What is new for MAX Messages version 1.2?

Warning

Install MAX Messages 1.2 before using drag and drop on macOS 27.2. Earlier versions may become unresponsive when dragging the application icon to Full Disk Access in System Settings.

Version 1.2 improves navigation of long conversation by adding a jump to a specific date, a timeline for conversations and a new diary layout. User names have been split into first and last name. It’s now possible to archive messages on a schedule.

Improvement for user names

In the Plans section of the Setup the user names have been split into first and last name. It’s possible to sort by both. The conversations in the Message Viewer are now sorted by last name.

Setup

Schedules

Archive on a daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly schedule.

Schedule weekly

Archive a chat.db folder

If you have made a copy of the chat.db folder it’s now possible to archive this folder, too. Click on “Archive folder” in the toolbar and select the chat.db file itself. All messages and attachments will be archived.

Other improvements

Feature 6085: Updated all remaining listboxes to modern macOS listboxes.

Feature 6136: There is now an option to download URL previews if these are missing in Messages. It’s also possible to add the previews after archiving.

Feature 6163: If no conversation is selected, date search and other navigation are now disabled.

Feature 6175: Improved the order of the File menu.

Feature 6270: There is now a Help Assistant for MAX Messages.

Feature 6276: The archive buttons in the Setup and the toolbar now have a tooltip when no conversation is selected or the archiving location is missing.

Feature 6325: Scheduler emails can now be sent to multiple recipients.

Feature 6330: After permissions are granted in the Setup, conversations from Messages load without clicking the Reload button.

Feature 6334: Improved handling of minor data corruption. The app now shows an error message instead of crashing.

Feature 6365: Improved opening archives.

Feature 6367: Improved the label describing the information sent with an error report.

Feature 6402: Improved the toolbar.

Feature 6406: The conversation list is now always expanded after a search.

Feature 6421: The Setup now remembers the sort field and direction for conversations.

Feature 6430: Added support for company names.

Bug Fixes

Bug 6087: Fixed an issue with automatic notarization.

Bug 6162: Fixed some issues with PDFs.

Bug 6171: Fixed some issues with PDFs.

Bug 6211: Fixed an issue with the window height.

Bug 6249: Made a better error message when the update file is not available.

Bug 6251: Fixed an IOException when downloading a new version

Bug 6258: Fixed an issue with the scheduler helper app being started twice.

Bug 6265: Fixed an issue with the recent menu items.

Bug 6266: Fixed an issue with the recent items menu.

Bug 6272: Now crash logs in the retired folder are sent in an error report, too.

Bug 6274: Fixed a problem with the card layout for pdf files when archiving/exporting to pdf.

Bug 6275: After exporting the conversation no longer is scrolled to the bottom.

Bug 6279: Fixed a NilObjectException when loading conversations.

Bug 6281: The check for the schema version is now done correctly.

Bug 6284: Improved contrast for buttons on onboarding window.

Bug 6285: Fixed a problem with the search not giving the correct result.

Bug 6293: Improved security for the message viewer for urls.

Bug 6294: Improved installation of the LaunchAgent.

Bug 6295: Improved security for url downloads.

Bug 6296: Improved security when exporting attachments.

Bug 6306: Url in the update information is now opened in the browser.

Bug 6309: Fixed a problem “malformed match expression” when searching.

Bug 6311: Only the first line of pasted text is now kept when doing a search.

Bug 6314: Ignore error messages for CloudFlare when doing an update check.

Bug 6316: Fixed an issue where the last message on a new page wouldn’t be created for PDF.

Bug 6318: Fixed some issues with the schedules.

Bug 6321: Improved speed of large search results.

Bug 6322: The searchfield in the main window is now scrollable.

Bug 6328: Improved the license-expired message.

Bug 6329: Improved handling of attachments in the temporary folder.

Bug 6336: The correct plan is now copied when duplicating a schedule.

Bug 6341: Fixed a problem with sorting.

Bug 6346: Conversations from unknown senders now show the correct messages instead of messages from the first conversation.

Bug 6348: For conversations with unknown senders, the archive now uses the phone number instead of “Unknown Sender”.

Bug 6350: The app now shows an error when a schedule runs but nothing can be archived.

Bug 6354: Fixed a potential hard crash when quitting the app while the Setup window is open.

Bug 6364: Attachment names now use the same special-character checks as Mail Archiver.

Bug 6372: Fixed an “SQL parser error” when exporting to PDF and HTML.

Bug 6376: Improved the installer.

Bug 6381: Fixed a permissions problem when checking the registration.

Bug 6386: Improved error logging.

Bug 6405: Slightly improved the speed of archiving to PDF.

Bug 6408: Fixed an issue with emails not being added to the index. A reindex is required.

Bug 6409: Fixed an UnsupportedFormatException when archiving an attachment.

Bug 6411: The app no longer waits for a minute when an archive volume is unavailable while opening or closing the archive.

Bug 6415: Fixed problems with incorrect information in the progress window.

Bug 6416: The progress window now shows the correct labels when importing an archive.

Bug 6417: Imported archives no longer produce an error when opened.

Bug 6419: Fixed a scrolling problem in non-English locales.

Bug 6427: Fixed a regression that hid labels when no archive was open.

Bug 6428: Fixed an issue with the font preferences.

Bug 6434: The “Quit when finished” option for schedules now works again in trial mode.

Bug 6464: A literal & is no longer converted to & in PDFs.

Bug 6465: Certain emojis are no longer shown as squares in PDFs.

Bug 6480: Improved error handling for the index on read-only volumes.

Bug 6481: After an index error, data in the Setup now loads correctly.

Bug 6492: Fixed a hard crash during the update check.

Bug 6500: Fixed an issue with journal-folder preparation when diagnosing an archive.

Bug 6507: Fixed an issue where Setup could display a different next archival date from the date used by the scheduler.

Bug 6515: Fixed a freeze when dragging the application icon to Full Disk Access in System Settings on macOS 27.2. IMPORTANT: Install MAX Messages 1.2 before using drag and drop on macOS 27.2. Earlier versions may become unresponsive.