Do you need to save your iPhone text messages as a PDF document and print out the messages on your PC or Mac? Today we're going to show you the quick steps on how to accomplish that task three different ways.
Saving and printing text messages as a PDF is helpful for a wide variety of circumstances including for business, court or trial, preserving family memories, monitoring of a teen or child's texts, real estate transactions, or even just personal archiving of text messages between friends and loved ones.
Let's get started so you can print and save your iPhone text messages as a PDF document on your PC or Mac.
Windows or Mac computer
iPhone or iPad
Decipher TextMessage - The widely used software program runs on your computer and will read in all your text messages and photo attachments and enable any iPhone user to quickly save and print text messages as a PDF file!
Lightning or USB-C Cable - To connect your iPhone/iPad to your computer, you will need a USB cable.
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Steps to export iPhone text messages as a PDF using Decipher TextMessage:
Below is a screenshot of what a PDF of text messages looks like after they are exported and saved.
Note that the contact information and time/date stamp is on every single text message! This is a unique feature of Decipher TextMessage. This is helpful for documentation purposes or for court or legal reasons where you need to ensure it is clearly presented and visible who sent and received every specific text message.
The exported PDF will also include any photo attachments inline with the messages just as they appear on the iPhone or iPad itself. If needed, you can also export a separate folder containing just the photo and video attachments.
Note: If you prefer to back up your iPhone with iTunes (Windows) or Finder (macOS), or already have a backup that works as well! Decipher TextMessage can import iPhone/iPad backups made with iTunes, Finder, or other third party software.
To generate a PDF containing text messages from only specific dates, choose the "Export > PDF (Date Range)" option. This allows you to create a PDF limited to text messages within your specified timeframe.
In addition to being able to print the PDF of all your text messages, keep in mind that you also have the ability to email the PDF to colleagues or friends as well as save the PDF document to an external hard drive or cloud storage option of your choice.
Our step-by-step YouTube video will walk you through how to export and print your iPhone text messages as a PDF on your PC or Mac computer. Feel free to watch and follow along!
If you only need to make a PDF a brief conversation, capturing screenshots within the Messages app is a simple (and free!) option.
Steps to export your iPhone text messages as a PDF using iPhone screenshots:
Below is a screenshot of what a PDF of iPhone text messages made from screenshots of the iPhone Messages app looks like.
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If you have access to a Mac and you sync your Messages through iCloud, you can try making a PDF of your text messages through the Messages app for macOS.
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Steps to export iPhone text messages to PDF using the macOS Messages app:
That covers it for today's overview and quick steps on how to save your iPhone text messages as a PDF so you can print out all your important text messages and iMessages.
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