n8n nodes for Apple Messages

Bring your iPhone SMS & iMessage into n8n, locally on your Mac.

It lets you capture every incoming message and search through your message history on Apple Messages (iMessage / RCS / SMS) and automate it with n8n - no cloud services or third-party API fees.

This package works for n8n instances self-hosted on bare-metal macOS.

How to install

1. In your n8n dashboard, go to Settings → Community Nodes and install n8n-nodes-apple-messages.

2. Get an activation key from this page at any price you wish. It will look like this: XXXX-YYYY-ZZZZ.

3. Enable Message Forwarding on your iPhone. See https://support.apple.com/en-in/102545

3. Grant Full Disk Access (macOS) to n8n. This is required to collected forwarded messages from the file system.

System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access → add: n8n or node

Usage

Just enter your activation key you got from Step 2 and it's all setup!

For the new message trigger:

FAQs

Q: I see no events after sending a message.

Try these things:

- Ensure Full Disk Access is granted (See installation instructions).

- Ensure Message Forwarding is enabled on your iPhone (See installation instructions).

- Confirm SMS/iMessage reaches the Mac (green/blue bubble appears in Messages).

- Disable Only SMS if you’re testing with iMessage (blue bubble).

- Delete ~/.sms_forwarder_lastrow and try again.

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Q: I still can't get this to work. Do you offer support?

Yes, reach me via email at me@littledivy.com.

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Q: Will this work if I am outside?

Yes, this should work as long as your n8n instance is running. It does not require iPhone and Mac to be on the same network.

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Q: Can I use this on cloud n8n?

No. This only works on n8n instances hosted on macOS connected to same iCloud as your iPhone. You can setup a relay that forwards events from your Mac to a remote instance.