iMessage Photos Not Showing on Mac? 4 Ways to Fix It

How Can You Recover Undeleted iMessage Photos on Mac?

iMessage allows you to send and receive photos, voice messages, videos, and more to your contacts. With the latest update on iMessage, you can send a check-in to share your estimated time of arrival at a location. You can even view your photos right within the Photos app, regardless of what you receive on iMessage. However, users are often frustrated with "iMessage photos not showing up on Mac" after installation.

This article will introduce the top 4 solutions to fix the iMessage photos not showing issue! Before you start the troubleshooting, you should know that this error often leads to data loss. However, a professional data recovery tool can restore your lost photos from unintended deletion, emptied Trash, or other data loss scenarios like photos disappeared from Mac after update.

Data Recovery Wizard for Mac is an all-in-one solution to recover photos under different circumstances, including lost iMessages photos. If you have lost your iMessage photos, this tool can help you quickly retrieve them on your MacBook.

The main features of this professional data recovery software are as follows:

• Retrieve photos when iMessage isn't working on your Mac.
• Recover iMessage photos to cloud storage with a 99.7% success rate.
• Get back deleted pictures on your Mac, including JPG/JPEG, CRW, NEF, DCR, NRW, and SR2 image formats.

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And then follow the steps to recover unseen iMessage photos on Mac.

Note: You can create a backup of your disk first using Disk Backup on the left. If the disk fails or photos are accidentally deleted from it, you can restore them from the backup image.

Step 1: Scan the Lost Photos

Select the location where you lost your precious photos and then click the “Start Scan” button to search for lost files.

Step 2: Choose the photos you want

The tool, Data Recovery Wizard for Mac, will immediately start scanning the disk volume you selected. The scan results will be displayed in the left pane. You can quickly filter out your previously lost photos by “Path” and “Type.”

Step 3: Recover Lost Photos

Select the photos you want to restore, then click the “Recover” button to get them all back at once.

After you recover lost photos from iMessage, you can read the following solutions to fix the issue of iMessage photos not showing!

Fix 1: Resolve iMessage Photo Issues by Checking the Network Solution 1: Fix iMessage Photos Not Showing by Checking the Network

There are several factors that can cause iMessage photos not to show up on a Mac, like disabled MMS, weak network connection, not enough storage space, issues with your Apple ID, problems with iCloud or iOS settings, and so on.

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First, check the settings and status of all network services, such as Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth in Network preferences. Here's how to check your Mac's Internet connection:

Step 1: Click the Apple menu > System Preferences, and then select Network from the sidebar.

Click on Network in the System Settings

Step 2 The Network Service should appear as On, and you should see a Connected message. To view details about the network service, click on it.

Fix 2: Free up Mac storage space

If your MacBook is running out of storage, you're not alone – 80% of Mac users face the same problem. To free up space on your Mac, you first need to check your Mac storage status. Here's how:

Step 1: Click the Apple menu and choose “System Preferences.”

Step 2: Choose Settings > Storage.

Step 3: Click on each section to learn more.

Once you know how much storage space you have left on your MacBook, you can free up space by deleting unused apps and their leftovers. Since new apps can take up a lot of space on your MacBook, this is a good place to start:

Step 1: Open the “Finder” and select “Applications.”

Step two: Find an unused app, click on it, drag it to the Trash, and empty the Trash.

Suppose you've deleted files on your Mac but didn't free up storage space on your Mac. Don't worry! This article offers effective ways to help you solve the out-of-space issue on your Mac.

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Fix 3: Check iMessage Settings on your Mac

Here's how to check your iMessage settings on a Mac:

Step 1: In the Messages app on your Mac.

Step 2. Tap Messages > Settings.

Fix 4: Update the iMessage app on your Mac

If your iCloud account isn't syncing automatically on your device, you can update it manually in the Messages app. Here's how:

Step 1: Choose “Preferences” from the Messages menu, or press “Command+,” on your keyboard.

Step 2: Tap “Messages.”

Step 3: Check the box next to Enable iCloud Mail, then tap Sync Now.

Step 4: The “Info” app should now sync, and your new entry will appear.

Please refer to the following article to resolve issues with iMessage not syncing between your iPhone and Mac.

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Conclusions

If you frequently send or receive pictures through iMessage, only to find they don't show up on your Mac, this article covers just about every viable fix for iMessage photos not showing on your Mac. Follow these guides to ensure your iMessage conversations are always filled with vibrant multimedia. If all else fails, your photos might be lost for good.

To avoid such disasters in the future, you can back up your data with iTunes or iCloud. But if you've lost iMessage photos on your Mac, you should download the Data Recovery Wizard for Mac right now!

Q&A: Why aren't my iMessage photos showing up on my Mac?

If photos in iMessage aren't showing up on your Mac, check these common issues:

1. Why can't I see photos in iMessage?

It can be frustrating when you're unable to view an iMessage picture. This could happen for several reasons, such as your Mac not having enough storage to receive pictures within an iMessage. You might have accidentally deleted an iMessage photo you received on your Mac while clearing up cache or storage space.

Why are my iMessages photos missing?

iMessages often go missing due to problematic macOS updates, faulty iCloud syncing, and issues where text-based conversations with images might lose photos because the Messages app on the MacBook keeps indexing them without displaying them. Additionally, some users have reported that their texts vanished because their Mac's storage was full, leading to the disappearance of iMessages.