Observed arrival · 2026-10-15
isift.app — Search Messages on Mac
A Mac utility for searching Messages history by words, people, dates, links, and attachments using an encrypted local copy.
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- For
- Mac users searching old Messages conversations
- Worth noticing
- The interactive demo uses made-up messages; the app requires Full Disk Access to read the Messages database.
Field notes
The demo uses a small, explicitly made-up inbox, with partial and exact matching, direction filters, and keyboard navigation; the page says the full app searches years of messages. The described local copy is encrypted with a key kept in macOS Keychain, while Contacts access is optional and Full Disk Access is needed to read the Messages database. Beta downloads are listed for both Apple silicon and Intel Macs, with macOS 14 Sonoma or later required.
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