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Download photos and videos from iCloud in Messages on Mac
When you use Messages in iCloud, all your messages — including photos and videos you send and receive — are stored in iCloud.
If the photos and videos for a conversation haven’t downloaded from iCloud to your Mac, you can download them manually.
In the Messages app
on your Mac, click Details in the top-right corner of a conversation.Click Download at the bottom of Details view.
If you don’t see Download, all your photos and videos are downloaded to your Mac.