Show If you've received lots of images from contacts through iMessage and want to hold on to them, there are a few ways to save photos to your phone or computer.
If you've received lots of images from contacts through iMessage and want to hold on to them, there are a few ways to save photos to your phone or computer. Apple doesn't make it easy to automatically save your iMessage photos, but there is one way that you can do just that. It requires the app Hazel, an automation tool for Mac users that costs $32 for a single license. If you want to try it out first, Hazel offers a free two-week trial. Once you have Hazel installed on your machine, do the following:
If you prefer not to have to download a paid app to save your iMessage photos, there are a couple of ways you can do it on your phone or computer, but they will be more time consuming, and can't be automated. Automatically Save iMessage Images to Camera RollYou can save images to your camera roll on your phone, either one by one or in bulk:
If you want to save one photo, just open it up from iMessage and tap the iOS sharing button and select Save Image. Automatically Save iMessage Images to MacIf you use iMessage on your computer, you can bulk save photos much faster:
Do you have any tips or tricks for saving your iMessage photos and files to your computer or phone? Let us know in the comments. How do I get my iPhone to automatically save picture messages?Enable iCloud messages on your iPhone and iPad. Go to Settings > Apple ID Profile > iCloud.. Turn on Messages.. Does Apple automatically save photos from messages?We show you how to save images from Messages. When you receive photos and videos in the Messages app, for some reason, Apple doesn't then save them to your photo library in the same way it does with WhatsApp and similar other services.
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