Voice memos no longer syncing (AGAIN) w/ 5.1 update

For years there have been tremendous problems when trying to move voice memos from the iPhone to a computer. Usually iTunes would not recognize any voice memos without a bunch of work-arounds, like checking/unchecking boxes consolidating the library, etc.
With the update before this one, syncing my lectures actually worked. I was able to put my lectures that I recorded on my iPhone onto my computer for about two months!
I updated my iPhone and iTunes last night, and now the syncing memo problems are back and the work-arounds are not working.
So this leads to the following questions:
What can I do to fix this?
Why can't Apple get that app to function correctly after years of problems?
Also, another slightly unrelated question,
I tried the suggestion of manually deleting older memos through the app, and now I have 7.9 gb of "Other" on my phone that I can't see or remove. Any ideas on how to attack that problem?

Okay, I somehow fixed it, but I don't know how or why, really. I think this is what happened:
Used a 3rd party program, iExplorer, to view my files. I copied them to my harddrive via the program.
I re-synced with itunes, and magically it found all of the memos it didn't recognize three minutes prior.

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My voice memos used to automatically show in itunes. Now I can't see them or sync them. Has something changed? I have backed up my phone, but I a reluctant to go past the sync step where it says all information on this computer will replace what is on the phone. If the voice memos are not in iTunes does this mean the voice memos will be removed from the phone?

Okay, I somehow fixed it, but I don't know how or why, really. I think this is what happened:
Used a 3rd party program, iExplorer, to view my files. I copied them to my harddrive via the program.
I re-synced with itunes, and magically it found all of the memos it didn't recognize three minutes prior.

Voice memos no longer sync

Hi all,
I have just updated my iPhone for the first time since last June (I don't plug it in very often) and none of my voice memos since then have gone into iTunes. I have spent hours looking for a way of doing it. Tried everything I can think of. I called Apple Support, who suggested restoring my phone to factory settings then restoring from backup, but that hasn't worked. I even downloaded a 3rd party thing called iBrowse which lets me get at them, but they don't have their titles, so I don't know what they are! They're just strings of numbers. There are over 1000 of them on there and I need to get them off my iPhone and onto my PC with their correct titles. You'd think it'd be really quite simple. I have just updated to the latest iPhone software and version of iTunes, but it makes no difference. It appears as though it only wants to sync one way - onto the phone, and nothing comes off it. Why we're forced to use this syncing nonsense and can't just drag and drop what we need anymore is beyond me. Any help very much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Dan.

Okay, I somehow fixed it, but I don't know how or why, really. I think this is what happened:
Used a 3rd party program, iExplorer, to view my files. I copied them to my harddrive via the program.
I re-synced with itunes, and magically it found all of the memos it didn't recognize three minutes prior.

Voice memo won't sync!! and won't let me email either!

believe me, i've got all settings correct.
I've been using voice memo for a long time and now for the first time it just won't sync at all
i've noticed lately that sometimes the voice memo doesn't sync,
I thought I operated wrongly, synced the iphone again, and was able to get the memos out.
BUT NOT THIS TIME
it's like permanently stopped working
I've got an important lecture in there and have to get it out asap
why doesn't apple even allow users to email large memos over wifi at least!??
this is really upsetting and disappointing
I seriously don't understand apple's logic on this

thanks, I just used iExplorer to get it out too
apple seriously has to listen to its customers
such huge amount of users have been complaining about this tiny yet important issue
they just don't give a dang
won't even allow users to have an alternative way of retrieving their files, and we have to use a 3rd party app to do their job??
this is such a joke
it's even on the official website, like thousands of people have complained about the same problem for YEARS, numerous updates never fixed any bit of this
what's your excuse, apple?

One of my voice memos won't sync to iTunes

I sync my voice memos and one will not transfer. it is 1:10 minutes long, but I've synced longer ones. It is very important to be able to share with others in my group.

Even though this topic is considered answered, my Voice Memos weren't syncing and the software update didn't fix it. So, I did this:
1) I backed up and synced my ipod
2) deleted the voice memos playlist in iTunes (my playlist was empty already)
3) deselected "include voice memos" under the Music tab
4) clicked "Apply"
5) when sync was done, shut down iTunes
6) disconnected and reconnected iPhone and restarted iTunes
7) reselected "include voice memos" under the Music tab
8) clicked "Apply"
A new Voice Memo playlist was created with my voice memos in iTunes.
It's possible you can skip the step of deleting the playlist. I was just trying everything I could think of to get it going again. Maybe you can skip the whole first half and just shut down iTunes and reconnect device and sync again! So try and let us all know.
I think what was happening - and why it will work for some to upgrade their software - was because I had an iPod Touch with 3.1 syncing memos to iTunes before. Maybe the iPhone with ios 4 couldn't sync to the folder already created?

