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Decipher TextMessage Changelog

What's new in Decipher TextMessage 17.5.5

Apr 22, 2024
  • Fixes an issue saying you do not have permission to create a file when exporting a daily message count PDF.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.5.3 (Apr 17, 2024)

  • Improves the user interface when exporting a single PDF, CSV, or text file of a conversation.
  • Improved support for latest macOS Sonoma updates.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.5.1 (Apr 8, 2024)

  • This update replaces the Decipher TextMessage 17.5.0 update.
  • Fixes issues updating Decipher TextMessage on Windows.
  • Fixes issue where very latest messages were not being added to the program from a new backup.
  • Support for backups made with iOS 17.5 beta 1.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.4.4 (Mar 17, 2024)

  • Fixes issues launching the program on Windows.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.4.3 (Mar 14, 2024)

  • Fixes a crash on Windows when using the recover button.
  • Reduces memory consumption while creating a backup.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.4.2 (Mar 13, 2024)

  • Fixes an issue importing messages sent/received in the past few minutes before an iPhone backup was made.
  • Fixes missing play button on video thumbnails on Windows.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.4.0 (Feb 28, 2024)

  • Fixes issues making a new backup after making a backup not including Messages attachments.
  • Adds an option (off by default) to not show numbers for contacts with names.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.3.2 (Feb 6, 2024)

  • Faster generation of thumbnail images on macOS.
  • Faster generation of thumbnail images on Windows when HEVC & HEIF codecs are installed from Microsoft.
  • Support for iOS 17.4 beta.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.3.0 (Jan 26, 2024)

  • Updates to support newer Windows iPhone drivers.
  • Fixes a font issue affecting dates in PDFs generated in macOS Sonoma.
  • Better display of video attachments for some videos.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.2.4 (Dec 28, 2023)

  • Fixes issues when selecting a conversation and generating thumbnails on macOS.
  • Improves error messages for some problems making a backup on Windows.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.2.3 (Dec 28, 2023)

  • Adds device multiple selection. Hold the Ctrl (Windows) or Command (macOS) key to select multiple iPhones/iPads from the left column to view/export merged conversations from more than one device.
  • Fixes a crash on macOS x86_64 when selecting some conversations.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.1.9 (Nov 29, 2023)

  • Fixes an issue where Contacts are not importing into Decipher TextMessage.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.1.7 (Nov 27, 2023)

  • Better support for text messages only backup on Windows.
  • Fixes a crash on x86_64 macOS.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.1.6 (Nov 22, 2023)

  • Improvements to error messages and in-app help for text messages only backup.
  • Adds an option to right-click on a contact and name/rename a contact.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.1.2 (Oct 25, 2023)

  • Text Messages Only Backup UI: Fixes for USB connected device detection for older macOS versions and Windows 7/8.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.1.0 (Oct 16, 2023)

  • Text Messages Only backup UI includes information about whether the PC/Mac detects an iPhone connected via USB, and at what USB connection speed.
  • Native arm64 macOS support.
  • Adds regular expression searching to the filter bar over the contacts in the center column. If you start the text with exactly regex: then the search will run as a regular expression of whatever is after the regex:.
  • Bug Fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.0.3 (Aug 6, 2023)

  • Improvements to "Delete All Hidden Messages" to massively speed it up.
  • Adds support for location sharing events.

New in Decipher TextMessage 17.0.0 (Jun 19, 2023)

  • Support for the first iOS 17 beta.
  • Adds "Reveal Backup's Folder" button to the View/Manage Backups window.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.5.9 (Jun 4, 2023)

  • Support for latest macOS Ventura update 13.4.
  • Adds starting page number option to PDF Date Range export to assist with adding additional pages to an existing document.
  • Adds option to save a list of phone numbers with Messages app history.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.5.6 (May 4, 2023)

  • Support for latest iOS 16.5 betas.
  • Improvements to registration error messages.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.5.3 (Apr 10, 2023)

  • Fixes an issue reading older iOS backups.
  • Improved error messages for some errors making an iPhone backup.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.5.1 (Apr 10, 2023)

