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Decipher Chat Release Notes

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November 1, 2024 - Decipher Chat 18.2.2

  • Adds an option to import WhatsApp export zip files!
  • Bug fixes.

October 03, 2024 - Decipher Chat 18.1.1

  • Support for new Windows iPhone drivers.
  • Support for new iPhone 16 iPhone model information.
  • Bug fixes.

September 18, 2024 - Decipher Chat 18.1.0

  • Improvements to diagnostic information for failed Windows iPhone backups.
  • Bug fixes.

July 18, 2024 - Decipher Chat 18.0.0

  • New option to look up iPhone/iPad backup passwords stored in the macOS keychain or Windows Credential Manager.
  • Increases to PDF export font sizes to be compliant with more court standards.
  • Bug fixes.

March 18, 2024 - Decipher Chat 17.3.1

  • Adds an option to export Monthly/Daily Message Count summaries as a PDF.
  • Fixes an issue with very large WhatsApp conversations hanging in the program.
  • Bug fixes.

January 16, 2024 - Decipher Chat 17.2.3

  • Improvements to the in-app backup feature.
  • Fixes a font issue affecting dates in PDFs generated in macOS Sonoma.
  • Bug fixes.

December 8, 2023 - Decipher Chat 17.2.0

  • Adds more information and better error messages for the Chat-Apps only backup.
  • Bug fixes.

September 26, 2023 - Decipher Chat 17.0.0

  • Native arm64 macOS support.
  • Adds button to show Chat-Apps Only Backups folder.
  • Fixed issue with Chat-Apps Only Backup in iOS 17 not containing WhatsApp data.
  • Bug fixes.

April 27, 2023 - Decipher Chat 16.4.2

  • Speed improvements to program startup.
  • Bug fixes.

March 28, 2023 - Decipher Chat 16.4.0

  • Improvements to image previews for WhatsApp conversations.
  • Improvements to license code handling.
  • Removes Instagram DM history.

February 9, 2023 - Decipher Chat 16.3.0

  • Corrects an issue where outgoing messages show up as from "Unknown"
  • Bug fixes.

September 21, 2022 - Decipher Chat 16.0.1

  • Adds an option to back up within Decipher Chat, this backup will store only WhatsApp, WeChat, and Viber data, to conserve drive space.

August 23, 2022 - Decipher Chat 16.0.0

  • 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.
  • When the option to use dates for attachment names is selected, the attachments are named by the date and contact.
  • Bug fixes.

October 2, 2021 - Decipher Chat 15.0.2

  • Adds save all as HTML option.
  • Show WhatsApp conversations by contact thumbnail when available.
  • Filter out empty WhatsApp conversations from center column list.

September 16, 2021 - Decipher Chat 14.7.5

  • Improvements to the conversation export by date range UI.
  • Adds save all to PDF or CSV, limited to a date range.
  • Adds preferences option to skip already saved chats in Save All export.
  • Bug fixes.

March 20, 2021 - Decipher Chat 14.1.2

  • Automatically find AnyTrans backups on Windows.
  • Bug fixes.

February 24, 2021 - Decipher Chat 14.1.1

  • Bug fixes for new viber chat support.

February 19, 2021 - Decipher Chat 14.1.0

  • Added support for Viber chat messages!

October 19, 2020 - Decipher Chat 14.0.4

  • Fix issue where some WeChat conversations weren't appearing.
  • Fix issue where backup password prompt wouldn't appear on macOS Catalina.
  • Fix some crashes while exporting to PDF.

August 7, 2020 - Decipher Chat 14.0.0

  • Fix issues running Decipher Chat on macOS Big Sur betas.
  • Fix issues with Save All on backups with a very large amount of conversations.
  • Improvements to memory and disk space usage.
  • Bug fixes.

June 18, 2020 - Decipher Chat 13.4.7

  • Corrects issues encoding unicode characters in CSV export.
  • Bug fixes.

April 10, 2020 - Decipher Chat 13.4.3

  • Added support for multiple Instagram DM accounts.

March 27, 2020 - Decipher Chat 13.4.1

  • Added support for Instagram DM messages!
  • Added CSV export for WhatsApp and WeChat messages.
  • Bug fixes.

December 13, 2019 - Decipher Chat 13.3.2

  • Add PDF option to Save for WeChat and WhatsApp messages.
  • Add option to save messages only within a range of dates and time.
  • Bug fixes.

November 21, 2019 - Decipher Chat 13.3.0

  • Fix for encrypted backups made with iOS 13.2.0 and higher.

October 25, 2019 - Decipher Chat 13.0.1

  • Fixes issue when sender name would not appear on some WhatsApp chats.
  • Adds preference to save images using the date as the filename.
  • Bug fixes.

June 24, 2019 - Decipher Chat 12.2.3

  • Addition of WhatsApp Business App chats to Decipher Chat!

April 22, 2019 - Decipher Chat 12.2.1

  • Addition of WeChat text message history to Decipher Chat!
  • Better support for reading WhatsApp chats from broken iPhone backups.
  • Bug fixes.

February 25, 2019 - Decipher Chat 12.1.4

  • Show delivered and read status on WhatsApp messages.
  • Show detailed date and contact information on each message.
  • On Windows, use system preferences for formatting dates.
  • Speed up installer on Windows.
  • Bug fixes.

December 19, 2018 - Decipher Chat 12.1.1

  • Change to Java 11 on Mac and Windows.
  • Change to 64-bit on Windows.

November 6, 2018 - Decipher Chat 12.1.0

  • Bug fixes.

September 23, 2018 - Decipher Chat 12.0.8

  • Updates for new iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max users.
  • Update Mojave permissions instructions for later beta versions and Mojave public release.
  • Bug fixes.

July 31, 2018 - Decipher Chat 12.0.0

  • Adds instructions for granting app permissions in macOS Mojave.
  • Bug fixes.

May 18, 2018 - Decipher Chat 11.3.3

  • Support for the latest updates to WhatsApp.
  • Support for iTunes for Windows on the Microsoft Store.
  • Bug fixes.

March 20, 2018 - Decipher Chat 11.2.1

  • New and improved automatic update checks!
  • Fixed hidden file issues when saving/exporting WhatsApp messages and attachments.

September 1, 2017 - Decipher Chat 11.0.4

  • Exciting bug fixes!

July 25, 2017 - Decipher Chat 11.0.3

  • Changes to support the latest WhatsApp update, WhatsApp 2.17.41.
  • Additional retina support for macOS.

June 6, 2017 - Decipher Chat 11.0.0

  • Support for backups made with iOS 11!

February 6, 2017 - Decipher Chat 10.2.0

  • Fixed issue caused by outdated jar files from other programs in Java Extensions folder on Mac.
  • Fixed issue caused by permissions issues for temp files on some Windows configurations.

January 4, 2017 - Decipher Chat 10.0.1

  • Added support for iOS 10.2 encrypted backups.
  • Speed and reliability improvements.

Use the "Check for Updates" button in Decipher Chat to get the latest version, or you can download it from our website:

https://deciphertools.com/download-decipher-chat.html