Exporting SMS messages from iPhone into plain text files Can I get my SMS messages off my iPhone and into a plain text format?  I tried
idevicebackup2 for libimodibledevice, but it doesn't work (error messages
below).  Besides it seems to operate with an encryption password I don't know.
Using Linux.

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ErrorCode 104: Error removing snapshot directory (MBErrorDomain/104). Underlying error: Directory not empty (MBErrorDomain/100).
Received 2632 files from device.
Backup Failed (Error Code 104).
This worked well for me on Windows: https://www.copytrans.net/support/how-to-convert-iphone-sms-to-plain-text/

But because I use a Mac from day to day I use this, however it does require you to backup the device before you can extract the texts: https://www.imactools.com/tutorial/extract-sms-messages-from-iphone-backup