  • Fixes an issue where there is a very long delay opening the main program window on Windows.
  • UI clarifications and improvements.
  • Improves support for importing messages data from macOS Messages on macOS 13.3 Ventura update.
  • Fixes an issue where the Recover window would sometimes not open on macOS.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.4.5 (Mar 14, 2023)

  • Improvements to registration window and license code entry.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.4.4 (Mar 9, 2023)

  • Bug fix and better clarity when a date range PDF export has no messages for the selected range.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.4.3 (Mar 5, 2023)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.4.0 (Feb 23, 2023)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.3.8 (Feb 15, 2023)

  • Improvements to disk access instructions for macOS Ventura.
  • Adds estimated time remaining to back up window.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.3.6 (Feb 3, 2023)

  • Bug fixes.
  • Improvements to view/delete backup window.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.3.4 (Jan 28, 2023)

  • Adds Manage Backups window to trash/recycle texts-only backups.
  • Fixes a crash importing iOS 3-9 backups.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.3.2 (Jan 23, 2023)

  • Improved support for backups with missing/broken text message attachment images.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.3.0 (Jan 8, 2023)

  • Improved support for iOS 16.3 beta backups.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.2.4 (Jan 3, 2023)

  • Improvements to Text-Only Backups to reduce likelihood of backup errors due to the PC/Mac falling asleep.
  • Improvements to the Search All Conversations window.
  • Speed up message importing by delaying search indexing.
  • Removes duplicates from some older group chat conversations.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.2.2 (Dec 4, 2022)

  • Speed improvements for importing backups.
  • Adds anchor tags to date in HTML exports for in-page linking.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.2.0 (Nov 1, 2022)

  • Improved display of group chat events, when someone enters or leaves a group chat.
  • Improved support for latest macOS Ventura messages app database.
  • Improved support when a faulty USB cable interrupts device backup.
  • Imrpoved progress display when making a backup.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.1.1 (Oct 3, 2022)

  • Fixes some texts sent or received in iOS 16 not being imported in to Decipher TextMessage.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.1.0 (Sep 30, 2022)

  • Better presentation of iOS 16 unsent and edited text messages.
  • Improvements to display of group chat messages.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.0.8 (Sep 21, 2022)

  • Fix for sideways preview thumbnails for some HEIC message attachments.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.0.7 (Sep 16, 2022)

  • Fix for some text not showing up with image attachments in iOS 16.
  • Fix for crashes in Mac legacy version (version for OS X Lion-Yosemite) exporting PDFs.
  • New recovery to import texts from broken iOS Messages app databases.
  • Fix for occasional crash in 32-bit Windows version.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.0.5 (Aug 9, 2022)

  • Support for importing Messages data from the latest macOS Monterey update.
  • Improvements to PDF emoji on Windows.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.0.3 (Jul 25, 2022)

  • Adds an option to import single backups from other locations than the default backup folders, in addition to the option to import a folder of backups.
  • Adds an option to hide message reactions.
  • Fixes an issue where image attachments are not imported into the conversation.
  • Fixes Texts-Only Backup progress bar.

New in Decipher TextMessage 16.0.0 (Jul 5, 2022)

  • Fixes an issue with multiple images in a message not showing.
  • Fixes an issue running on 32-bit Windows PCs.

New in Decipher TextMessage 15.6.2 (Jun 19, 2022)

  • Clarify error messages when texts-only backup aborts early.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 15.5.8 (May 31, 2022)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 15.5.7 (May 30, 2022)

  • Better labeling of messages sent via third party Messages plugins.

New in Decipher TextMessage 15.5.6 (May 25, 2022)

  • Improves display of some Messages app plugin messages.
  • Fixes crashes for the 32-bit version of Decipher TextMessage.
  • Fixes crash during Save All Conversations to CSV.

New in Decipher TextMessage 15.5.0 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Adds option to change the location that Decipher TextMessage stores its data.
  • Adds support for subject lines on messages.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 15.4.4 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Adds PDF Export to Search All Messages window.
  • Adds option to sort Search All Messages results chronologically and reverse chronologically.
  • Adds option to filter Search All Messages results by conversation participant.

