You can see them when you preview your reply, but then they disappear when you post it.
Yes, a cat. So, it puts it's own emoji up instead?
Did you try to use an emoji in this post?
You can see them when you preview your reply, but then they disappear when you post it.
Yes, a cat. So, it puts it's own emoji up instead?
Did you try to use an emoji in this post?
You can see them when you preview your reply, but then they disappear when you post it.
Worse!
It puts up an empty space. That's what led me to guess that you used an emoji.
The FTM Smilies work, but, of course, the devs weren't sophisticated enough to have included a cat.
OK, thanks for the heads up. Hope I don't forget.
Yes, a cat. So, it puts it's own emoji up instead?
Did you try to use an emoji in this post?
You can see them when you preview your reply, but then they disappear when you post it.
Worse!
It puts up an empty space. That's what led me to guess that you used an emoji.
The FTM Smilies work, but, of course, the devs weren't sophisticated enough to have included a cat.
For What It Is WorthThis is new behavior with emojis and some of them still work. I have attempted to discern why some emojis work as expected and there don't, but so far I have not conclusively determined any pattern in the failures. My suspicion is it is the 32 bit characters that are causing the failure. Of course that leaves why they work in Preview but not when posted.