Launch the program and connect your iPhone to your computer using a USB cable. Now, you will be able to see your iPhone text messages on the programs's user interface. Note: Close the iTunes software otherwise this program will not work properly. Step 2 (a): Transfer All Text Messages from iPhone to PC. When someone sends you an SMS or MMS message on your iPhone, it appears as a green bubble. IMessages appear as blue bubbles. When you set up Text Message Forwarding, you can send and receive the SMS and MMS messages from your iPhone on any Mac, iPad or iPod touch that meets the Continuity system requirements.
By:Johanna Parker
Posted In: iPhone Tutorials & Tips
Being able to always look back on those amazing conversations, that funny joke, or that heartfelt sentiment that a love one sent you at any time is really important to a lot of people. It is why smartphone companies long ago made it possible for a device to have almost unlimited SMS text message memory, so that you do not have to delete messages when you run out of room. However, for many people they run through phones quite quickly, or change things over when they get a new work phone, or want to upgrade when the latest device comes out. So how can you back up those precious text messages, somewhere they will always be retrievable. iTunes only lets you transfer multimedia files to your Mac, then how to copy iPhone messages to Mac? Well no worries, as you can use this third-party iPhone Messages Transfer Software called iPhone SMS to Mac Transfer to easily copy iPhone SMS to Mac.
Please refer to following step-by-step procedure on how to copy your iPhone messages to Mac for backup using iPhone SMS to Mac Transfer Tool. Download iPhone SMS to Mac Transfer absolutely free:
Step 1: Install and launch the program
First of all you need to download and install iPhone to Mac transfer, and then run it on your Mac. Now connect the iPhone using USB cable; the software will automatically display your iPhone text messages as shown in the following picture:
Step 2a: To transfer all text messages from your iPhone to your Mac
Now you will need to click on the 'Copy' button and as shown in the picture you will get a small pop-up window saying 'Select backup type...' Here, you can select '.tfst' or '.txt' format and click 'Start Copy' button to transfer or backup all your iPhone text messages to your Mac.
Step 2b: To transfer a particular text conversation or messages received from specific contact
Click on the contact's name or phone number, click 'Copy' button, and then select the tfst, txt or PDF format from the backup type list. Now click 'Next' button and select the messages you want to copy from iPhone to Mac. At the end, just click the 'Start Copy' button. Based on your selection, your messages will be immediately copied to your Mac desktop in a PDF, Text, or TFST format. Sounds easy, right?
Note: You can also use this program to copy iMessages to your Mac along with all the attachments such as pictures and videos.
“I am looking to export a long list of messages from my iPhone to my Mac to be saved for later viewing. How can I export SMS text messages from my iPhone?””Is there a way to transfer an entire message conversation to Mac in plain text?” Many similar questions are asked in kinds of Q&A sites or forums. But many iPhone users can’t find a good solution. After discussing how to transfer iPhone photos to Mac, here we will show you how to export, save or copy text messages from iPhone to Mac as a Text, HTML or other format files.
Method 1. Save text messages from iPhone to Mac with PhoneView
PhoneView lets you view, save and print all of your iPhone and iPad messages, WhatsApp messages, voicemail and other data directly on your Mac. It allows you to export messages as beautiful PDF files and get access to your entire library of movies, photos and iTunes backup. Furthermore, it automatically backs up your messages, call log whenever your iPhone is connected. If necessary, delete iPhone messages that you don’t need anymore before saving.
Saving messages from your iPhone to Mac:
Install and launch PhoneView on your Mac. Connect your iPhone to Mac using USB cable. You can use below three ways to save your messages from iPhone to Mac.
- Double-click one or more messages. The messages will automatically be copied to a folder in your Documents folder as a PDF file or text file and displayed. You can specify the format of exported messages in the PhoneView settings.
- Highlight the message or message groups to be copied. Select a range of messages by clicking the first message, holding down the Shift key on your keyboard while clicking the last message. Then click the 'Copy From iPhone' button on the toolbar. Select a destination location for the messages, choose formatting options, and click the 'Save' button. The selected messages will be saved on your Mac.
- Drag messages or message groups directly from the PhoneView browser into a Finder window or onto the Desktop. The selected messages will be copied and saved to the destination.
Method 2. Copy messages from iPhone to Mac with iPhone Cleaner
iPhone Cleaner is not only a iPhone clean app, it can also transfer iPhone all contents including photos, videos, contacts, messages, notes, call logs, etc. Its built-in Backup feature allows you to backup your iPhone and copy your iPhone messages to Mac. This method also can be applied to transfer messages from iPad to Mac or iPod touch to Mac. If you want to transfer contacts from iPhone to Mac, you can read this post: How to Transfer Contacts from iPhone to Mac.
Copying iPhone text messages to Mac:
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- Download and install iPhone Cleaner on your Mac, then launch it. Connect your device to Mac and you will see the “Device Manager” interface.
- Go to “Backup”. This app will scan all your important files and backup them to your Mac. The One-Click-Scan physically copies the files including photos, videos, messages, etc from your iOS device and save them to your Mac. Here, you can select “Messages” and click ”Scan” to tell this app where to store messages.
Method 3. Export text messages from iPhone to Mac using iMazing
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Some text messages are not meant to be forgotten, and some have to be shared with someone or saved to a secure location. iMazing offers a simple and powerful way to export your iOS device music, text messages, videos, photos, voicemail, voice Memos, contacts, call history and notes to Mac in just a couple of clicks. It allows you to export SMS text messages, iMessages, Multi Media Messages (MMS), MMS photo attachments to Text, PDF or CSV files. Follow below detailed steps to export iPhone text messages to Mac.
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Exporting iPhone text messages to Mac:
- Launch iMazing on Mac and connect your iPhone. Select your iPhone in the left-hand pane and then click “Messages” under your iPhone name. Then all your messages on your iPhone will be listed in the middle pane.
- You can preview your messages one by one. Then select your messages and click “Export to Text” on the bottom right to export your selected messages to text file which will be saved on your Mac. You can also choose “Export to PDF” or “Export to CSV” as you like.
In conclusion, you can use above three ways to transfer iPhone messages to Mac. If you find some messages lost before or in the process of transferring, you’d better stop and recover lost messages from iPhone, then continue with your previous transferring process.