How can I find text messages by date? Is there a way to jump to a certain date in Messages either on a phone or on my Mac? I don't want to search for a certain word or phrase. I just want to see what text conversations I had on a certain date and it takes forever to scroll back more than a year with someone with whom I text frequently. I am running Mojave (because I heard that Catalina was a disaster.)
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13
Brilliant. I knew there must be a way. You have saved me soooo much time!!
Brilliant. I knew there must be a way. You have saved me soooo much time!!
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Provided you have Mail & Messages selected in System Preferences : Spotlight : Search Results, then you can use Spotlight to reveal any message delivered on a given date. For instance, July 27, 2020 in the Spotlight window:
kind:message created:07/27/2020
Or messages from someone between July 1 and July 15:
kind:message from:viking created:07/01/2020-07/15/2020
Spotlight will list the messages it found in that date range, and when you select one of them and press ⌘R. it will open the Messages app to that message. You can hover your mouse pointer over a given message, and the date of the message will float above it.
You are welcome. Saving time is crucial.
Note that greater than or less than operators are also supported such as anything before:
created:<09/01/2020
and anything after:
created:>09/01/2020
Find or Search Text Messages by Date