How to filter a chat by date on Mac

Mac 4 steps · Updated

Quick answer

In TextPort for Mac:

  1. Click the chat in the list on the left.
  2. Click the date range in the toolbar, next to Export.
  3. Click a day under From and a day under To.
  4. Click Done.

To see every date again, click the date range, then Reset.

What you need

  • ✓TextPort for Mac, set up with Messages access

Steps

  1. Click the chat

    It is in the list on the left. Its messages show on the right.

    TextPort for Mac with the Grace Liu chat selected in the list

  2. Click the date range

    It is in the toolbar, next to Export. Two calendars open, From and To.

    The TextPort toolbar with the date range button

  3. Click the first and last day

    Click a day under From (1). Click a day under To (2).

    Dots under a day mean it has messages. Use the arrows to change the month.

    The From and To calendars with October 5 and October 22 picked

  4. Click Done

    The calendars close. The chat shows only those days.

    The From and To calendars with the Done button

Done

The chat shows only the days you picked. The toolbar shows those dates.

Problems

No messages in range

Those days have no messages. Click the date range. Pick other days, or click Reset.

No attachments found

The Attachments tab has nothing in those days. Click the date range. Pick other days, or click Reset.

The dates went back to the full chat.

This happens when you open another chat, click a search result, or click a quote from outside those dates. Pick the dates again.

The export has every date.

Click Export in the toolbar. Command-E, File › Export, right-click and Export All save every date.

None of these match.

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