I get a new iPhone on my birthday. I just want to export all my nostalgic conversations to my MacBook Pro. Is it possible to transfer chat log to Mac as text? Or should I carefully take screenshot of the text history? iTunes can backup iPhone messages to Mac (opens new window) , but the SMS database is unreadable so you cannot read or view text messages / iMessages on your Mac directly. Fortunately, there are a lot of methods out there that can help you fix this problem. Here is the commonly used path to transfer iPhone SMS to Mac . What do you need :
- A MacBook / MacBook Air / MacBook Pro / iMac;
- An iPhone X / 8/7/6 Plus / 6 / 5s / 5c / 5 / 4s / 4 / 3GS;
- The USB cable provided by Apple;
- FonePaw iOS Transfer (opens new window) ;
# Steps to transfer iPhone SMS to Mac
# Step 1. Connect iPhone to Mac
Connect your iPhone to Mac. Launch FonePaw iOS Transfer, and it will recognize your iPhone within seconds..
Note: Before connecting iPhone to Mac, please install FonePaw iOS Transfer.
# Step 2. Make SMS transfer from iPhone to Mac
In the left menu, you can see “Media”, “Reading List”, “Photos”, “Books”, “Contacts”, “SMS” and “Toolkit”. Choose "SMS", check the messages you need and click "Export to" to save them on your Mac. Here you can choose the format of the export messages: CSV, HTML and TXT..
Here is ! If you want to export iPhone SMS to Mac for free, you can try iTunes or iCloud.
