Exporting an SMS message to a text file from iPhone

You can export SMS with PhoneView:

http://ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/

On Jul 7, 2009, at 10:44 AM, avcomlab wrote:

> I was wondering if it is at all possible to export an SMS message
> from an iPhone to a computer text file so it can be printed. I have
> been bombed with about 20 malicious SMS texts by a person. I need to
> get the messages off my phone and thought if I could send them to a
> friends iPhone there may be an app that would get them into a
> printable form. Can anyone suggest a way?
>
> [The Missing Sync for iPhone from Mark/Space will do this - it
> provides an SMS log that shows them all on your Mac. I don't see a
> Print command in that app, but you can export one or more messages
> to a text file and print them from another app. -Adam]

if the iPhone is running 3.0 you can copy the SMS and paste it into
Notes or into an email.

avcomlab wrote:
> I was wondering if it is at all possible to export an SMS message from an iPhone to a computer text file so it can be printed. I have been bombed with about 20 malicious SMS texts by a person. I need to get the messages off my phone and thought if I could send them to a friends iPhone there may be an app that would get them into a printable form. Can anyone suggest a way?
>
> [The Missing Sync for iPhone from Mark/Space will do this - it provides an SMS log that shows them all on your Mac. I don't see a Print command in that app, but you can export one or more messages to a text file and print them from another app. -Adam]
>
> <http://www.markspace.com/iphone/mac/>

Or you can go the low-tech, no added software, takes forever route and
screen capture the messages from the iPhone. Press and release the
"Home" and "Power" buttons to take a picture of the iPhone screen,
repeat as needed and print the photos after syncing.

Not pretty, but free!

Matt Lewkowicz

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 02:44, avcomlab<avcomlabparadise.net.nz> wrote:
> I was wondering if it is at all possible to export an SMS message from an iPhone to a computer text file so it can be printed. I have been bombed with about 20 malicious SMS texts by a person. I need to get the messages off my phone and thought if I could send them to a friends iPhone there may be an app that would get them into a printable form. Can anyone suggest a way?

Remember you can make screenshots of items on an iPhone: hold down the
Power button and the Home button.

Transfer the screenshots to iPhoto then print.

Cheers,

Miraz

On 7-Jul-2009, at 13:54, scruffy wrote:
> On Jul 7, 2009, at 10:44 AM, avcomlab wrote:
> I was wondering if it is at all possible to export an SMS message
>> from an iPhone to a computer text file so it can be printed. I have
>> been bombed with about 20 malicious SMS texts by a person. I need to
>> get the messages off my phone and thought if I could send them to a
>> friends iPhone there may be an app that would get them into a
>> printable form. Can anyone suggest a way?
>>
>> [The Missing Sync for iPhone from Mark/Space will do this - it
>> provides an SMS log that shows them all on your Mac. I don't see a
>> Print command in that app, but you can export one or more messages
>> to a text file and print them from another app. -Adam]
>
> if the iPhone is running 3.0 you can copy the SMS and paste it into
> Notes or into an email.

How? I have not been able to select any text out of an SMS message.

On Wednesday, July 08, 2009, at 03:03PM, "LuKreme" <kremelskreme.com> wrote:
>On 7-Jul-2009, at 13:54, scruffy wrote:
>> if the iPhone is running 3.0 you can copy the SMS and paste it into
>> Notes or into an email.
>
>How? I have not been able to select any text out of an SMS message.

Tap and hold on an individual chat bubble and the copy option pops up. It doesn't look like you can select within the message though.

--
Darby C. Lines

On Jul 8, 2009, at 4:03 PM, LuKreme <kremelskreme.com> wrote:

> How? I have not been able to select any text out of an SMS message.

Sorry, I was confusing AIM with SMS. copying SMS works fine.

I use Mobile Sync Browser to save all my SMS conversations. It can save other info as well, if you upgrade. Handy program, and the developer responded quickly and helpfully when I had a problem.