On: It's virtually impossible to read old iMessages an...

[social_quotient]

I wish I could have an ms outlook like interface for the long term storage of the messages. Folder per contact or group and excellent search, sort and filtering. Also could be stored offline or synced up with a mobile app.

2 apps I use for similar non iMessage archival are - x1 - for file and email search https://www.x1.com/products/x1-search/

- mailstore https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/

[s3r3nity → social_quotient]

Nah - it's already hard enough to manage email + Slack, and I don't want yet another workaround to manage / catalog / filter incoming messages to me.

No one asked for managing texts like we manage files.

[social_quotient → s3r3nity]

They are priceless catalogs of entire relationships. It feels flimsy, or maybe flippant, to not be able to properly search and sort or archive.

Maybe not managed like files, maybe you’re right, but it seems like if we can make trillion dollar tech companies we should be able to completely solve this particular issue.

I’d frame texts as one of the most intimate expressions of dialog and journaling between people and families and friends. Just seem odd that this isn’t better.