iMessage - Autosave received images possible?

lancastor · Jan 24, 2012, 12:43 PM

Is it possible to autosave images received from iMessage?

superstrikertwo · Jan 24, 2012, 01:18 PM

Unfortunately no.

diamond.g · Jan 24, 2012, 01:21 PM

I agree with superstrikertwo. It is a shame too cause my wife sends me cool pictures of my child all the time that I would like to save

verwon · Jan 24, 2012, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by diamond.g

I agree with superstrikertwo. It is a shame too cause my wife sends me cool pictures of my child all the time that I would like to save

You can save them, it just doesn't do it automatically, just open the pic and save it.

lancastor · Jan 24, 2012, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by verwon

You can save them, it just doesn't do it automatically, just open the pic and save it.

I know. But it's very annoying to save every picture manually. If you forgotten to save an image, you have to search thru the entire thread and have to search for the image to save it. There is also no option to show ALL images within a thread.

Apple: That's not user friendly.

Lostanddamned · Jan 24, 2012, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lancastor

I know. But it's very annoying to save every picture manually. If you forgotten to save an image, you have to search thru the entire thread and have to search for the image to save it. There is also no option to show ALL images within a thread.

Apple: That's not user friendly.

Scroll left and right in the image, all images from a thread are in there.

YoYoMa · Dec 25, 2012, 03:58 AM

Thought I'd bring this thread back up. Can't believe this isn't an option yet. Anyone maybe have an applescript to send imessage pics to iPhoto or Aperture?

sistom · Feb 1, 2013, 01:40 PM

Is this still not something that is possible?

If an auto-save option isn't possible, where are the pictures/video stored?

I'd like to plug my phone up to my computer and browse through the folders and save them that way.

Any tips or suggestions?

Thanks.

Nesha · 01:37 PM

Auto save is not possible yet but there is one thing that you can do to extract all attachments that you got in iMessages on iOS.

Connect your device to pc, and make full backup.
Than use this or some other software to extract backup

Code:

http://supercrazyawesome.com

You should look in backup for iOS files (last in list)
and after you have extracted data, check this out in dir where you have extracted data:
Library/SMS/Attachements

And after that you will have it all but organised in many sub dirs and each of them contain your multimedia attachments.

This can be done even on devices that are not jailbroken.

Only thing that i cant figure out is how to extract all pictures from this many sub dirs into one folder. Anybody have solution?

davidsmith786 · Feb 26, 2013, 01:15 PM

I am using iphone from last 1 year and i haven't got any option to autosave images that we recieves through imessage.

2012Tony2012 · Mar 4, 2013, 03:05 PM

I wish I could save photos from particular individual messages on iMessanger.

fadynaime · May 17, 2013, 10:37 AM

i guess apple is not interested in fixing this. but if you use whatsapp there is a setting to save directly to camera roll. that feature alone makes it worth while.

Jan 24, 2012, 12:43 PM	#1
lancastor macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2011	iMessage - Autosave received images possible? Is it possible to autosave images received from iMessage?
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superstrikertwo macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: California	Unfortunately no. __________________ iPhone 5 32GB AT&T iPad 3 32GB WiFi Mid-2010 MacBook Pro 17"
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sistom macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2013	still?? Is this still not something that is possible? If an auto-save option isn't possible, where are the pictures/video stored? I'd like to plug my phone up to my computer and browse through the folders and save them that way. Any tips or suggestions? Thanks.
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Feb 10, 2013, 01:29 PM	#9
Nesha macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	Auto save is not possible yet but there is one thing that you can do to extract all attachments that you got in iMessages on iOS. Connect your device to pc, and make full backup. Than use this or some other software to extract backup Code: http://supercrazyawesome.com You should look in backup for iOS files (last in list) and after you have extracted data, check this out in dir where you have extracted data: Library/SMS/Attachements And after that you will have it all but organised in many sub dirs and each of them contain your multimedia attachments. This can be done even on devices that are not jailbroken. Only thing that i cant figure out is how to extract all pictures from this many sub dirs into one folder. Anybody have solution? Last edited by Nesha; Feb 10, 2013 at 01:37 PM.
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Jan 24, 2012, 01:21 PM	#3
diamond.g macrumors 603 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Virginia	I agree with superstrikertwo. It is a shame too cause my wife sends me cool pictures of my child all the time that I would like to save
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Dec 25, 2012, 03:58 AM	#7
YoYoMa macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2006	Thought I'd bring this thread back up. Can't believe this isn't an option yet. Anyone maybe have an applescript to send imessage pics to iPhoto or Aperture?
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Feb 26, 2013, 01:15 PM	#10
davidsmith786 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: New York	I am using iphone from last 1 year and i haven't got any option to autosave images that we recieves through imessage.
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Mar 4, 2013, 03:05 PM	#11
2012Tony2012 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2012	I wish I could save photos from particular individual messages on iMessanger.
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May 17, 2013, 10:37 AM	#12
fadynaime macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	i guess apple is not interested in fixing this. but if you use whatsapp there is a setting to save directly to camera roll. that feature alone makes it worth while.
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