{"id":50052,"date":"2019-06-28T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=50052"},"modified":"2019-07-01T09:35:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T14:35:30","slug":"how-to-use-voice-memos-in-macos-mojave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50052-how-to-use-voice-memos-in-macos-mojave\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Voice Memos in macOS Mojave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>macOS Mojave introduced Voice Memos, a feature borrowed from iOS. The same feature will be available in the upcoming macOS Catalina. As you might guess from its name, it allows you to record voice memos.<\/p>\n<p>Conveniently, they\u2019re synced in iCloud and available on all your macOS and iOS devices.<\/p>\n<p>To open Voice Memos, go to your Applications folder and double click its icon. Conversely, you can ask Siri to \u201cOpen Voice Memos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll notice that Voice Memos says it \u201cwould like to use your current location.\u201d If you click \u201cOK,\u201d the memos will be named with the location where they\u2019re recorded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50063\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Location.jpg\" alt=\"Voice Memos Location\" width=\"643\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Location.jpg 643w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Location-127x120.png 127w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Location-284x268.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Location-190x179.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Location-127x120@2x.png 254w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Location-284x268@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Location-190x179@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To record a memo, click the red Record button. To pause, hit the Pause button. To resume, hit the Resume button.<\/p>\n<p>If you click the Resume button, your Mac will continue recording the memo where you left off.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Voice Memos Preferences, you can choose whether to delete recorded memos immediately, after one day, after seven days, after 30 days or never.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50064\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Record.jpg\" alt=\"Voice Memos Record\" width=\"643\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Record.jpg 643w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Record-119x120.png 119w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Record-284x287.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Record-188x190.png 188w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Record-119x120@2x.png 238w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Record-284x287@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Voice-Memos-Record-188x190@2x.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also choose \u201ccompressed\u201d or \u201clossless\u201d audio quality. Compression reduces the size of an original file up to ten times. During processing, lossless compression rips audio files so that they reduce in size, but no quality is lost. If you want to save space on your Mac\u2019s drive, choose \u201ccompressed\u201d If you want the best audio quality, choose \u201clossless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a recording is saved, you can select it to play or make edits, such as renaming or trimming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>macOS Mojave introduced Voice Memos, a feature borrowed from iOS. The same feature will be available in the upcoming macOS Catalina. As you might guess from its name, it allows you to record voice memos. Conveniently, they\u2019re synced in iCloud and available on all your macOS and iOS devices. 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