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Q: How do I copy iPhone 6+ iMessages to my MAC

How do I copy iPhone 6+ iMessages to my MAC. The thread is eight months long and is very important to us.

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 9.3.1

Posted on Apr 26, 2016 11:04 AM

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Q: How do I copy iPhone 6+ iMessages to my MAC

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  • by Kiki.Kiko,

    Kiki.Kiko Kiki.Kiko Apr 26, 2016 11:32 AM in response to jamesalder
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    Apr 26, 2016 11:32 AM in response to jamesalder

    You can try these steps:

    1. Try to sync your iPhone iMessage to Mac Messages

    Add or remove your phone number to iMessage or FaceTime on your Mac, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

     

    2. Choose your chat session, and then choose Edit > Select All

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    3. Choose Copy

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    And you can paste your iMessage transcripts to text editor or office editor.

  • by Meg St._Clair,Solvedanswer

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Apr 26, 2016 11:39 AM in response to jamesalder
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    Apr 26, 2016 11:39 AM in response to jamesalder

    jamesalder wrote:

     

    How do I copy iPhone 6+ iMessages to my MAC. The thread is eight months long and is very important to us.

    I use PhoneView. It cost me about $30 but, as I like to keep my messages from people I care about archived, it's been well worth it. You can save to a PDF or text files.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Apr 26, 2016 1:50 PM in response to jamesalder
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    Apr 26, 2016 1:50 PM in response to jamesalder

    Hi,

     

    iMessages will only "sync" from the moment both the iPhone and Mac are using the same Apple ID (I.e. when you add the ID to the iPhone and then accept the pop ups on the Mac).

     

    The servers will only deliver iMessages to registered devices.

    The Sync is only "Display on all Devices" and nothing more.

     

    There are Utilities that can extract files from the iTunes backup of the iPhone.

    I have not tried one  and cannot speak to their effectiveness myself.

     

    Meg St_Clair seems to have another method I had not heard of.

     

    Basically once the devices have the iMessages they store them in different file formats.

    It is impossible to get one app on one device to "read" saved files of the other.

     

    The whole Chat could be selected on the iPhone and sent as one text/iMessage (or in sections) to the Mac but no formatting would be saved.

     

    Another option would be to take Screen Shots of bit by bit of the chat and send them to the Mac.

    They would be less searchable but the chat would "appear" formatted.

     

     

     

     

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    9:50 pm      Tuesday; April 26, 2016

     

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  • by jamesalder,

    jamesalder jamesalder Apr 26, 2016 4:44 PM in response to jamesalder
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    Apr 26, 2016 4:44 PM in response to jamesalder

    HI Meg

    I didn't find PhoneView in the App Store. If I could impose upon your good nature, are there other places I should be looking? This is an urgent need.

    Imagine trying to preserve the only copy of a life experience rarely visited on two people whose relationship began in 1963. A thread of conversation reignit in September 2015 and spanning eight months. Two young, almost lovers separated by fifty two years... I wax philosophic... I apologise...

    The 'PhoneView' app appeared to be spot on. Any insights appreciated.

    Thank you Meg.

       J Alder

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Apr 27, 2016 5:21 AM in response to jamesalder
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    Apr 27, 2016 5:21 AM in response to jamesalder

    jamesalder wrote:

     

    HI Meg

    I didn't find PhoneView in the App Store. If I could impose upon your good nature, are there other places I should be looking?

    I apologize for not being clearer. It's not an iPhone app, it's a Mac application. I don't know if it's available through the App Store on your Mac or not. The developer is Ecamm. Put "PhoneView" into Google and it's the first hit.

     

    Best of luck.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Apr 27, 2016 1:02 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    Apr 27, 2016 1:02 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    Hi,


    More info http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/

    Ecamm did many a good Add on for iChat back in the day.  I see they still do iGlasses.

     

    iGlasses added USB Camera support to iChat 2 and 3 originally and well as some tweaks to the visuals if you wanted.

    Originally iChat could only use the External iSight that was Firewire.

    It now seems to be a variant on Apple's own Video Effects but I can't work out if they are available in all apps that can use the camera.

     

     

     

     

     

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    9:02 pm      Wednesday; April 27, 2016

     

      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (El Capitan)
     G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
     MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
     Mac OS X (10.6.8),
     iPhone and an iPad (2)
  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Apr 27, 2016 1:39 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)
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    Apr 27, 2016 1:39 PM in response to Ralph Johns (UK)

    Thanks, Ralph!!!