Connect Messages
Download Zenpa for Mac, then allow Zenpa to index the conversations you choose. Everything stays on your device.
- Install Zenpa on your Mac and open the app.
- Allow Zenpa to access Messages when macOS asks.
- Wait for the first local index to finish.
- Ask Zenpa a question about that content.
Find a text message from Tess about a topic
Ask what Tess said about the topic. Zenpa searches local Messages and returns the text with the source.
The problem: Tess texted something important about the content sprint, and finding it later means scrolling an old thread.
What Zenpa does: Zenpa keeps Messages searchable on your Mac by person and topic.
- Ask Zenpa what Tess texted about the topic.
- Add a rough time window if you remember one.
- Open the Messages source if you need the full thread.
What you get
You ask: Find the text message from Tess about the Mesa Press essay series outline
Zenpa answers: On May 6 Tess texted that the essay series should stay at six pieces and that Mira should get a dry-run invite the week before the first drop.
Zenpa found Tess's message from your local Messages index.
Summarize last week's discussion with Mira in Messages
Ask Zenpa to summarize last week with Mira. It returns the decisions, open asks, and dates from your local Messages.
The problem: You and Mira traded a lot of texts last week about the project, and rebuilding the arc before a call takes too long.
What Zenpa does: Zenpa summarizes that Messages thread on your Mac without you rereading every bubble.
- Ask Zenpa to summarize last week's discussion with Mira.
- Name the topic if you have several threads with her.
- Open any cited message when you need the exact wording.
What you get
You ask: Summarize last week's discussion with Mira by Messages
Zenpa answers: Mira confirmed Thursday for the essay series walkthrough, asked for the outline PDF by Wednesday night, and said photographer quotes can wait until after Tess's review. Open ask: send the PDF before 6 PM Wednesday.
Zenpa summarized last week with Mira from your local Messages history.
Quick answers about Messages and Zenpa
Do my texts leave the Mac when I use Zenpa?
No. Zenpa indexes Messages on your device. That content is not used to train anything.
Connect Messages today. Keep the texts on your Mac.