Notes

• Emojis would only show up when viewing the pages in Safari.
• Images and videos are visible within the message threads, but all other content is linked.
• Files are overwritten without checking to see if one already exists.
• If you get an error about the DateTime module, please see this CPAN article on installing modules: http://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html
• If you're getting an "file is encrypted or is not a database" error, make sure you've disabled the "Encrypt iPhone backup" checkbox under the "Backup" settings panel in iTunes.

Basic steps:

1. Make a directory somewhere

   mkdir ~/Desktop/iOSBackup
   

2. Add this repository to your ~/Desktop/iOSBackup directory

   cd ~/Desktop/iOSBackup
   
   git clone [email protected]:junkblocker/iOSMessageExport.git
   

3. I recommend copying your iTunes backup into your ~/Desktop/iOSBackup folder, just in case something bad happens (as I am not responsible for your misfortunes). Run backup.pl passing the backup directory.

   perl iOSMessageExport/backup.pl --directory_path 9b9f73759fad7b31e330dd26bf7f745acccf1869/
   

   If you see an error that iOSSMSBackup cannot be found, you may need to run

   export PERL5LIB=iOSMessageExport/
   

4. An _export folder will be created in your working directory with all of your files!