How does My Forever Books get iMessages off an iPhone?
With a free exporter that runs on a Mac or a Windows PC, after which you upload the conversation to its editor. read receipts also needs a computer. Its Windows helper reads a backup that has a password, and its Mac app lays the book out on your Mac.
Do I need a computer for iMessage at My Forever Books?
Yes. Its help pages say iPhone messages need a Mac or a Windows PC, and that an iPad or the phone by itself is not enough. read receipts says the same: for iMessage you need a computer, a Mac or a Windows PC.
How does it work on Windows at each?
Both read a backup of the iPhone made on the PC. My Forever Books' help pages say its exporter cannot read an encrypted backup. read receipts' helper asks for the backup's password and reads it.
Our helper sends only the one conversation you pick, as text. Nothing else in the backup leaves the PC. The steps are in how to export iMessages without a Mac.
How does it work on a Mac at each?
Each has its own Mac software that reads Messages. At My Forever Books you then upload the conversation to its web editor. A book made in read receipts' Mac app is laid out on your Mac, and we receive only the finished pages when you order it.
Can either read a backup made with another tool?
My Forever Books' help pages say it does not work with third-party backups. At read receipts, send what you have. If a file is new to us, we add a reader for it.
What if the iPhone is old or broken?
A backup on a computer can still be read. A phone that will not turn on and was never backed up to a computer cannot be read. The same conversation is on the other person's phone, and their export works as well as yours.
How to get messages off an old or broken iPhone has every step.
What if I have no computer at all?
Screenshots work at read receipts, up to 100, read for you with the box ticked. For a longer conversation a person on our team takes them by email, free, and sees what you send.
Where These Facts Come From
My Forever Books' facts are from its own pages, read on November 14, 2026. Its software may have changed since, so check its site. read receipts is not affiliated with My Forever Books or with Apple.
Related Guides
- read receipts vs My Forever BooksSame list prices. 700 pages and an ebook, set as a novel or in bubbles. Or bubbles with photos.
- How To Export An iMessage ConversationThe steps on a Mac, and on a Windows PC from an iPhone backup.
- How To Export iMessages Without A MacA backup on a Windows PC with Apple's own app, and a helper that reads it.
- How To Get Messages Off An Old Or Broken iPhoneWhat a computer backup can recover, and where it stops.
If You Want It As A Book
read receipts reads an iMessage conversation on a Mac or from a backup on a Windows PC, and prints it as a book. Or start with the free receipt.