Almost 6 years ago, I posted a topic asking about how to archive Apple Messages chats/conversations, either on my iPhone or Mac. iMazing was suggested a few times, but I don’t believe that it’s available any longer. Is there a better/different solution today?
I want to export the conversations and store them in DEVONthink for posterity.
iMazing is still available. I periodically export Messages from significant others to a pdf to save. I think it will also save in other formats.
I just looked in the App Store and wasn’t able to find it. Perhaps because you already own it, you can still use it. Are you using it on your iPhone or Mac?
Not found in the Apple App store, but at their website
It’s a Mac or Windows app.
I used it last year to extract some message threads / worked just fine.
I see Apple continues to maintain a high standard of app curation in the Apple Store. /sarcasm
For those who are ok with command-line apps, imessage-exporter is a nice open-source tool for this, and installable via Homebrew. I use it to archive my messages to HTML every few months.
You can also select a conversation in the left column and File > Print > as pdf (or other options).
Not pretty, but effective.
imessage-exporter looks very promising. Has anyone used it and had good experiences with it?
there’s a new-ish product from the company that makes MailArchiver X called MAX Messages Export and Archive iMessage Conversations on Mac | MAX Messages - I’ve been using it and seems pretty good.
I’ve looked briefly at this app, downloaded but have not yet tested. Nice features, It looks very old, but the release notes indicate ongoing developer support. Looks maybe focused for Legal work: How to Save/Export iPhone/iPad Text Messages to Computer. Windows/Mac compatible. Decipher TextMessage.
That would be @beatrixwillius — perhaps she can weigh in on what’s involved with exporting Messages conversations.
