ABC TV with Francie Black: How do I Save Text Messages - Android, iOS, Touch Copy

How do you save text messages? Have you ever wanted to save the history of your text messages? Maybe you have a loved one that has passed on, your children have sent you special notes, or perhaps you need to save your text messages for business or legal reasons.

There are a variety of ways to save text messages and the options are quite different for Android and iOS devices. We discuss Touch Copy, SMS Backup & Restore, GCloudBlackup, Uppidy and other techniques such as screen capture and forwarding. A great solution that we will look at for saving text and voicemail messages is TouchCopy desktop app. In today's App Chat you will find out what works best for your needs!

Check out this week's App Chat segment on ABC WLOS News, Wednesday at 12:00.For iPad Tips Tricks, and more information on this and other apps, subscribe to Francie Black's iPadWisdom eNewsletter.

Send an email with subscribe in the subject line to ipadwisdom@gmail.com Tune in for App Chat with Technology Consultant, Francie Black every Wednesday on News 13 at Noon.



Apps discussed: Android option include SMS Backup & Restore, GCloudBackup, Uppidy.
iOS Options: Screen Capture, Message Forwarding, Messages App, TouchCopy

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today's live ap chat is all about
texting specifically what to do with
that
onslaught in a few fun ways to hold on
to the messages that really do mean a
lot to you independently business
consultant for anti-black
is here with us so what have you found
for us well
a couple of great options list on the
back up just for think there's a lot a
reason so we said no why would you want
to back up your text message while
why well there's a lot of reasons for me
I do it for business reasons
you know I want to know what discussions
we've had what's been decided upon so I
would save mine for business reasons
I have a girlfriend in Calif her mama
agencies ninety-some years old she's
text
my friend Sally I we have a favor text
messages and a voicemail messages so
there's a lot to different reasons of
course legal reasons as well
so so that's why but there's like a lot
of different options for doing this
and its actually easier on android
devices than it is and
shocking and I can and regret anything
happy
I reason I always right the way to look
at both Brady had with any within the
Android system
actually quite a few at within the
Google Play Store two years
so couple when you're actually saving
you divide saving your message is your
actually backing up which serve a
technical term backing up and restoring
cell company after SMS for messaging
system backup and restore
hey it's a free app very popular simple
clean apt if you don't like that either
way that it feels there's no one is
called g-cloud
backup these are just a few years
actually quite a few who this one has a
base version that's free but then as a
paid for version that's
about five bucks if you want a little
more full-featured and the Marlowe fine
one more consumer-oriented with his car
uppity so those are couple of options on
now and I did do the same thing though
the other the same thing kind of
Diff'rent way a different approach
you from the more technical versus a
little more consumer-oriented
think that like that in K now for I O S
there's not agreed out that you can
download from the store to do that
okay well also what way which some
people use this is taking screenshot you
can take a screenshot really easy
I just holding down the power button and
home button takes a quick shot
which is great for couple messages but
what if you have
50 or 100 or 200 not a great solution
and by the way on the Android devices
some
Android devices will do that but others
will not okay so that's
little up depending on what you have
there you can 14
for your messages in iPhone but this was
your date and time options if he's
you want to keep that date time
important information yeah you don't
wanna Ford
cell two more options were gonna go into
this one this is a great option here but
I one point out this free one which is
called messages
if you have a desktop or laptop and
Apple device in addition to NIOS device
catcher pre-installed comes a desktop
application called messages which allows
you to do messaging
from your desktop just like you do from
your phone okay great so within that
number up screenshot over here so I'm in
messages on my laptop and you can bring
up your messages and you can just a
printed
and will literally print the entire
history with the bubbles and everything
waiting time or you can save it as a PDF
file if you prefer to have electronic
copy
so that's a great free solution for
messages only
now this app called touch copy miss
again you install it on your desktop or
laptop
it will do a full backup all kind the
kind to your voicemails your calendar
you text messages were in take a look at
it 90 dishonored PC or Mac so if I have
an IRS device it'll still working
tonight even if I have a PC
excellent point that's exactly right
this you can download on either
device on either you know hungry
computer operating system exactly very
so touch copies in a muppet and
look at what you can do you condemn
pounders abscond tax files internet
history
messages which is what we're talking
about today but also measure voicemail
though I like that yes I think these
great messages from the kids when they
let on I just have to keep saving them
this is the app that a one per that's
exactly right so
I'm going here messages and here's all
mine different numbers that I get
messages from and I can to select which
1i want to give me entire history have
over two hundred seventy-one messages
with this particular
a hand and then I can print them out or
save up so you can do what you want but
touch copies a great app it is about
thirty back so but you do have
the full features and you know what you
can get even more details ev-one
hidden hey there's a lot I made him a
side
text are no just kidding actually email
her I've had with 100 gmail dot com
subject line subscribe edge to get out
there would be no more details about
these great aP's
and how they can really help you keep
track a few text messages