Help me pull texts off of an Iphone 5....
September 21, 2014 10:19 PM   Subscribe

I need the best way to save about a year's worth of texts on an iphone 5 to my PC, for use elsewhere...

The reason isn't really germane but I HAVE to be sure to save about a year's worth of texts from a certain person from an iphone 5 before I get my iphone 6. This is very important. Is there a best app? Money isn't an issue..... If there is a "computer" way (on PC) that will insure that I can save them, please explain like I am 5. I have to save these. Maybe even in a few places.... How have you done this? Thank you..
posted by anonymous to Computers & Internet (7 answers total) 10 users marked this as a favorite
 
Mod note: question updated per OP: using a PC, and need to be able to use the messages in another format (ie, print them out, etc.)
posted by taz (staff) at 10:57 PM on September 21, 2014


When I had some precious text message chains to save from an iPhone 4 before making the switch to 5, I used DiskAid, which has apparently been re-dubbed Imazing and made a lot fancier and hopefully not more restrictive. But it allowed me to save as simple text files all of my life-altering text message conversations. I didn't lose them in the switch regardless, but it was totally worth whatever DiskAid cost (which wasn't a memorable amount) to have them backed up.
posted by half life at 11:28 PM on September 21, 2014


Maybe not the best way, but if nothing else you can take a screen capture by pressing the home and power buttons. Then you can export the photos when you sync the phone.
After that, there's a ton of cheap-as-free OCR software.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 1:50 AM on September 22, 2014


This Looks like it'll work.
posted by defmute at 4:35 AM on September 22, 2014 [2 favorites]


^Yes, I have used iExplorer to do exactly this. Works beautifully. I exported my messages as a PDF but I think text files are an option as well.
posted by st elmo's fire at 5:45 AM on September 22, 2014


Here's a $20 program for Windows that transfers everything from the iPhone: Syncios
posted by conrad53 at 9:57 AM on September 22, 2014


I actually work on a program that does this also, Decipher TextMessage. There are a handful of 3rd party tools to read the text-message data from the device or from the backups. There's a link from the page I referenced to our contact page, so if anyone has any questions, you can send me a message here, or contact me through the support page on our site.
posted by deciphermedia at 9:32 PM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]


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