How to Save or Print a Complete iPhone Messages Thread

How to Save or Print a Complete Messages Thread:

Looking to save or print an entire Messages thread from your iPhone? Sync Messages between your iPhone and your Mac through use iCloud. Here is how to doing so...

FIRST...

Setup Messages in iCloud:

I. Sign In: to the same Apple ID:

• On your iPhone
• On your Mac

II. Set Up: Messages:

• On your iPhone
• On your Mac

III. Set Up: your iPhone to get SMS Messages on your Mac:

1. Go to: Settings
2. Tap: Messages
3. Tap: Text Message Forwarding.
4. Turn On: your Mac in the list of devices
5. Enter: the six-digit code appearing on your Mac (only appears if Two-Factor Authentication is not in use)
6. Tap: Allow

IV. Open the thread in the Messages app on your Mac:

1. Click: on the Desktop on your Mac
2. Click: Go menu (in taskbar)
3. Select: Applications
4. Open: Messages
5. Click: [the thread] (on left side of Messages app window)

THEN...

V. Export Using Either of these Two Methods...

A. Create a Digital Copy:

1. Go to: the File menu
2. Select: Export as PDF...
3. Enter: a name for the PDF document
4. Select: a location for the PDF document
5. Click: Save button

See Screenshot 1.

Or...

B. Create a Hardcopy:

1. Go to: File menu
2. Select: Print
3. Print: the document to the printer

See Screenshot 2.

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Screenshots:

• Screenshot 1:

Export as PDF:

• Screenshot 2:

Printing to a Printer: