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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 of your photos and videos are downloaded to your Mac.