New in Decipher TextMessage 15.4.2 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Fixes crash exporting PDF introduced in 15.4.1!

New in Decipher TextMessage 15.4.1 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Big improvements to resolution of HEIC image thumbnails.
  • Adds device filtering to search window.
  • (Beta) Adds an option to print search results.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 15.1.5 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Adds support for quoted phrases in the center-column contacts filter.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 15.1.0 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Adds option to create messages-only backup within the program.
  • Fix bug where searching with empty text and no date filter crashes the program.
  • Fix issues where the app would not launch on 32-bit Windows.
  • Adds PDF export options: add header to every page and do not include images.

New in Decipher TextMessage 15.0.0 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Speed improvements to sort conversations by date.
  • Include date range of messages in center-column conversations listing.
  • Adds date range filter to message search.
  • Improvements to export date range selection window.
  • Improvements to macOS Messages and macOS Messages Archives imports.
  • Fixes for displaying contact names for linked contacts.

New in Decipher TextMessage 14.7.3 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Fixes issues with page breaking, and excess blank space on PDF export for very long messages.
  • Support for the latest updates to macOS Messages.

New in Decipher TextMessage 14.7.0 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Changes to speed up reading from large iOS backups.
  • Fixes for character display bugs on Windows.
  • Fixes issues with license code registration for some licenses.

New in Decipher TextMessage 14.4.14 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Remember export date range selection options for future date limited exports.
  • Resolve some crashes due to memory constraints on Windows.
  • Hindi font support in PDF exports.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 14.4.12 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Automatically find and import AnyTrans backups on macOS.
  • Use PDF rendering for print button.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 14.4.8 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Automatically find and import AnyTrans backups on Windows.
  • Additional page/space reducing for PDFs exported with Ink Saving Mode.
  • Further reduces size of images in PDF if low-res thumbnails preference is set.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 14.4.5 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Improvements to program launch time.

New in Decipher TextMessage 14.4.0 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 14.2.3 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Better support/thumbnails for SVG message attachments.
  • Show trial info on PDFs exported in trial mode.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 14.2.0 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Improvements to Emoji support in PDF export.
  • Support for latest updates to macOS Big Sur Messages app.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 14.1.0 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Supports importing from the Messages app on macOS Big Sur.
  • UI fixes for encrypted backup password and license code prompts.
  • Resolves an issue for macOS Messages import in which contact names used iCloud family shared Contacts instead of individual macOS contact names.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 14.0.2 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Improvements to Emojis display on Windows 10.
  • Adds per-contact counts to message count summary PDF exports.
  • UI Improvements for hiding/deleting messages, and copying messages to clipboard.
  • Resolves an issue where contact names used iCloud family shared Contacts instead of individual iPhone contact names.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 13.6.0 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Fix to support macOS 11 Big Sur beta.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 13.4.2 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Fix to address issues reading macOS Messages app archives.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 13.4.1 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Major upgrades to PDF export to improve export speed.
  • Fixes to better render messages with whitespace/tabs or blank lines.
  • Improvements to the user interface for date range exports.
  • Render SVG attachments as inline SVGs in PDF export.
  • Add preference to turn on/off program watermark on exported PDFs.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 13.3.4 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Adds Show "All Contact" Option to Preferences for showing all messages with all contacts.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 13.3.0 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Improvements to speed up importing a large amounts of messages.
  • Improvements to "Delete All Hidden Conversations" option.
  • Updates for importing macOS messages from latest Catalina versions.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 13.2.0 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Fix for issues with PDF thumbnails in trial mode.
  • Fix for encrypted backups made with iOS 13.2.0.

New in Decipher TextMessage 13.0.4 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Fix a bug checking password for encrypted backups on Windows 32-bit.
  • Fix potential crash reading macOS Messages app archive files.
  • Visual improvements for iPhone X/XR/XS/11 devices.
  • Correct issues where too many iMessage accounts were showing for yourself in the conversation.

