How To Print An iMessage Groupchat As A Book
For an iMessage groupchat you need a computer, a Mac or a Windows PC. One person in the group makes the book, and each person's name prints beside what they wrote.
How do I print an iMessage groupchat as a book?
To print an iMessage groupchat as a book, you need a computer, a Mac or a Windows PC, where our tools read the groupchat and bring it to read receipts. On a Mac, download read receipts for Mac, turn on Full Disk Access for it in System Settings, and pick the groupchat. On a Windows PC, back the iPhone up with Apple Devices, then open our helper, which finds the backup and sends only the conversation you pick, as text. How to export an iMessage conversation has every step.
Can I print an iMessage groupchat from the iPhone alone?
Only a short stretch of it, from screenshots. After you choose your book, pick Screenshots, tick the box and upload them, up to 100, 20 at a time. They are read by Claude, Anthropic's model, only if you tick the box that says so. For the whole groupchat, one person in it needs a computer.
Does everyone in the groupchat have to do something?
No, one person makes the book, and we never contact anyone else in the groupchat. When you order, you confirm that the others in it would be happy to be in a printed book. With a group, ask them.
Will the book show who sent each message?
Yes, each person's name is printed beside what they wrote.
Does the groupchat have to be on the Mac?
Yes, for the Mac route the groupchat has to show in Messages on that Mac. On a Windows PC, the backup holds what is in the Messages app on the iPhone, regular texts as well as iMessages.
Do photos from the groupchat print?
No, the book is words only, and a note marks where a photo or a voice memo was sent. On a Windows PC the helper sends the conversation as text, with no photos. read receipts is not affiliated with Apple.
How long can it be, and what does it cost?
There is no limit on length, and the paperback is $49 and the hardcover is $89. 700 pages are included in every book, and a longer groupchat carries on in a second book. For a copy each, order the same book again from its page.
Related Guides
- 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 Print A Groupchat As A BookOne person exports it, by app. Everyone can have a copy.
- Turn Your iMessage Conversation Into A BookThe same steps with the book in mind.
If You Want It As A Book
read receipts prints an iMessage groupchat as a book, each name beside its messages. You choose the book and pay, and we email the steps for your computer. Or start with the free receipt.