xxx does not exist at specified path

[fatsanta92]

Hi,

I'm trying to pull some imessages from an iphone backup on my Mac.

The file directory is /Users/myname/Desktop/phone_backup_latest/00008120-000404101EEA601E (my name replaces my own name) and the code I'm using is imessage-exporter -f html -p “/Users/myusername/Desktop/phone_backup_latest/00008120-000404101EEA601E” -a iOS

and I get a Invalid configuration: Database file “/Users/myusername/Desktop/phone_backup_latest/00008120-000404101EEA601E”/3d/3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28 does not exist at the specified path!

Yet I see that file here -

[ReagentX]

It looks like you are using smart quotes “ instead of straight quotes " in your command, which causes the shell to think the quote is part of the path, not a string that contains the path. I replicate this error myself when I use smart quotes against a local backup:

❯ imessage-exporter -f html -p “/Users/chris/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync/Backup/00028120-123E30A8019B401B“
Invalid configuration: Database file `“/Users/chris/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/00028120-123E30A8019B401B“` does not exist at the specified path!

When I use straight quotes, it works as intended:

❯ imessage-exporter -f html -p "/Users/chris/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/00028120-123E30A8019B401B"
Decrypting iOS backup...
  [1/5] Deriving backup keys...

Note that single quotes ' should also work. If you wrote your command in a text editor that automatically changes straight quotes to smart quotes, this would have caused the issue.

[fatsanta92]

Ah yes that's it! Thanks!