I use iMessage to communicate with my family and loved ones. Obviously, Telegram is our everything, but I trust very good correspondence only with the built-in Apple messenger. Yes, and it’s so calmer to communicate with your son than to launch him into the “cart”.
For a long time, only one fact confused me: if I lose access to my Apple ID or “leave the ecosystem” from Apple, all my message history will be lost for me.
iMessage on macOS saves local backups of conversations in chunked files for easy reading. For export, you can install muddy Chinese backup applications. From a security point of view, this is about the same as posting all correspondence on the Internet via a public link …
The other day I noticed on a free program iMessage exporter with a lot of code that creates easy to read TXT or HTML file with everyone in your iMessage conversations. You don’t have to worry about data security – again, the code is open, there is nothing secret or dangerous about it.
iMessage and also wants to backup all correspondence to “every fireman.”
Where to download the iMessage fallback utility
Program iMessage exporter for macOS free under an open license Github. Here is the project page. You can download this direct link: for M1 / M2, for Intel, if GitHub scares you.
iMessage Exporter supports all current versions of macOS, but it is recommended to use the latest current version of the system – macOS 13.1 (it also works on 13.2, I got infected). Older versions of macOS can’t find some iMessage features since they were released. For example, the function of “replays” for messages.
Analogue for Windows, of course, does not exist. You can access age collections – these are regular files .TEXT and .HTML.
How to use the iMessage exporter
I must say right away that the utility does not have a graphical interface. But there is nothing difficult in working with her. If you leave questions or problems arise, write in your mind – he will find a solution.
1. Install the libraries necessary for the programs to work. For this we open Terminal (Terminal) on macOS and paste the image there:
cargo install imessage-exporter
If command fails for some reason, paste this command, press Enter and wait for installation:
sudo port install cargo
Then repeat the command again cargo rig imessage-exporter
2. Download the executable from GitHub: for M1/M2 or for Intel.
four. Unzip the downloaded executable. Copy the path to the transferred file by holding Option on the keyboard and clicking the “right” mouse of the mouse or touchpad:
five. open Terminal (Terminal) in macOS. Paste the path to the cmd + V combinations and add to it one of two reserve options.
If you need TXT files of conversations (plain text):
-f txt
If you need HTML files of conversations with attachments and iMessage graphics (recommended):
-f html
If during the process you ask for permission to access the drive and folder Downloadsgive them.
The ordering process will start immediately and may take a long time. It depends on the power of your Mac and the number of conversations in iMessage. The status of the visit can be observed in the hall Terminal (Terminal).
6. If a phrase is found Made! – that means everything is ready. Can be closed Terminal (Terminal).
7. A backup copy of all your correspondence is found in your folder by username -> imessage_export. Images further in the folder investments.
This is how the .HTML file of a conversation created with the iMessage Exporter looks like.
If you choose the HTML backup offer option, you will receive an HTML file for each conversation. It can be opened in any. The name corresponds to the phone number, correspondence was conducted with the species.
Inside, the iMessage interface will be restored, attached images will be saved, and so on.
Of course, this option of a backup offer does not replace restoring a backup simply or reading correspondence through iMessage. But now you can safely save all correspondence for the future, without giving them into the hands of various “muddy” programs.
Source: Iphones RU
