baskup is a bash script that is aimed at taking your iMessages, which Apple stores on your local machine in non-readable iChat files, and copying them into human-readable text files. baskup is a comprehensive service, meaning it will backup all messages sent, be it to a user with iMessage or SMS, as well as your audio and image files.

Baskup furthers the work of https://github.com/kyro38 's iMessage backup script by reducing the need for user input and backing up all of the user's messages.

To use baskup:

Download baskup right from this page by clicking download zip, making sure it is stored in your Downloads folder as 'baskup-master'

Open terminal

Type: cd ./Downloads/baskup-master

Run: bash baskup.sh

Your bask-up master folder will now begin to be filled with your backups. This may take some time, so be patient.

Each folder will be named after the contact's phone number. Group chat's will be identified as "chat XYZ"

Within each directory you will find a directory for the attachments from that message, and the actual message text file.

#You're done!

#Author - Peter Kaminski