What is MAX Messages?

MAX Messages is your solution for archiving and managing conversations from macOS Messages. It helps you preserve, organize, and search your message history, whether for personal reference or professional documentation.

Why Archive Your Messages

Archiving isn’t just about saving space. It’s about protecting your conversations and making them easier to access. Some key benefits include:

Keep your conversations safe

Back up your messages so they’re preserved even if the original conversation is deleted.

Simplify Messages

Free up space on your hard disk and your iPhone and reduce clutter in the Messages app without losing important history.

Make searching easier

Archived messages can be searched much more efficiently than scrolling through long conversation histories.

Document important exchanges

Whether it’s a business agreement, personal memory, or customer interaction, archiving ensures your conversations are securely recorded and easy to retrieve.

No iPhone needed

MAX Messages accesses your messages directly on your Mac. There’s no need to connect or sync with your iPhone to archive or view chats.

What You Can Do with MAX Messages

MAX Messages provides a simple yet powerful way to archive and explore your conversations:

Archive with a Plan

Plans let you save frequently used archiving configurations as templates. Whether you’re archiving daily, weekly, or by topic or contact, Plans make the process fast and consistent.

Browse conversations

Easily navigate through archived chats, organized by contact or group.

Search by content

Find specific messages using the built-in search: filter by name, keyword, or part of a conversation.

View attachments

See images, videos, and documents shared in your chats with a simple click.

MAX Messages makes it easy to review your message history. It's ideal for quick access, deep searches, or simply finding that one message you need.

This manual will guide you through getting started, setting up your first archive, and using MAX Messages effectively.