Decipher TextMessage For Mac

iPhone text messages can contain important information or media, which you might need to save to your Mac or recover if your mobile device is lost or non-functional. iPhone backups can be useful for this, but you need a third-party utility to access and extract data from them.

Decipher TextMessage is designed to help you get what you need from iPhone backups saved on your Mac. As the name suggests, it is intended for text messages, and it can recover both text and the various types of media contained in these messages.

iPhone backups used to be made with iTunes, but starting with macOS Catalina, they can be created directly from Finder. If a backup is present on your Mac, the app should detect it automatically, provided you have followed the installation instructions and given it the necessary permissions.

Once the backup has been accessed, you will be able to browse through your text messages with each contact, read them preview media, and then extract what you need. Messages can be exported to PDF, preserving iPhone formatting, and they can include all attached media. Alternatively, you can just save them as plain text or to a CSV file.