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So for some reason when I sync my iPhone 3G, the voice memos won't sync to my iTunes library.
The "Sync voice memos" box is checked and older voice memos from April and before synced in the past.
Now there's just a Voice Memos folder under my iPhone Tab and the new voice memos won't appear in my iTunes Library at all.
I want to convert them to Mp3 but that option is grayed out under the iPhone Voice Memos folder.
Is this just a bug? I recently bought a new computer running Windows 7, so I'm wondering if this is a common issue with iTunes?
Any suggestions?

Even though this topic is considered answered, my Voice Memos weren't syncing and the software update didn't fix it. So, I did this:
1) I backed up and synced my ipod
2) deleted the voice memos playlist in iTunes (my playlist was empty already)
3) deselected "include voice memos" under the Music tab
4) clicked "Apply"
5) when sync was done, shut down iTunes
6) disconnected and reconnected iPhone and restarted iTunes
7) reselected "include voice memos" under the Music tab
8) clicked "Apply"
A new Voice Memo playlist was created with my voice memos in iTunes.
It's possible you can skip the step of deleting the playlist. I was just trying everything I could think of to get it going again. Maybe you can skip the whole first half and just shut down iTunes and reconnect device and sync again! So try and let us all know.
I think what was happening - and why it will work for some to upgrade their software - was because I had an iPod Touch with 3.1 syncing memos to iTunes before. Maybe the iPhone with ios 4 couldn't sync to the folder already created?

Voice Memos Playlist Not Syncing

I've tried all sorts of things, but I can't seem to get my voice memos playlist to sync to itunes.
My workaround has been to make a new smart playlist, and have it add all files that contain "iPhone" but I would rather have it work as it used to.
Anyone else having this problem?

I found the answer, at least it worked for me.
Here ya go:
1) open the Voice Memos app on your iPhone
2) on any memo: click the little blue arrow on the right
3) Click the next arrow in the top most box this will put you in the "Label" screen
4) From the "Label" screen: click the arrow next to "Custom"
5) In the Custom screen: give the memo a name (click Done)
6) Click the left arrow (top left) to go back to your memos.
You'll see that you memo as a name. I changed mine from "4:25 PM" to "Fishcakes".
7) Sync your iPhone and you are good to go.
NOTE: If for some reason this doesn't work, go back into the same "naming" list on your Iphone voice memos app, and try one of the standard labels instead of a custom one. With one that wouldn't sync, I changed it to "Memo" and then synced it again, and then it worked.

Voice Memos won't sync

I have two newly recorded voice memos that won't sync to iTunes. I have no issues syncing other voice memos, it is just with these two specific files. Is there a way to "force" iTunes to sync these files? Alternatively, is there another way to get these files onto my PC (they are apparenly too big to email or message directly from the Voice Memos app).

Even though this topic is considered answered, my Voice Memos weren't syncing and the software update didn't fix it. So, I did this:
1) I backed up and synced my ipod
2) deleted the voice memos playlist in iTunes (my playlist was empty already)
3) deselected "include voice memos" under the Music tab
4) clicked "Apply"
5) when sync was done, shut down iTunes
6) disconnected and reconnected iPhone and restarted iTunes
7) reselected "include voice memos" under the Music tab
8) clicked "Apply"
A new Voice Memo playlist was created with my voice memos in iTunes.
It's possible you can skip the step of deleting the playlist. I was just trying everything I could think of to get it going again. Maybe you can skip the whole first half and just shut down iTunes and reconnect device and sync again! So try and let us all know.
I think what was happening - and why it will work for some to upgrade their software - was because I had an iPod Touch with 3.1 syncing memos to iTunes before. Maybe the iPhone with ios 4 couldn't sync to the folder already created?

(Some) Voice Memos Won't Sync

I'm having a problem with my voice memos. I noticed they won't sync if I plug my iphone into my computer before I've hit 'done' and named the voice memo. Even if I then hit done, name the memo, disconnect my phone, it never syncs after that. I've been searching the web and reading forums for months trying to figure this out with no luck. The memos work fine on my phone. New memos sync just fine but the older ones just stay on my phone. I'm in medical school and these are my school lectures. I'd really like to keep them but am running out of room on my phone when I can't sync them to my computer and then delete them. Can any one help me with this?

Even though this topic is considered answered, my Voice Memos weren't syncing and the software update didn't fix it. So, I did this:
1) I backed up and synced my ipod
2) deleted the voice memos playlist in iTunes (my playlist was empty already)
3) deselected "include voice memos" under the Music tab
4) clicked "Apply"
5) when sync was done, shut down iTunes
6) disconnected and reconnected iPhone and restarted iTunes
7) reselected "include voice memos" under the Music tab
8) clicked "Apply"
A new Voice Memo playlist was created with my voice memos in iTunes.
It's possible you can skip the step of deleting the playlist. I was just trying everything I could think of to get it going again. Maybe you can skip the whole first half and just shut down iTunes and reconnect device and sync again! So try and let us all know.
I think what was happening - and why it will work for some to upgrade their software - was because I had an iPod Touch with 3.1 syncing memos to iTunes before. Maybe the iPhone with ios 4 couldn't sync to the folder already created?

