User Reference: Version History 1

1.2 20-Oct-2026

Feature 5722: Schedules are now available.

Feature 5729: It’s now possible to archive a local chat.db.

Feature 6083: The user name has been split into first and last name for the Setup and the archives.

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

Feature 6094: The contacts in the Setup now show first and last name and can be sorted by both columns.

Feature 6133: It’s now possible to jump to a selected date.

Feature 6134: Implemented a timeline for navigation.

Feature 6135: In addition to the normal conversation view, there is now a diary-like interface for quickly navigating by year, month and day.

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 6221: It’s now possible to archive a selected folder containing a chat.db file.

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 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: Improved the error message shown when the update file is unavailable.

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: Crash logs in the retired folder are now included in error reports.

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

Bug 6275: The conversation no longer scrolls to the bottom after exporting.

Bug 6279: Fixed a NilObjectException when loading conversations.

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

Bug 6284: Improved the contrast of buttons in the onboarding window.

Bug 6285: Fixed a problem that caused incorrect search results.

Bug 6293: Improved URL security in the Message Viewer.

Bug 6294: Improved installation of the LaunchAgent.

Bug 6295: Improved security for URL downloads.

Bug 6296: Improved security when exporting attachments.

Bug 6306: The URL in the update information now opens in the browser.

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

Bug 6311: Only the first line of pasted text is now kept when searching.

Bug 6314: Cloudflare errors are now ignored during update checks.

Bug 6316: Fixed an issue where the last message on a new PDF page was missing.

Bug 6318: Fixed some issues with schedules.

Bug 6321: Improved the speed of large search results.

Bug 6322: The search field 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.

1.1.2 9-May-2026

Bug 6262: Printing works again.

Bug 6264: Fixed a hard crash when archiving.

1.1.1 1-May-2026

Bug 6245: Fixed an issue with scrolling.

Bug 6246: Fixed a hard crash on Ventura when opening the Setup window.

Bug 6252: Fixed another issue with scrolling.

1.1 22-Apr-2026

Feature 5723: It’s now possible to encrypt archives.

Feature 5726: It’s now possible to export to the Internal Database.

Feature 5742: It’s now possible to import an Internal Database archive.

Feature 5744: It’s now possible to export to pdf and html.

Feature 5745: It’s now possible to export all conversations, one conversation or the search result of a conversation.

Feature 5746: It’s now possible to print the currently visible messages of a conversation.

Feature 5747: It’s now possible to save only the attachments for a conversation or the search result.

Feature 5884: The archive format is now in the app log.

Feature 5888: Added IDs of messages to raw data for session log.

Feature 5914: Updated buttons and windows to latest Tahoe look.

Feature 6028: It’s now possible to use Cmd-up and Cmd-down to navigate to the oldest and the newest messages. The direction is saved to/read from the settings.

Feature 6031: In the navigation of the Setup the Options area was renamed to General.

Feature 6033: It’s now possible to search the session logs.

Feature 6038: Optimised some colors.

Feature 6046: When cloning an archive the journal file will be created in Application Support.

Feature 6048: When creating a new index and the file is on a NAS then the index is created on the local hard disk.

Feature 6064: Added search to list of contacts in Setup.

Feature 6072: It’s now possible to save the contacts to csv.

Feature 6073: The format has been added to the applog.

Feature 6075: Implemented type selection for conversations.

Feature 6089: When doing a search and a conversation doesn’t have a search result then the conversation isn’t shown anymore.

Feature 6097: In addition to the context menu images now have a button to save the images to the hard disk.

Feature 6102: Added an option whether to write attachments for PDF or not.

Feature 6103: Improved page breaks for images when making PDFs.

Feature 6104: It’s now possible to archive to html.

Feature 6132: By default now the newest message is loaded first for a conversation.

Feature 6145: Improved handling of cancel for archiving to pdf and html.

Feature 6156: Improved help for full disk access. It’s not possible to drag an app alias to the System Settings. It’s also no longer required to restart the application.

Feature 6159: When sending an error report crash logs from the retired folder are now sent, too.

Feature 6177: For beta versions do the update check on every startup.

Feature 6181: Improved onboarding for new users.

Feature 6182: Improved information for getting 20% off during the first 48 hours.

Feature 6185: For beta versions the update check is now done immediately after each start.

Feature 6186: It’s now possible to archive all conversations instead of selecting individual ones.

Feature 6187: Added extra update page for MAX Messages.

Feature 6192: Decreased the level of information in the applog. There is now only the total.

Feature 6199: Added warning when Valentina logging is set to log debug messages.

Feature 6202: Improved the functionality and the layout of the permissions window.

Feature 6227: The list of plans in the Setup now has tooltips for each plan.

Feature 6229: Added window splitter for plans in Setup.

Feature 6233: Database information now shows a list of conversations with the number of messages and attachments when doing a shift-click.

Feature 6235: The app now uses a preemptive thread when archiving.

Feature 6239: PDF attachments are now shown in a card layout.

Bug 5948: Improved amount of whitespace after a file icon.

Bug 6068: Contacts are loaded less often.

Bug 6119: All images for pdfs are now on the left side.

Bug 6146: pdf files no longer occasionally have additional empty pages anymore.

Bug 6147: Fixed a ThreadAccessingUIException when archiving to pdf.

Bug 6165: Urls beneath url cards are now left aligned in all cases.

Bug 6170: Emojis in url cards in pdfs now have the correct background color.

Bug 6178: Improved overlapping text in the progress window.

Bug 6183: After cancelling no more new conversations are created.

Bug 6205: Fixed an “SQL logic error” when deleting a conversation.

Bug 6210: The link icon is now visible in DarkMode.

Bug 6213: Archiving only new messages now works properly.

Bug 6220: Fixed a NilObjectException when archiving attachments.

Bug 6223: Fixed a Json error when trying to send an email.

Bug 6226: Fixed an issue with getting the group name.

Bug 6232: The link for the invoice now works fine when buying with the in-app store.

Bug 6234: Group conversations are now archived correctly in a date range.

1.0.1 28-Mar-2026

Bug 6190: Fixed a problem when adding a message without a sender.

Bug 6191: Fixed an error “It wasn’t possible to add the conversation”.

Bug 6193: The trial counter is now reset when archiving to PDF.

1.0 23-Mar-2026

Bug 6168: Fixed a NilObjectException when loading attachments.

1.0 beta 20 14-Mar-2026

Bug 6080: During trial time a PDF is now created even if the number of messages for the first day is above 100.

Bug 6082: Fixed an issue with url previews.

Bug 6095: Fixed an issue with messages with an url and text not showing anything in the message.

Bug 6101: Messages without content are now hidden.

Bug 6106: Fixed a problem with attachment previews not being added to PDFs.

Bug 6109: Fixed a problem with the AppLog.

Bug 6111: Fixed some issues with empty conversations.

Bug 6112: Fixed an issue with a group display name.

Bug 6116: Fixed an issue with messages where text and attachments were mixed.

Bug 6124: The pdfs now contain all images.

Bug 6125: Fixed an IllegalCastException when printing.

Bug 6130: Some images can’t be retrieved. They may show in iMessage but MAX Messages can’t retrieve them.

Bug 6140: Fixed a problem with trailing quotes for urls not showing up correctly.

2-Feb-2026

First private beta release.