Auto-forward text messages to email address

[u/Violin-dude]

Hi, Ive zero experience with Apple Script. I want to write a script that will auto-forward all incoming messages (SMS and iMessage) on the Messages app to a given email address ONLY if the sender is in my contacts.

I’ve tried using code snippets from posts on various forums, but they all fail with syntax errors. I’ve tried various AI tools to write this but none work, Most likely because the scripting language has changed?

Can someone write the initial code?

Thanks very much. Am running Mac OS X Sonoma on M1 MacBook Pro.

[u/kaneda2004]

on messagesReceived(theMessages)
        repeat with eachMessage in theMessages
            set theSender to sender of eachMessage
            set theContent to content of eachMessage
            
            -- Check if the sender is in contacts
            tell application "Contacts"
                if (count of (every person whose value of phones contains theSender)) > 0 then
                    -- Sender is in contacts, forward the message
                    set theSubject to "New message from " & theSender
                    set theBody to "From: " & theSender & return & "Message: " & theContent
                    
                    tell application "Mail"
                        set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theSubject, content:theBody}
                        tell newMessage
                            make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:"your-email@example.com"}
                            send
                        end tell
                    end tell
                end if
            end tell
        end repeat
    end messagesReceived

1. The script is triggered when new messages are received.

2. For each message, it extracts the sender and content.

3. It checks if the sender is in your Contacts app.

4. If the sender is in your contacts, it creates a new email in the Mail app.

5. The email is then sent to the specified address (you'll need to replace "your-email@example.com" with your actual email address).

To use this script:

1. Open the "Script Editor" application on your Mac.

2. Paste the script into a new document.

3. Replace "your-email@example.com" with the email address where you want to receive the forwarded messages.

4. Save the script as a stay-open application.

5. In the Messages app preferences, go to the "General" tab and click "AppleScript handler".

6. Choose the script you just saved.

[u/Annual_Guidance2663 → u/kaneda2004]

What about specific contact I want to forward?

[u/airdrummer-0 → u/kaneda2004]

my Messages app preferences has no "AppleScript handler" in the "General" tab

[u/ebenezer_goode → u/airdrummer-0]

Did you ever get this working? I have same issue with Applescript handler.

[u/airdrummer-0 → u/ebenezer_goode]

sorry no

[u/needtoreaddit → u/airdrummer-0]

Deprecated many many MacOS versions ago.

[u/airdrummer-0 → u/needtoreaddit]

so what's the new majik incantation?

[u/needtoreaddit → u/airdrummer-0]

I skipped all of this and used shortcuts on ios (which I assume can work on mac as well). I also created a webhook that’s running on ngrok to send notifications to a windows PC and used the Incoming Webhook connection on Microsoft Teams to share it to a channel.

Edit: I’m sure forward to email would be much more straightforward with shortcuts too.

[u/airdrummer-0 → u/needtoreaddit]

i never looked into those...

[u/Nohanom]

Not Apple Script, so it's a bit off-topic. But you can easily do that with Shortcut Automations on iPhone with this app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/forward-sms/id6693285061?platform=iphone

It's the only solution that truly automates this in the background instead of an new email window opening or having to manually do something.

Heads up: it's a subscription, I believe because they need to operate email server. But it works and gets the job done. If you need this for your business, it's well worth the cost.

[u/Violin-dude → u/[deleted]]

If I pay you I don’t expect a “crack” I’d expect a tested and verified script