PhoneView for Mac is feature-rich, lightweight, and well worth the price. One feature which we think some Mac users may miss is the ability to Quick Look items by pressing the space bar. A really nice touch is the ability to save conversations from Messages.app as text or PDF files for desktop viewing and backup. In addition to letting you explore and back up media files stored on your iOS device, this app also lets you extract data such as contacts, call logs, notes, bookmarks, and Web browsing history. In terms of transfer speeds, the program averages around 10MB/s. You can drag and drop files between the app and the Finder or the Desktop with ease, but you cannot drag multiple items. If checked in Preferences, the 'Advanced Disk Mode' will show the entire file system on a jail-broken device, allowing complete access to all system files.

Out of the box, the program displays a Media folder where you can store files. Both the trial and full versions of the app can display the contents of iOS devices, but the trial version limits the number of items shown.

PhoneView for Mac installs quickly and sports a bland but intuitive interface. You'll like its streamlined design and drag-and-drop functions. Since it features iTunes-like backup functionality, it's capable of completely replacing iTunes as a device manager. Developer - just discontinue this app if you're not going to keep it up-to-date, instead of frustrating your users!! THIS APP IS A WASTE OF MONEY.PhoneView for Mac gives you instant access to your iOS device, enabling you to back up and explore any type of content stored on it, including media files, call logs, text messages, contacts, and more. Terrible lack of care & attention from the developer of this app. he doesn't seem to care about improving this app anymore. The developer of this app has clearly checked out altogether. This app even shows many of your Message comments in the WRONG ORDER ALTOGETHER within the Messages thread, because this app doesn't seem to evaluate the 'full timestamp' of when each message was sent - it just looks at the hour and time. It actually TYPES THE WORDS of what you did, instead of showing the symbol! Another example: this app doesn't show the URL previews in the Messages archives, even though that is now supported in iOS 9, iOS 10, and iOS 11. Trying to use this app to archive your Messages onto your computer is a ridiculous exercise in frustration, because this app hasn't improved a bit since all the way back in iOS 8!! It doesn't support any of the newer IOS 9 or iOS 10 or iOS 11 features, such as 'tapping back' on a message with a thumbs up, a thumbs down, or a heart symbol.

The developer of this app has clearly stopped caring about this app.

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