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• To step
• Part 1 of 4: Sending voice memos with Messages
• Part 2 of 4: Record a voice memo
• Part 3 of 4: Trim a message
• Part 4 of 4: Share voice memos
• Tips

Your iPhone has an app called Voice Memos, which allows you to record and edit audio. You can use the app to record personal messages, lectures or other things. After recording you can edit the message, for example to delete empty pieces of recording or unimportant information. You can also share your recordings by sending the memo via email or with the Messages app.

To step

Part 1 of 4: Sending voice memos with Messages

1. Open your Messages app. You can quickly send audio messages to your iMessage contacts with the Messages app.
2. Open a conversation with someone. You must be chatting with another iMessage user to send audio messages. View the messages in the conversation and title bar. If they are green you are not chatting via iMessage. If they are blue you can send audio messages.
3. Tap and hold the microphone button next to the iMessage field. The microphone button is only visible when you are chatting with another iMessage user.
4. Record your audio message while continuing to hold down the microphone button. You keep recording until you release the button.
5. Swipe your finger up to the send button to send the message. This way you immediately send the audio message to the other person. To delete the message, release your finger and tap the "X" next to your recording.

Part 2 of 4: Record a voice memo

1. Open the Voice Memos app. You will find the app on your home screen. It could be in the "Tools" folder. The app icon looks like a sound graph on a white background.
   • You can also press and hold your home button to open Siri and say "Voice Memo" to launch the app.
2. Tap the record button to start recording. Now you immediately start recording with the microphone of your iPhone. You will get the best result if the source you are recording is near your iPhone.
   • You may get better results if you use the Apple earbuds with the microphone in the cable. You'll need this anyway if you're using an iPod Touch, because it doesn't have a built-in microphone.
   • If your iPhone has a protective cover, it can reduce the quality of the recording. Take the iPhone out of the case to get better recording quality.
3. Tap the record button again to pause recording. You can pause and restart the recording as many times as you want.
4. After recording, tap "Done" to save the recording. You can now give the recording a name. Enter a name and tap "Save" to save the recording in the list of recordings.
   • There is no practical limit to the length of the recordings, but eventually the free space on your iPhone will run out if your recording is too long. Recordings are 480 KB per minute, which means an hour recording is about 30 MB.

Part 3 of 4: Trim a message

1. Tap a recording in your recordings list to open it. You see this list when you open the Voice Memos app. You can trim the recordings to remove parts you don't need, or to divide a long recording into several parts.
2. Tap the "Edit" button below the selected recording. The button only appears after selection.
3. Tap the blue square to enter edit mode. You will see red stripes appear at the ends of the recording.
4. Drag the red stripes to set a new start and end point for your recording. You can drag the stripes to where the recording will start and end. You can use this to remove empty parts at the beginning and end, or to select the part of the recording that you want to create a new file from.
   • You can adjust the length several times to get the desired results. For example, you can first cut off the beginning to remove a piece of empty recording, then edit it again to remove a piece at the end. After this you can select a part of the recording and make it a new file.
5. Tap "Trim" when you are done setting the new start and end points. Now you will be given the choice to either save the trimmed portion as a new recording, or to trim the original.
   • If you make a new recording of the trimmed portion, the original will be preserved alongside the new file.
   • If you shorten the original, only the selected part will be saved.

Part 4 of 4: Share voice memos

1. Open the voice message you want to share from the Voice Memos app. You see a list of voice memos when you open the Voice Memos app. You can send voice memos to other people from the Voice Memos app. The file is sent in the M4A format, this format can be played on almost all modern devices with support for audio files.
2. Tap the share button. This button can be found below the recording after you have selected it. It looks like a square with an arrow pointing up.
3. Select how you want to share the post. You can send your voice message with the Mail or Messages apps, or with other apps on your device that you use to send messages. If you don't see the app you want, tap the "..." button and then slide the button next to the app.
4. Transfer your voice memos to your computer. You can save your voice memos to your computer using iTunes.
   • Connect your iPhone to your computer and open iTunes.
   • Select your iPhone at the top of the screen and click the "Music" option in the left column.
   • Make sure "Sync Music" and "Sync Voice Memos" are checked.
   • Click the "Sync" button to copy your voice memos to the iTunes library.

Tips

• If you need more advanced features when creating and editing voice memos, you can use other apps available in the App Store.