ReagentX/imessage-exporter 1.8.0

Velvet Ash

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Version 1.8.0 Velvet Ash contains the following fixes and improvements:

• Upgrade Clap from 3.x to 4.x for #198
  • Use new ExportType enum
  • Resolve GHSA-g98v-hv3f-hcfr
• Use PST timezone for tests for #199
• Check for available disk space before writing export files for #201
  • Prevents exporting if there is not enough disk space
  • Dismissible with --ignore-disk-warning
• Use correct date offset in Check In messages for #202
• Improve html escape logic for text to fix #32 and #217
• Properly render thread originators that were edited for #220
• Improve exported data quality
  • Simplify Apple Pay and Apple Cash bubbles in html exports
  • Simplify Find My bubbles in html and txt exports
  • Support parsing Placemark data from shared Maps links
  • Properly handle Handwritten message placeholder
  • Properly handle all unsent message types, not just text
• Add some new diagnostics:
  • Total number of messages
  • Total database size
  • Attachment size referenced in table
  • Attachment size on disk
  Example output

  iMessage Database Diagnostics
    Message diagnostic data:
        Total messages: 97541
        Messages not associated with a chat: 3406
        Messages belonging to more than one chat: 29
    Attachment diagnostic data:
        Total attachments: 36636
            Data referenced in table: 32.11 GB
            Data present on disk: 27.73 GB
        Missing files: 6231 (17%)
            No path provided: 6132
            No file located: 99
    Global diagnostic data:
        Total database size: 199.43 MB
        Duplicated contacts: 76
        Duplicated chats: 16

• Miscellaneous docs updates, code cleanups, and small speedups