How do I retrieve text messages from a single contact older than three months?

TReavesSunsetLA wrote:

I am trying to retrieve old text messages from my employer and it will only go back as far as thirty days in the deleted files. I know it can be done, but how do you retrieve the older ones? You always hear that they live forever in the cloud.

You most likely won't be able to retrieve it.

If you backup to the cloud, once you do another backup it overwrites the old backup.

And if you sync message to the cloud as you have found out it to late to recover it.

"How do I retrieve text messages from a single contact older than three months?: I am trying to retrieve old text messages from my employer and it will only go back as far as thirty days in the deleted files. I know it can be done, but how do you retrieve the older ones? You always hear that they live forever in the cloud."

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Recovering this Text:

Do you have a Mac that has access to these text messages from within the Messages app? If so, turn all network items off (Router and Modem) to avoid syncing with iCloud. Upon boot, print these as a PDF document, and safe to to your Desktop. Use my User Tip: How to Save or Print a Complete iPhone Messages Thread - User Tip