iMessage FAQs

Question 1

What is iMessage and its main purpose?

Accepted Answer

iMessage is an AI-powered tool for macOS that provides secure, read-only access to your local iMessage chat history. Its main purpose is to enable deep conversation analytics, search, and personal messaging insights through various AI clients.

Question 2

How does iMessage ensure data privacy?

Accepted Answer

iMessage prioritizes privacy by offering strictly read-only access to your local iMessage database. Nothing is ever uploaded, modified, or written, and a 'Safe Mode' feature allows you to redact message bodies to share only metadata with AI.

Question 3

What kind of analytics and insights can I get from my iMessage history?

Accepted Answer

You can access 26 distinct tools for comprehensive analysis, including conversation statistics, contact activity, messaging patterns, memory recall (e.g., 'On This Day'), yearly summaries ('iMessage Wrapped'), and detailed reactions, read receipts, and edits analysis.

Question 4

Which AI clients are compatible with iMessage?

Accepted Answer

iMessage integrates with various AI clients that support the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This includes Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), OpenAI Codex CLI, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, and Zed.

Question 5

Are there any prerequisites to use iMessage?

Accepted Answer

Yes, iMessage requires macOS, Node.js 18+ installed, and for your terminal application to have Full Disk Access enabled in your macOS System Settings to read the local iMessage database.

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