Voice Memos is a new addition from iOS to macOS Mojave; it’s a simple one-trick-pony of an app that lets you record, play back, and share short audio recordings.
Voice memos are tiny pieces of voice recordings on an iPhone, typically recorded through the voice recording app and these could be snippets of songs on someone’s own voice, or few seconds from a music clip to Shazam or TrackID it later, a class lecture worth listening to over and over again, or maybe just an instant interview when a high end voice recorder isn’t readily available. Voice Memos is an excellent app to make voice recordings on your iOS-based device. You can simply fire-up the app, tap a button, and that is all you need to do to start a voice recording. The recorded files are saved right on your iPhone. The operation steps are as follows: Step 1. Tap on the Voice Memos app on your springboard to launch the.
Email the recording to yourself, download it onto your Mac, change its extension to.m4r, and then add the recording to iTunes. Presto, you’ve added a ringtone. When you have no further use for a recording, you can remove it from the Voice Memos app by selecting it and pressing Delete (or Backspace). In the Voice Memos app on your Mac, click the Record button (or use the Touch Bar). To pause, click the Pause button. To continue, click Resume. When you finish, click Done in the lower-right corner.
Consider all the times you’d find it useful to have an audio recorder in your MacBook — perhaps when you’re attending a lecture or interviewing an important source (a big deal for writers). Or maybe you just want to record a quick reminder (“Pick up milk after work”). Well, you’re in luck. Mojave now includes the same built-in digital voice recorder you know and love on your iPhone (and other iDevices).
How to record a voice memo
Launch Voice Memos, and you’ll see the simple window displayed here.
Recordings use your Mac’s built-in microphone by default. If you prefer to use a different microphone, select it in the Sound System Preferences pane’s Input tab before you begin recording.
Click the big red button to start a recording. The waveform that moves across the screen as Voice Memo detects sounds helps you gauge the recording level.
You can pause a recording by clicking the red pause button, and then click it again to resume recording.
A timer on the screen indicates the length of your recording session (24.36 in the figure).
Click Done when you’re finished to save the recording. It’s that easy.
To adjust the recording level, visit the Sound System Preferences pane’s Input tab and adjust the Input Volume slider.
How to listen to a voice memo
After you capture your thoughts or musings, you’ll probably want to play them back. To do so, just click the voice memo you want to hear (Second Recording in the figure), and then click the triangular Play button to listen.
You can drag the playhead (the vertical blue line in the middle of the waveform) to move forward or back in the memo.
How to name a voice memo
When a memo is added to your list of recordings, it shows up with the date and length of the recording and the uninspiring title New Recording. You could have named it something else at that point, but if you didn’t, you may have a tough time remembering which recording was made for which purpose. Fortunately, you can easily create a custom title after the fact:
- Click any Voice Memo in the sidebar.
- Click the name Apple assigned (New Recording 1, New Recording 2, and so on).
- Type your own name for the voice memo.
Professor Snookins on Biology, for example.
That’s it. Your recording is duly identified.
How to trim a voice memo
Maybe the professor you were recording rambled on and on. Fortunately, it’s easy to trim the audio. To do so, first click a recording and then click the Edit button in the upper-left corner of the window.
Now, click the trim icon (labeled in the figure) and drag the start and end markers to determine the portion of the audio you want to keep.
To conclude the process, click the trim icon — but before you do, I recommend that you preview your edit by clicking the Play button. If you’re happy, click the trim icon.
Mac Voice Memo Files
If you make a mistake, choose Edit → Undo immediately to restore the audio you trimmed.
You may want to share a Voice Memo with others. No problem. Just click a Voice Memo to select it, and then click the share icon. You then have the option to email the memo or send it in a message. Or you can share it instantly with Mac or iDevice users via AirDrop, or add it to the Notes app.
Here’s another cool trick you can do with a recording. Email the recording to yourself, download it onto your Mac, change its extension to .m4r, and then add the recording to iTunes. Presto, you’ve added a ringtone.
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When you have no further use for a recording, you can remove it from the Voice Memos app by selecting it and pressing Delete (or Backspace).
Voice Memos uses the built-in microphone on your device to record. For a higher-quality stereo recording, use an external stereo microphone.
How to record a voice memo
- Open the Voice Memos app or ask Siri to open it.
- To record, tap or click . To stop, tap . On your iPad or Mac1, tap or click .
- When you tap , your memo is saved automatically with your current location as the title.2 On your iPad or Mac, click Done when you're finished recording.
All your memos are available on every device that's signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID. Just turn on Voice Memos in the iCloud settings of each device.
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After you record a voice memo, you can edit it.
Edit a voice memo
After you record a voice memo, it's easy to replace a section, trim the recording, or delete part of it.
How to replace part of a voice memo
- Tap the memo that you want to edit. Tap , then tap Edit Recording. On your iPad or Mac, select the memo, then tap or click Edit.
- Swipe the waveform left or right until the blue playhead is positioned at the beginning of the part that you want to replace. On your Mac, position the blue playhead on the recording overview at the bottom of the app to select a starting place.
- Tap Replace to re-record over the existing memo.
- Tap when you finish recording.
- Tap Done to save.
How to trim from the beginning or end of a memo
Mac Voice Memo File Location
- Tap the memo that you want to trim. Tap , then tap Edit Recording. On your iPad or Mac, select the memo, then click Edit.
- Tap . Yellow handles with arrows appear on each end of the memo in the lower recording graph.
- To trim from the beginning, drag the yellow arrow on the left to where you want the memo to begin. To trim from the end, drag the yellow arrow on the right to where you want the memo to end.
- Tap Trim.
- Tap Save. If you're finished editing the memo, tap Done.
How to delete part of a memo
- Tap the memo that you want to trim. Tap , then tap Edit Recording. On your iPad or Mac, select the memo, then click Edit.
- Tap . Yellow handles with arrows appear on each end of the memo in the lower recording graph.
- Drag the left and right yellow arrows so that they surround the part of the memo that you want to delete.
- Tap Delete.
- Tap Save. If you're finished editing the memo, tap Done.
Share a voice memo
Want to share your voice memo with a friend or save it to a second location? Tap a memo in the list, tap , then tap Share. On your iPad or Mac, select a memo, then tap or click the share button .
Choose a way to share, such as Messages or a social media app. Or save your memo to another location with an option like iCloud Drive or Mail.
How to delete a voice memo
- Tap or click to select the memo that you want to delete.
- Tap . On your Mac, press the Delete key or choose Edit > Delete. The memo is moved to the Recently Deleted folder.
Voice memos stay in the Recently Deleted folder for 30 days and then are deleted permanently. You can recover a voice memo if it's still in the Recently Deleted folder:
- In Voice Memos, tap or click Recently Deleted.
- Tap or click the memo that you want to recover.
- Tap or click Recover, then tap or click Recover Recording.
Voice Memos On Iphone
1. Voice Memos is a built-in app in macOS Mojave and later.
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2. You can turn location-based naming on or off in Settings > Voice Memos. On your Mac, choose Voice Memos > Preferences.