Voice Memos App no longer displays timestamps

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Voice Memos App no longer displays timestamps

I rely on the timestamps in the voice memos app at the end of the day for filling out my timesheet. I upgraded to IOS 7, and while I'm not a big fan of the interface (I personally liked the big microphone), I noticed it no longer displays timestamps for each recording! Is there some secret way to get them to display? In the previous app, I just had to record the memo and stop it. The time and date appeared automatically. Please don't suggest I add the time to the recording name - if Apple could provide this info before, they certainly are capable of providing it in this new version. A new version should offer more capability, not less.

Grrrrrrr..................!

Am I missing some secret swipe or something?

iPhone 4S, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 7:52 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 26, 2013 5:03 AM in response to bdunsing

I also depended on the timestamp as part of the file name. Having to manually enter the time in the file name is not practical. Please help with this Apple.

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Answer 2

Oct 31, 2013 7:52 PM in response to bdunsing

Amen! It was my favorite tool before ios7, now it's worthless if I forget to state the time...OR...start too soon. I find that this "upgrade" has a slow start (on my phone, at least), and will often cut-off my spoken time. This is very frustruating, as this is my preferred method for tracking billable hours between projects throughout the day.

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jaspora

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Dec 29, 2013 10:52 AM in response to bdunsing

The only work around I have found is to sync the IOS device to iTunes. Then, select the imported voice memo in the iTunes music library and choose the "Get Info" command. In the Summary section, towards the bottom of the window, the location of the file on your hard drive is displayed. There you will see the actually name of the audio file, as it appears in the finder, which still uses the old date & time convention (ie: 20131228 213330.m4a for December 28, 2013 at 9:33PM).

This is of course a lot of trouble to get info that should be available directly on the IOS device itself, but hopefully it helps those who can't wait around for Apple to correct the oversight.

Cheers!

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bdunsing Author

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Dec 29, 2013 2:31 PM in response to jaspora

No sarcasm here - but really - let's take away simple functionality from a simple app, then reward ourselves for finding a work-around? I agree with you jaspora - way too much effort to get information that should just be there. I've been using QuickVoice - a free app that that gives me this functionality back. I can quickly record a memo, then look at the timestamp as I'm replaying it.

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Kyanite1

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Apr 7, 2014 9:52 AM in response to bdunsing

I rely so heavily on the time stamp in the title. Now everytime I download my voice memos to itunes I have to spend 10 minutes adding the Date to the title and it would take another 10 minutes to add the time. I don't see why Apple would take this feature away. It seems so vital to taking a voice memo. I might have to check out quick voice but it just seems so apparent that Apple should fix this.

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