iTunes automatically syncs voice memos to your iTunes library when you connect iPhone to your computer. This lets you listen to voice memos on your computer and provides a backup if you delete them from iPhone.
Voice memos are synced to the Voice Memos playlist. iTunes creates the playlist if it doesn’t exist. When you sync voice memos to iTunes, they remain in the Voice Memos application until you delete them. If you delete a voice memo on iPhone, it isn’t deleted from the Voice Memos playlist in iTunes. However, if you delete a voice memo from iTunes, it is deleted from iPhone the next time you sync with iTunes.
You can sync the iTunes Voice Memos playlist to the iPod application on iPhone using the Music pane in iTunes.
Sync the Voice Memos playlist to iPhone:
1. Connect iPhone to your computer.
2. In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.
3. Select the Music tab.
4. Select the “Include voice memos” checkbox and click Apply.
Voice memos are synced to the Voice Memos playlist. iTunes creates the playlist if it doesn’t exist. When you sync voice memos to iTunes, they remain in the Voice Memos application until you delete them. If you delete a voice memo on iPhone, it isn’t deleted from the Voice Memos playlist in iTunes. However, if you delete a voice memo from iTunes, it is deleted from iPhone the next time you sync with iTunes.
You can sync the iTunes Voice Memos playlist to the iPod application on iPhone using the Music pane in iTunes.
Sync the Voice Memos playlist to iPhone:
1. Connect iPhone to your computer.
2. In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.
3. Select the Music tab.
4. Select the “Include voice memos” checkbox and click Apply.
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Download Voice Memos From Iphone
Speaking of iPhone backup or transfer, naturally many iPhone users may think of iTunes. Admittedly iTunes is the most comprehensive data backup and restore solution for iOS devices, but it is not the most user-friendly or easy iPhone backup and transfer solution. A lot of iPhone users do not like iTunes because it simply backups everything and restore everything in a batch mode. Today, we will demonstrate how to transfer voice memos from iPhone to computer without iTunes. It is similar to exporting voice mail from iPhone to computer. Compared to iTunes sync or backup, this is an easier way to backup and transfer iPhone voice memos. See how it can be done in easy steps below.
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In a recent software update, the iOS data backup & restore tool has been added. Now you can refer to this guide to backup iPhone voice memos to computer.
In a recent software update, the iOS data backup & restore tool has been added. Now you can refer to this guide to backup iPhone voice memos to computer.
Transfer Voice Memos from iPhone to computer without iTunes
Run the iPhone recovery program on your PC or Mac, connect your iPhone to your computer via USB data cord which you use to charge your iPhone. The iPhone data retrieval program will then automatically detect your iPhone, and you will see a screen to choose data type to recover as following.
Click Voice Memos and click the Scan button at the bottom section of the data restore software for iPhone, it will scan voice memos saved on iPhone. You will be presented with the scan results as shown in below figure.
Your voice memos on iPhone will be listed with their file names and a checkbox in front of each voice memo file. You can click on the checkbox to select or not to select a voice memo. After that click the Recover button to get a pop-up dialogue where you can choose a folder on your laptop or desktop computer to save the iPhone voice memos. Once you have transferred voice memos from iPhone to PC or Mac, you will be able to play them using your music players, such as iTunes for Windows, iTunes for Mac, etc.
Except transfer existing files from iPhone to computer, this software can also help you recover those deleted data on iPhone. You will be able to restore deleted iPhone voice memos and more data from iPhone internal storage.
It also support data restore from iTunes and iCloud as well. For the safety of your personal data, we always recommend iPhone users to back up their data from iPhone to computer or a cloud service, so in case of data loss occur, you can always restore the deleted data from previous backups.
Update Jan 2018: this article was originally published in 2016 and has since been updated. In this update the new iPhone voice memos backup method was added.