How to Save iPhone Text Messages on Mac or Windows with iExplorer
This next approach allows you to easily read, save, access, and export all iPhone messages either from an iPhone itself, or from an iPhone backup, and it works the same on both a Mac or Windows PC. This will use a third party tool called iExplorer, here’s what you’ll need to do:
Download the iExplorer app from here (you can download the free download demo version to try it out)
Launch iExplorer on the computer then choose “Continue with Demo” *
Next, either connect the iPhone to the computer with USB, or if you’re going to read messages from an iPhone backup on the computer choose “Browse iTunes Backups”
Choose “Messages” from the onscreen menu for the iPhone / backup
Optionally, if the iPhone backup is encrypted (and it’s a good idea to always enable iTunes backup encryption) then click on “Decrypt Backup” and enter the iTunes backup password to decrypt the backup and access the messages
Browse through the iPhone messages shown on screen, you’ll have access to all iPhone text messages, iMessages, picture messages, video messages, and other media shared through the Messages app on iOS
To save a particular message thread, select it and then choose “Export Conversation” and then choose the output file type to save the iPhone message thread as PDF, TXT, or CVS file
* The demo version will work on both Mac and Windows PC to test and confirm that you are able to access and read the iPhone text messages and other message data with the iExplorer app. Optionally, you can pay to have the full version of iExplorer to gain full access to all features and iPhone message saving and export capabilities, including the ability to easily save all iMessages and save all iPhone message media like pictures and videos. For our purposes here we will simply use the free demo version, which lets you read the iPhone messages on a computer either by connecting the iPhone to the computer through USB or by reading the iPhone backup file on the computer.You may also like:Gihosoft Mobile Transfer: 1 Click Data Transfer from Phone to Phone
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