Q: voice memos not showing up in itunes

I updated to the latest version and did a first test. While the box under "music" in the Iphone settings that says "include voice memos" was still OFF, it did download the test voice mail. Will do further tests to make sure the problem is really solved. Let's hope...

I was having kittens at not being able to sync my voice memos. They were showing up in iTunes, but would not sync with my iPod Touch.

In iTunes, find the memo, right mouse click on it and select 'Get Info'. Click on the 'Options' tab, and where it says 'Media Kind', change this from 'Voice Memo' to 'Music'.

Connect your iPod and you should find your memo will now sync. It worked for me. I hope it works for you, too.

I *just* found YET ANOTHER VOODOO HACK that *magically* worked in *MY* case - I had to give the !@%^&* memo a CUSTOM name and then, AND ONLY THEN, did the !@#$%^&* memo show in iTunes - FINALLY!

APPLE - GET ON IT!

This has been A BROKEN MESS since 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I tried the fix of changing the custom name of the voice memo to simply the 'Meeting' option, and it synched to my iMac.  Now I have a mess of memos that have never synched and some that do, with no clear direction how it works. 

Yes, welcome to the nightmare...there's various "fixes" - none of which are 100% for everyone, nor do any of them explain why this is such a TOTAL MESS?!

Apple?!?!  Is this really that hard to get right, programmatically???

I've been having the same problem the last week, but I just unchecked the "sync over wifi" box...and it worked! The voice memos showed up the next time I synced.

THE STEPS PROVIDED BY FrettBuzzin WORKED FOR ME. THANKS VERY MUCH!

I THINK THIS MAY BE EVERYONE'S BEST BET. I AM A PC USER, THOUGH. GOOD LUCK!

Tried all the above before, uncheck, check, resync, restart etc.  Still didn't work for me.  "Genius" told me my memos were corrupted and my mac was preventing corrupted data from coming on so it wouldn't sync them, even though they play fine.  Anyway, inferred that there were problems with old memos, so I trimmed them a little and it seems to think their new (at least maybe with a new timestamp) and they synced over!  So if all else fails, try trimming it a little if you can

Thank you to all who have given advice.

At first, giving the file a custom name worked. Thanks for that tip.

But now I've got about 30 memos over the last few weeks that won't appear on my phone.

Most I can "share" to myself but a couple are too large for email.

APPLE. READ YOUR OWN FORUMS. FIX THIS PROBLEM.

alex

Should I do this while the ipod is connected to the computer? Will this be the same solution for a windows based computer? I would appreciate your further assitance. thanks.

Thanks Allan.  Checked the sync voice memos, hit the sync button and it totally worked.

Are you seriuos?

There's no way it seems to work. I've tried almost every combination of check, uncheck, sync, quit and relaunch itunes, reboot lion...

Apple, please give us an ANSWER.

FretBuzzin your method did work for the voice memos that are under 12 mins.

HOWEVER, I was not able to sync the voice memos that were longer than 11 mins. I have voice memos of 57 mins - 1hr and 15 mins.

Even when I go to play them on my phone, they do not play. I am really frustrated because I need the voice memos. I guess I have to be patient

Extraordinary that this thread has been going since October 2010 — without any apparent reaction from Apple!

I've found the FretBuzzin method works for recordings made with Voice Memos app. but not with any other sound recording app. I recently bought a plug-in mic for my iPod Touch 4G from Tascam which I want to use with the Tascam PCM recorder. The quality is great — but I can't get the recordings onto my (MacBook Pro) computer.

I understand that today the Apple share price went over $500 for the first time. I guess Apple is the new Microsoft, the new IBM! Congratulations Apple!

'Tascam Method'

This method of extracting recordings was given to me by Tascam. It apparently works with the Tascam PCM recorder and Griffin's iTalk apps — both of which are free.

1. Connect your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to your computer and launch iTunes

2. Select your iOS device in the left column of iTunes, then click on the Apps tab

3. Scroll down to File Sharing and select PCM Recorder in the list

4. Select your recording in the PCM Recorder Documents window and click "Save To..."

5. Find a location on your computer and click Choose

6. Open your mix in an audio editor or drag it into your iTunes library to convert to an MP3 file and share online.

This works for me and I hope for other people.