Beth, do you have the Messages app on your Mac tied to your iPhone? You could save individual texts by copying and pasting the ones you want to keep into a new document and then delete all off the phone.
It is kludgy though, I agree. Alex Whitman On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:40 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Beth, > > This may not be as slick as the Android but on my text messages, a long > list, I hit the edit button at the top left, pops open a list for me to put > a checkmark beside the ones I want to delete, I can go through dozens of > them in seconds or just a minute. Hit delete they are all gone. > > The same process works in Mail, go into the mailbox I want where all the > messages are listed, hit Edit at the top right and now I have a choice of > “marking” , “moving” , or “Trash”. I scroll down the list clicking on the > ones I want to trash and it’s done, takes no time at all. > > > John > > > > > On Feb 26, 2016, at 10:13 AM, Beth Phillips <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I've used Macs since the late 1980's and I've coveted an iPhone for > years while grudgingly using an Android device. Last year I finally took > the plunge and bought an iPhone and I love it – except when it comes to > cleaning out my text messages. On my old Android devices I could select > specific messages and lock them so they couldn't be deleted. Then I could > just go in and delete the rest of the thread without worrying about losing > those individual messages I may need. iOS works in reverse, I have to > select all the messages I do want to delete and manually trash them using > the trash can icon – NOT the Delete button at the top that trashes the > entire thread. (Made that mistake once and lost some sentimental messages.) > > > > Also, when going through my texts to clean them out it takes forever to > get back to a specific date in time where I want to begin my clean up > process. (I usually make a note of the last date that I cleaned them out so > I know where to start the next time.) If it has been a long time, I have to > scroll, wait for more texts to load, scroll, wait, repeat, etc. Then when I > finally get to where I want to be, if someone texts me during the process, > it takes me back to the bottom and I have to start the whole process over > again. I have spent days doing on an iPhone what I could do in a few hours > on my old devices to clean out messages. How do others on the list clean up > their texts? I have many I need to save, so a blanket delete of entire > threads is not an option. Are there any apps available that anyone has used > that would make this process easier? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Beth Phillips > > IT Associate > > PHONE | 800-626-6409 x8385 > > DIRECT | 502-222-8385 > > EMAIL | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > WEBSITE | www.Fastline.com<www.fastline.com> > > > > ________________________________ > > > > [http://static.fastline.com/assets/email/signatures/fllogo.png] > > > > > > Fastline > > PO Box 248 Buckner, KY 40010 > > > > > > [http://static.fastline.com/assets/email/signatures/fb.png]< > http://www.facebook.com/FastlineFarm> [ > http://static.fastline.com/assets/email/signatures/twitter.png] < > https://twitter.com/Fastline> [ > http://static.fastline.com/assets/email/signatures/instagram.png] < > http://www.instagram.com/fastlinefarm> [ > http://static.fastline.com/assets/email/signatures/blog.png] < > http://blog.fastline.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacGroup mailing list > > Posting address: [email protected] > > Archive: < > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> >
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