How to show newest or oldest messages first on Mac

Mac 3 steps · Updated

Quick answer

In TextPort for Mac:

  1. Click the chat in the list on the left.
  2. Click Message Order (two arrows) in the toolbar.

The order flips. Click it again to flip it back.

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 Message Order

    It is the button with two arrows, at the left of the toolbar buttons. The messages flip.

    The TextPort toolbar with the Message Order button
  3. Check the order

    Look at the dates at the top of the chat. Click the button again to flip back.

    A chat with the newest messages at the top

Done

The chat shows messages in the order you picked.

Problems

There is no Message Order button.

Click a chat first. If search is open, press Esc to close it.

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