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gingerrita
User level: Level 1 (11 points)

Help I Cannot access the voice memo file I just recorded.

I am having a problem with voice memo app. Voice memo failed. How to recover the voice memo file that disappeared when I clicked on Done.? In the list of files listed in the side panel of Voice Memo; the voice memo "standard numbered file name with and time length and transcript symbol" did not appear. . is it possible to locate and retrieve/restore at least the mp4 file on my macbook pro running MacOs Sequoia 15.7.9 It's a very important file for my work. Any help will be very much appreciated.

Posted on Sep 19, 2026 7:37 AM

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VikingOSX
User level: Level 10 (131,878 points)

Sep 19, 2026 2:45 PM in response to gingerrita

This is what I got right after selecting record, then Done.



This didn't disappear on me using Sequoia 15.8.


Click on the Desktop and then select shift+cmd+G to open a Go To Folder dialog. Copy/paste the following into that dialog and press return:

~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.VoiceMemos.shared/Recordings


The m4a audio recording will have a filename formatted as yyyyMMdd hhmmss.m4a corresponding to the date/time that Done was clicked in the Voice Memo app.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256360530