What is Baskup? 📲 + 💬 = 📦
Baskup is a bash script and macOS app that are aimed at converting iMessages, which Apple stores on your local machine in non-readable iChat files, into human-readable .txt files that you can read and keep as backups on your computer Whether it's a group message, picture, audio file, iMessage, or SMS, Baskup will back it up.
Update: 12/19/2018 -- 🚧 Baskup 3.0 for Mac is under construction 🚧
The Mac version of Baskup is under some construction in an effort to distribute the app on Apple's macOS app store.
In the meantime, you can still use the command-line script on Github and keep an eye out for updates as they will be posted to this page.
Update: 11/16/2018 -- macOS Mojave updates
Due to Apple security improvements, macOS Mojave users will need to add the program to the System Preferences → Security…