I have years of messages on my phone that I want to keep, but now I'm literally running out of memory. Is there a trusted third-party app that will let me download and archive them to my computer, and hopefully search and organize them?

Thanks for any suggestions!

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MisterEChops t1_iwyvk7c wrote on November 19, 2022 at 12:33 PM

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How can you be running out of memory? Wtf?

Aren’t they being offloaded to iCloud?

gcerullo t1_iwyvy9j wrote on November 19, 2022 at 12:38 PM

#577,513

https://imazing.com

Squirrelhenge OP t1_iwywqtk wrote on November 19, 2022 at 12:47 PM

#577,583

Replying to MisterEChops (#577,488)

Yes, but they're also not being deleted from the phone. I can't access or read them in the cloud. And yeah, it's weird of me, I know :)

MisterEChops t1_iwywxot wrote on November 19, 2022 at 12:49 PM

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Replying to Squirrelhenge (#577,583)

How can you have so much data in iMessage that the phone’s full though? Wtf?

Expensive-Exit6398 t1_iwz6chz wrote on November 19, 2022 at 2:21 PM

#578,319

Replying to MisterEChops (#577,600)

If you send a video to someone (4K video for example), it gets counted as storage used for messages.

pacoii t1_iwz80g6 wrote on November 19, 2022 at 2:36 PM

#578,443

Replying to gcerullo (#577,513)

Another vote for iMazing. Great app that keeps getting updated.

Separate-Print4493 t1_iwzfajq wrote on November 19, 2022 at 3:34 PM

#578,983

To each his own.

Do not understand though why you want to keep messages from years ago.