Some Voice Memos do not sync, Voice Memos tab under iPhone blank

I have all my iPhone music and videos manually managed, but somehow the voice memos got synced to my iTunes automatically each time I click Sync iPhone under the album "Voice Memos" and artist name "&MyPhoneName" which is fine by me. Is that normal? How to turn it on or off?
Then I notice that some of the voice memos do not sync, and the Voice Memo tab under iPhone is blank. All the voice memos are still in my iPhone. How does that happen?

In the music part of your iphone in itunes, uncheck the box for syncing voice memos. Then apply changes. Check that it is all gone on your iphone. Go back to itunes and check the box for voice memos and sync. Itunes would copy the voice memos back to your iphone in the process.
that worked for me. +Don't forget to update to ios 6 latest, as apple fixed (at least improved) the bug causing wrongly sync music/voice memos not appearing.

Voice memos do not sync into itunes but ARE on iphone. How do I get them to sync into itunes?

I cannot get voice memos to upload ( sync ) into my itunes library on my Toshiba PC. Many do.....but many won't upload so I can burn into cd's.
HELP!!!!!

hstarkeyy wrote:
I don't want it to delete everything from my phone or old computer.
You don't need to delete anything from your phone or you old computer.
Copy the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder from old computer or backup to /Music/ on new computer.
If you cannot use the old computer or don't have a backup...
-> Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
Then immediately make a backup of your new computer.
Get an external drive and plug it in and use -> Time Machine

My voice memos don't sync from my phone to iTunes

I Am having trouble syncing my voice memos from my iPhone to my PC. I have flagged the "sync voice memos" in the "sync music" module and that always used to allow my memo recording to come into iTunes on my PC.
Interestingly, when my iPhone is connected to my PC, iTunes doesn't even recognise that there are voice memos on the iPhone.
I Have reinstalled iTunes, and I have the latest update on my phone.
Any suggestions would help as I would really like to bring some lectures I heard and recorded into itunes

First of all what PC type do you have, then what IOS are you running and finally what Itunes are you running.
Oh and if this helps, check it out how to upload voice memos from iphone to iMac.
Kind regards,
Bluestormy

Since updating to IOS5 my voice memos won't sync from iPhone4 to iTunes (macbook).

Since updating to IOS5 my voice memos won't sync from iPhone4 to iTunes (macbook). They show in my iTunes but are grey so can't click on them. I need to put voice memos on a CD. Can someone help please?

First of all what PC type do you have, then what IOS are you running and finally what Itunes are you running.
Oh and if this helps, check it out how to upload voice memos from iphone to iMac.
Kind regards,
Bluestormy

IOS 5 and voice memos won't sync

Hi,
so, like everyone else, I update to iOS 5 and now my voice memo won't sync. I would like to NOT have to delete them to restore as they have all my lectures from school on it. But, if I have to restore, is there anyway of backing it up before restoring? or is there another solution to my problem?? is there anyway of reverting back to the old iOS?
ANY help would be very appreciated.
Thanks.

I'm also having issues with voice memos. I have an iPhone 3GS and the memos sync to iTunes ok, but won't transfer to my iPad 1 running iOS 5. They are shown in iTunes as being on the iPad, but the 'sync' icon remains to the left of the file and they are never actually copied across. I've posted on several sites but have had no replied.

Voice memos don't sync properly

I'm very frustrated. I'm trying to sync voice memos from my wife's iPhone. iTunes simply refused to do so, no matter what I did. I synced. I unchecked and re-checked the "Include voice memos" checkbox. I deleted the voice memos playlist from iTunes and tried syncing again. Nothing worked.
Then I stumbled across a suggestion to trim the memos, and that would be enough to get dumb iTunes to finally see the memos. The problem here is two-fold. The recording I'm working on is one of my wife's aunt who just passed away telling stories from her youth. I'm not going to trim a second of that, not when it's iTunes's fault that this isn't working. The second problem is that it's 45 minutes long, and it's physically impossible to trim only a second of that on the iPhone's small screen.
So what I did was to select nothing to trim, and hit the trim button anyway. That seemed to be enough to fool iTunes into thinking it was a new memo.
So what's the problem you ask? Now I have the opposite problem: iTunes is syncing the memo EVERY TIME! I've synced the phone four times now and I have four copies of that voice memo in iTunes. I'm worried that after a year or so I'm going to have hundreds of copies of this voice memo in there.
What's going on? What can I do?
ps-before you mention it, I can't email the memo to myself, because it doesn't like a memo of that size.

It's true, I could do this, but I'd like to figure out what the problem is. Clearly iTunes is not behaving properly (this can't be how it's intended to work), so I'd like to know what I need to do to fix it. I'll test how it works on future memos, but in the process of working on this I searched and found dozens of other people with this problem and no real solution anywhere. I feel it's important to add more voices to a problem until it's heard and fixed.
Thanks for the help, though, I'll do that just to make sure the recording is backed up sufficiently.

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