How do I rip sms messages from Iphone to my computer?

So long story short: I was given a replacement MAC by apple and if I sync my iphone to it I will loose all it's data which is only backed up on my broken MAC. I have managed to rip MUSIC, CONTACTS, PHOTOS from my iphone to my replacement MAC.
How do I rip sms/text messages from Iphone to my computer?
Details: MAC is using snow leopard and iphone 3G running 3.0
n.b. that there is no backed up version on my replacement mac

O_Fidi wrote:
So long story short: I was given a replacement MAC by apple and if I sync my iphone to it I will loose all it's data which is only backed up on my broken MAC. I have managed to rip MUSIC, CONTACTS, PHOTOS from my iphone to my replacement MAC.
How do I rip sms/text messages from Iphone to my computer?
Details: MAC is using snow leopard and iphone 3G running 3.0
n.b. that there is no backed up version on my replacement mac
Try "The Missing Sync for iPhone" see www.markspace.com

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