How to Save photos on Mac from Messages – Guide

Apple’s Messaging app fails to store photos and videos in your photo library, making them hard to find later. This is an issue compared to other messaging services.

Mac users who rely on the Messages app to chat with other Mac and iPhone owners can’t save spreadsheets or photos sent and received. However, they can easily save images of their conversations with a simple drag and drop trick in the Messaging app on Mac OS X.

Save Images from Messages on Mac

Choose or create a messaging thread that includes an image or images.

Transfer the photo from Messages to your Mac desktop by dragging and dropping it into a folder in Finder.

Final note

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