

Again, this is not supposed to be a user facing directory, and the way files are stored here are not going to correspond to any hierarchy that would be user friendly.Īll attachments and images are stored here in this variety of folders, you’ll find the message attachments are contained within seemingly random folder names of hexadecimal within subfolders of subfolders, there is no direct indication of a relationship between a specific contact and the filename that would be immediately identifiable by most humans.

Once within this directory you’ll see a bunch of multi character hexadecimal directory names that make no particular sense, nor are they intended to by the average user.

Using the ever useful Go To Folder command, you can jump immediately to the Message Attachments folder, which is located in the user library directory of all versions of Mac OS X.įrom the Mac OS Finder, hit Command+Shift+G and enter the following path: How to Access the Messages App Raw Attachments File Directory in Mac OS X
