Remove Old iMessage Attachments

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Post by javast98 » Sat, Aug 09, 2025, 5:54 PM UTC

Remove Old iMessage Attachments
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Re: Remove Old iMessage Attachments

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Post by javast98 » Sat, Aug 09, 2025, 5:54 PM UTC

Simple free solution for getting rid of old iMessage attachments taking up all the space on your drive, but without deleting the old messages. I might be wrong, but I think that not much like this exists. MIT licensed, free, auditable. macos only, no iOS.

Re: Remove Old iMessage Attachments

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Post by toomuchtodo » Sat, Aug 09, 2025, 6:09 PM UTC

Well done! Does it only remove attachments? Or can it also archive them elsewhere? For example, Dropbox is one of my primary data stores, and it would be great to be able to target a Dropbox folder to receive such attachments with their metadata.

Re: Remove Old iMessage Attachments

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Post by javast98 » Sat, Aug 09, 2025, 6:13 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #3

Well done! Does it only remove attachments? Or can it also archive them elsewhere? For example, Dropbox is one of my primary data stores, and it would be great to be able to target a Dropbox folder to receive such attachments with their metadata.

for now, it just deletes the attachments. Happy to take feature requests - thanks for reading!

Re: Remove Old iMessage Attachments

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Post by ep_jhu » Sat, Aug 09, 2025, 6:21 PM UTC

javast98 wrote: post #2

Simple free solution for getting rid of old iMessage attachments taking up all the space on your drive, but without deleting the old messages. I might be wrong, but I think that not much like this exists. MIT licensed, free, auditable. macos only, no iOS.

Nice! I like that it moves things to the recycling bin rather than straight up deleting them. Also, the filtering is great. I wish Apple included that in the OSX (Storage > Messages) or iOS (Storage > Review Large Attachments) UIs. It seems like a must-have.

Re: Remove Old iMessage Attachments

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Post by javast98 » Sat, Aug 09, 2025, 8:09 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #3

Well done! Does it only remove attachments? Or can it also archive them elsewhere? For example, Dropbox is one of my primary data stores, and it would be great to be able to target a Dropbox folder to receive such attachments with their metadata.

shipped it - v 1.0.1

Re: Remove Old iMessage Attachments

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Post by toomuchtodo » Sat, Aug 09, 2025, 8:52 PM UTC

javast98 wrote: post #6

toomuchtodo wrote: post #3

Well done! Does it only remove attachments? Or can it also archive them elsewhere? For example, Dropbox is one of my primary data stores, and it would be great to be able to target a Dropbox folder to receive such attachments with their metadata.

shipped it - v 1.0.1

Have a tip jar?