Thanks Bill, I'll check this out, I have been on nothing but Mac's since 
1980's, would have nothing else.

Thanks also Richard, I'll see what this setup with Bill does and your ideal 
will be used if I can't get what seems like a good solution going.  Sure 
appreciate the help.

John


On Dec 9, 2013, at 5:14 PM, Bill Holt <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes.  Assuming that you are on a Mac, get an app called “ACTPrinter.”  It 
> installs on the Mac and on the iPhone.  I forget if it’s free or just cheap - 
> but I know I don’t spend much of such things.
> 
> Select all the messages you want to save/share and then select Print under 
> the File menu.  Then, from the pop-up menu on the Print window, select 
> “ACTPrinter.”  Your iPhone will have to be turned on and the ACTPrint app 
> would need to be running on it.  The result is that you have a pdf containing 
> all of the selected emails which you can share by the usual methods - email, 
> whatever.
> 
> If you’re not on a Mac, never-mind.  Sorry.  It’s not my fault.
> 
> 
>   Bill Holt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 9, 2013, at 3:30 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Folks, is there a way to save an entire text thread as a unit?  
>> 
>> My sister has been critically ill for almost two months.  Her x husband, her 
>> two sons and myself coordinate our schedules for sitting with her, discuss 
>> her care, and have many items in this thread we need to keep.
>> 
>> Had they ALL had iPhones I would have had the entire conversation on the Mac 
>> instant messaging app, which could be saved but there are a couple Androids 
>> so the thread doesn’t show up on the Mac.    
>> 
>> This data goes back to the first of November, to individually copy and past 
>> the conversations will take forever and you also don’t get the date included 
>> with the text as that is in faint print above the discussion.  To do 
>> screenshots will be a maddening process.  
>> 
>> Is there an app out there that you know of which will allow me to save the 
>> entire thing on the iPhone and can then be mailed to the Mac?
>> 
>> Is there a way to do this within Apple’s texting, if so I can’ find it.
>> 
>> I sure appreciate any info you may have.
>> 
>> Thanks ever so much.
>> 
>> John
>> 
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