What stays on your Mac
The imported archive is stored locally. Browse, search, and export use that local archive.
Privacy
Privacy and local files
Message Archive Utility imports from an unencrypted iPhone backup stored on your Mac. Import, search, and export use the local archive; messages are not uploaded for those steps.
What the app imports
The private beta imports message data from an unencrypted local iPhone backup stored on your Mac.
What the app does not upload
Messages are not sent to a website for import, search, or export. The app does not provide a remote message inbox.
Backups and exported files
You choose where to keep iPhone backups and exported files. If you move, share, or delete an export, that copy is outside the app's control.
Private beta support expectations
Private beta support will focus on install issues, backup confusion, import problems, search behavior, and export results.