New in Decipher TextMessage 13.0.0 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Supports 32-bit Windows as well as continued support for 64-bit macOS and 64-bit Windows.
  • Fixes date localization/regional formatting to better respect system preferences on Mac.
  • Improved detection of low disk space when exporting all text message conversations on an iPhone to PDF.
  • Fixes some crashes on Search > Search all Conversations for complex boolean searches.
  • More bug fixes!

New in Decipher TextMessage 12.1.15 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Use larger resolution images for attachment video/photo thumbnails. (There is an option under Preferences to go back to the smaller thumbnails.)
  • Create thumbnail previews of PDF attachments in Messages.
  • Honor font-size settings in PDF export.
  • Add two-column preference for PDF export.
  • Adds export all conversations as PDF option.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 12.1.10 (Apr 12, 2019)

  • Add option to right-click and rename a device in the left-column device list.
  • Bug fixes and improved crash reporting information.

New in Decipher TextMessage 12.1.8 (Mar 21, 2019)

  • Fix an issue where lack of internet connectivity sometimes caused errors on program launch.
  • Improved support for broken encrypted iPhone backups.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 12.1.6 (Mar 21, 2019)

  • Updates to support buggy macOS Messages app archive files.
  • Fix a bug after MacBook lid is closed and reopened.

New in Decipher TextMessage 12.1.4 (Mar 21, 2019)

  • Adds option to import archived text messages from the macOS Messages app.
  • Change to Java 11 on Mac and Windows.
  • Change to 64-bit on Windows.
  • Support macOS Mojave hardened runtime and notarization.
  • Fixes a few ugly screens on macOS Mojave.

New in Decipher TextMessage 12.1.1 (Mar 21, 2019)

  • Improved support for PDF export for conversations in Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 12.0.8 (Mar 21, 2019)

  • Updates for new iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max users.
  • Bug fixes for running Decipher TextMessage on a computer with critically low disk space.

New in Decipher TextMessage 12.0.6 (Mar 21, 2019)

  • Improved thumbnails for HEIC images on Windows.
  • Update Mojave permissions instructions for later beta versions and Mojave public release.
  • Fix bottom scrollbar bug on Windows.
  • Bug fixes from reports from our awesome customers. Thank you!

New in Decipher TextMessage 12.0.2 (Aug 16, 2018)

  • Specific fixes needed for Decipher TextMessage running on Mac OS X Yosemite and earlier.
  • Fixes for PDF exporting very long conversations.

New in Decipher TextMessage 12.0.0 (Aug 2, 2018)

  • Improved thumbnails for HEIC images on Mac running macOS Sierra and earlier.
  • Instructions for granting app permissions needed on macOS Mojave betas.
  • Include the option to narrow by time on date range exports.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 11.3.3 (May 21, 2018)

  • Updates to support the latest Windows iTunes from the Microsoft Store.
  • Adds a Message Count Summary export, showing totals of messages exchanged.
  • Memory usage improvements.

New in Decipher TextMessage 11.3.0 (Apr 27, 2018)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 11.2.18 (Apr 19, 2018)

  • Improvements and bug fixes for PDF export, including exporting text messages to PDF limited to a specific date range.
  • Adds a new option/feature to read text message/iMessage data from the macOS Messages app!
  • Improvements to text-only export.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Decipher TextMessage 11.2.12 (Mar 6, 2018)

  • Fixed issues where PDF export was running out of memory for extra-large conversations.
  • Adds total message and image count to PDF export.

New in Decipher TextMessage 11.2.8 (Feb 19, 2018)

  • New search/filter feature to narrow the list of contacts shown in the center column.
  • Fixed bugs in our save iPhone text messages as PDF feature.
  • Fixed an issue where dates and times were formatted incorrectly for the macOS region setting.
  • Improved support for failed text messages and iMessages resent as SMS.

New in Decipher TextMessage 8.3.0 (Feb 12, 2015)

  • Improvements to exported conversation layout.
  • Various bug fixes for buggy/incomplete backups.
  • Improvements to our automatic update system.
  • Bug fixes in response to feedback and reports from our wonderful customers.

New in Decipher TextMessage 2.3.0 (Jun 17, 2011)

  • Minor bug fixes
  • Better support for exporting conversations with extended unicode character sets
  • Crisper contact photos