Messages archiving

Software
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Hi all,

I’m looking for a great way to archive iOS/MacOS Messages conversations, including attachments (photos, videos, documents, etc.) Any thoughts or suggestions?

Cheers.

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iMazing or iExplorer.

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It’s overkill for just email, but I use EagleFiler.

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Does it support iOS?

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EagleFiler is a Mac app. (OP asked about Mac and iOS.) I also use it, going on close to three years, I think.

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I think the original poster was asking about Messages as in Messages app, not mail. I don’t see a way to capture Messages in EagleFiler as F1 gives me a dialog box that says “nope”?

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Correct: EagleFiler does not back up messages. The two apps I linked to above do, though.

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I need to make sure I’m fully awake before replying.

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Same as @bowline suggested:
You can use iMazing to do this. Attach the phone, click export for any thread you want, and done.

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Also, AnyTrans apps for iPhone or Android backup are available in SetApp.

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Thanks all. Much appreciated.

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To deviate a bit into emails, FYI in this recent discussion thread Adam Engst mentions he has tons of emails in EagleFiler, and is currently experimenting with importing 350,000 emails into DevonThink

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I have YEARS of emails archived into DEVONthink. In my opinion, it’s far and away the best solution for storing most any kind of searchable document!

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I’ve got a decade of emails in an old version of MailSteward. (App was [is] an ugly un-Maclike database app, I didn’t like the app tiers he later created, or the upgrade pricing.) A few years ago I didn’t upgrade the app, and haven’t archived a few years’ worth of my most recent email. But it did the job.

I’ve got the last version of DevonThink Pro but I warned myself off it in favor of EagleFiler, which also does email archiving. One of these days I’ll see about bringing all my archives back onto my Mac somehow.

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iMazing for messages, DEVONThink for email