ios 15 - iphone voice memos dont sync with itunes

Also, I noticed that when my iPhone 12 is plugged into my PC (USB cord) and I open iTunes and then click on the phone in the top left then open Voice Memos (presumably those on the iPhone), all of the old voice memos are greyed out and each one has that dotted circle on the left side. I think that means that the computer doesn't see the already existing voice memos on the iPhone? Those voice memos ARE on the phone as I can see them and play them on the phone. For what that's worth.... Ken

Hi Alison et al:

I called again yesterday (umpteenth time!) and didn't get anywhere again, except the agent said that the 'engineers' are aware there is this problem. I was hoping with another iOS update today (15.1.1), it would be addressed but no such luck! Maybe somebody at Apple reads this forum?......naaahhh...

Ken

Hello AliGos,

We see that you need help with Voice Memos. Share and sync recordings in Voice Memos on iPhone

We’d like to clarify the issue. You stated that the issue started after iOS 15, but that your iPad has iOS 12.5.5 installed. To confirm, which version of iOS do you see when you go to Settings > General > About? Find the software version on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. We ask because iOS 15 won't impact your device if you have iOS 12.5.5 installed.

If you updated to iOS 15 and the option is no longer available. You can leave feedback or make a feature request here: Product Feedback

Cheers!

Hi Alison:

I am so happy to have found your post as I've experienced the exact same problem and in fact, on the phone with Apple senior tech now. Over the past week, I have spoken with senior techs at Apple multiple times and hours on the phone without a resolution. At first I suspected it might be the same timing as going to iOS 15+, but now I'm convinced that's the issue and if anyone at Apple is reading this thread, PLEASE fix it! I've synced voice memos from my iPhones to iTunes every week for 11 years after my weekly music lessons and it always worked until about a week ago, about the same timing as updating to 15+ on my iPhone 12. Ken

This is exactly what is happening to me. When I open itunes, go into device, and look into Voice Memos folder, there is a list of voice memos that is outdated, and they are all greyed out with hash line circles in front of the title. The circles are like what you would normally click to download, except nothing happens when you click. So I can access Voice Memos on my phone, I can access the old ones that were previsously synced on itunes, but new ones haven't synced, and I can't access anything in the device in itunes. Based on the recordings that successfully made it to my computer (itunes and itunes media folder), it appears that the problem for me happened sometime between 10/14/2021 and 10/20/2021. A 10/14 recording is on my computer, but a 10/20 recording did not make it.

By the way, I am most interested in this feature because I record my weekly violin lessons then sync to my PC so that I can listen to the lesson through the good computer speakers vs through the iPhone speakers or having to use Bluetooth external speakers.

Ken

Thanks much! I hit this problem today and despaired of moving music I'd recorded using Voice Memo onto my computer! Now I have a solution. In my case, I'm using DropBox. Kind of a kludge -- but as they say -- whatever works!