The Past for iChat is a small macOS Big Sur application to open old iChat logs (.chat and .ichat files). Interested in letting us write an app for you? Contact us!

The Past for iChat is a small macOS Big Sur application to open old iChat logs (.chat and .ichat files). Interested in letting us write an app for you? Contact us!

Looking for more information on The Past for iChat application?
Check out the: Past for iChat product page.

Issues, bugs and feature request are tracked over here at GitHub.

How do I find my iChat Files?

The easiest way to locate iChat files is by doing a search in Finder. Enter the "search" in Finder (e.g. simply by entering a letter in the search toolbar, delete it afterwards). Press "+" to add a search query, use "[Kind] is [Other]" with the value "ichat" (or "chat" for even older files).

Alternatively download and open this prepared Finder search, which does the same: Finder-Find-iChat-Files.savedSearch.

I can't open my iChat files!

We've heard of two occasions so far where a file couldn't be opened using Past. If that happens to you, we'd like to hear of that! Send us an email, that would be very much appreciated. Including a sample file would be very helpful. If this is not possible (we know your chats are your precious), we'll figure out a different way to find the issue.

Bugs or any other questions?

Just drop us a line: info@zeezide.com.