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# Message Album

> Keep the conversation, not just the backup. Message Album is a native macOS app that exports one Messages conversation at a time into a private, searchable offline archive: every message from both sides, every attachment, and a checksum manifest. Nothing leaves your Mac.

## Product
- [Features](https://messagealbum.com/#features)
- [Pricing](https://messagealbum.com/#download): $29 one-time, direct purchase (not on the Mac App Store, because reading the Messages library needs Full Disk Access)
- Requires macOS 15.7 or later
- [Changelog](https://messagealbum.com/changelog/)

## Guides
- [How to save text messages from an iPhone: every method, honestly compared](https://messagealbum.com/blog/how-to-save-text-messages-from-iphone/): Six ways to get text messages off an iPhone and onto a computer, what each one actually preserves, and which to pick depending on whether you need one thread, one message, or twenty years of history.
- [How to print text messages from an iPhone](https://messagealbum.com/blog/how-to-print-text-messages/): Four ways to get a printed copy of a text conversation, including the free Mac method that handles long threads, and what to do when you need the printout to hold up as a record.
- [How to export an entire iMessage conversation on a Mac](https://messagealbum.com/blog/export-imessage-conversation-mac/): Why the Messages app has no export command, the free methods that work anyway, how to get history that never synced to your Mac, and how to end up with an archive you can still open years from now.
- [How to save text messages as a PDF](https://messagealbum.com/blog/save-text-messages-as-pdf/): The free Mac method, the iPhone-only workarounds, and the two things a PDF cannot hold. Plus how to get a PDF of a conversation too long to scroll through.
- [Does iCloud backup save text messages?](https://messagealbum.com/blog/does-icloud-backup-save-text-messages/): When iCloud Backup includes messages, how Messages in iCloud differs, and how to keep a readable archive alongside your backups.
- [How to keep your text messages when you switch phones](https://messagealbum.com/blog/save-text-messages-switching-phones/): How to check message transfers when switching iPhone or Android phones, what backups contain, and when a readable conversation archive is useful.
- [How to preserve text messages as a record](https://messagealbum.com/blog/text-messages-as-evidence/): Why screenshots are the weakest possible form of a message record, what a complete preservation actually includes, and how checksums let you show an archive has not been altered.
- [How to save the messages of someone who has died](https://messagealbum.com/blog/save-messages-from-someone-who-died/): A practical guide to preserving a conversation with someone you have lost: what to do first, how to reach messages on their phone or account, and how to keep the thread somewhere it cannot quietly disappear.


## Support
- Email: support@messagealbum.com
- [FAQ](https://messagealbum.com/faq/)

## Legal
- [Privacy](https://messagealbum.com/privacy/)
- [Terms](https://messagealbum.com/terms/)