How to send text messages to a lawyer with TextPort

iPhone 11 steps · Updated

Quick answer

  1. Import the whole chat: tap Add Chat and pick how.
  2. Open the chat. Check that each message has a date and time.
  3. Tap Export, then PDF.
  4. Tap Add on the Add phone numbers to this PDF card. Check names and add numbers.
  5. Tap the share button, then Share. Email it to your lawyer.

Your lawyer then has the PDF.

What you need

  • ✓TextPort on your iPhone
  • ✓The chat, still on your phone
  • ✓Your lawyer's email address

Steps

  1. Tap Add Chat

    It is at the bottom of Saved Chats. The import choices open.

    The Saved Chats screen with the Add Chat button at the bottom

  2. Tap the way to import

    For iMessage and SMS, tap Import from Messages (2). For other apps, pick the app at the top first.

    Import all of the chat, not just a part. Your lawyer needs the full story.

    The Add Chat sheet with Import with Scroll Capture and Import from Messages

  3. Tap the chat in Saved Chats

    The chat opens.

    The Saved Chats list with one chat

  4. Check dates and times

    Scroll the chat. Each message shows a date and a time.

    If the times are hidden, tap …, then Show Timestamps.

    The chat with Maya Thompson, with a date and time over every message

  5. Tap Export

    It is the blue button at the bottom. Export Chat opens.

    A chat with the blue Export button at the bottom

  6. Tap PDF

    TextPort builds the PDF. PDF Preview opens.

    TextPort may ask you to unlock this.

    The Export Chat sheet over the chat, with PDF highlighted

  7. Tap Add

    It is on the Add phone numbers to this PDF card at the bottom. Chat Details opens.

    The PDF Preview with the Add button on the Add phone numbers to this PDF card highlighted

  8. Check each name and add numbers

    Tap each person under People. Fix the name and type the number.

    Me is next to your name. If it is next to the wrong person, see Edit the chat name and people's names.

    Chat Details with the people Me and Lena Fischer highlighted

  9. Tap the X

    It is in the top right of Chat Details. TextPort makes the PDF again.

    Chat Details with the names and phone numbers filled in, and the X in the top right highlighted

  10. Tap the share button

    It is the blue button in the top right. Share, Share Link, and Files show.

    The PDF Preview with the share button in the top right highlighted

  11. Tap Share

    It is the first tile. Pick your email app. Send it to your lawyer.

    If the file is too big to email, tap Share Link.

    The share card for the PDF with Share highlighted, next to Share Link, Print, and Files

Done

Your lawyer has a PDF of the whole chat, with names, phone numbers, dates, and times.

Problems

The file is too big to email.

Tap Share Link instead of Share. Send the link. See Share a big export with a link.

There is no Add phone numbers to this PDF card.

Every person has a number already, or you closed the card. Tap the name at the top of the chat to open Chat Details.

Your lawyer wants only some dates.

In PDF Preview, tap the filter icon. Set the dates. It shows only for chats from Messages, WhatsApp, or LINE that cover more than one day.

Photos are missing from the PDF.

Chats from screenshots show only the photos TextPort could cut out. Long press a message. Tap Add attachment. See Add a missing attachment by hand.

A time is wrong in a screenshot chat.

Long press the message. Tap Edit Timestamp. Chats from Messages and WhatsApp keep the times from those apps. You cannot edit them.

None of these match.

Email [email protected]. Say which step you were on. Say what you saw. We usually reply within a day.

Tips

  • Do not change what people wrote. Fix only names, dates, and times.

  • Keep your own copy. Tap the share button again, then Files.

  • Keep the chat on your phone. The PDF is a copy.

Questions

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