iPhoneSMSExport Offline Application
What is this?
A standalone application to export your iPhone SMS and iMessages to your computer, in HTML (as a webpage) or CSV (Excel) format.
Frequently Asked Questions
- The program shows 0 messages.
Solution: go to %APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\ (type that string in Run), and delete everything in there (it will delete old iTunes backups). Then plug in your iPhone, open iTunes, right-click on it and choose Backup. - Still 0 messages!
Solution: YOU NEED TO DISABLE iCloud FOR THIS PROGRAM TO WORK. iPhoneSMSExport needs a local backup. Please open iTunes, plug in your iPhone, click on your phone in iTunes and make sure the Backup on your PC is selected, and not Backup on iCloud. Then do the above step again, and retry.
Update 09 Dec 2011: both the Online and the Offline Version are now completely iMessage compatible.
The user can
filter by iMessage sent/received, and correct dates are displayed.
iMessage HTML export
SMS HTML export
Online and Offline versions
iPhoneSMSExport comes in two flavors - an online version, fully cross-platform (PC/Mac), and an offline desktop application, for Windows only.
The first version requires you to upload a special file from your computer.
The second version lets you export your messages offline through an easy-to-operate and no-nonsense desktop interface.
iPhone SMS Recovery
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Works on Mac and PC.
No downloads, no jailbreak, no external software needed. Just follow our simple instructions.
Free trial
You can export up to 100 SMS for free.
Supported formats: clean formatted HTML, CSV/Excel and PDF.
More info about the desktop application:

