Exporting iMessage Conversations from El Capitan

Hey! I'm looking to save my iMessage and Text Message histories in a human-readable form, without spending money on a third-party app.

Has anyone found something that works? All the OS tricks seem to be outdated for El Capitan.

...if not, know of a cheap app that works?

iTunes-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 10, 2016 11:35 PM

Reply
1 reply

Aug 11, 2016 12:58 PM in response to heatherwillow

Hi,


http://spiny.com/logorrhea/

It is old (built for iChat) but it works.

Having said that it does take a while to understand what it does and get to isolate individual conversations.


You do have to be Saving chats in the first place.

It works in the files in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat/Data/Library/Messages/Archive (in here they are in dated/session folders)


iMessages are also "saved" in the chat.db items (all three) in ~/Library/Messages but Logorrhea does not read those files.



User uploaded file

8:58 pm Thursday; August 11, 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)

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Exporting iMessage Conversations from El Capitan

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.