Comments on: Transfer voicemail messages from your iPhone to your computer

By: DC

DC — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:48:32 +0000

Ant

I have down loaded Audacity and Iphone connected..backed up. tried to import but it just opens the picture file on my iphone ? Do I need to plug something else in and do some other action?

By: John Royer

John Royer — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:24:24 +0000

Hey i was wondering how exactly you could adapt this process for a dell?

By: Allison Sheridan

Allison Sheridan — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:12:20 +0000

thanks – worked great on my iPhone 4 to Mac Book Pro via Audio Hijack Pro. In this configuration, audio cranked up caused peaking and distortion, sounded great with input volume set to around 1/2 of full. Thanks!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:39:40 +0000

I decided to look for some software approaches to this problem, since I didn’t want to go get an audio cable. There’s the software in Ken’s post, and I also found a nice simple voicemail saving program at http://decipher-media.com/iphone-tools/. After watching the demo video, I decided to use the Decipher VoiceMail one and it works great!

By: jeremyb

jeremyb — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:23:06 +0000

Audio Hijack Pro also has a line in function that allows you to record. Just did this with my Motorola flip phone and Macbook.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:24:29 +0000

You can record visual voicemails very easily with Apple’s Quicktime X. Just plug the audio cable into the iPhone audio jack and then into the (Mac) computer. Set audio preferences so that your computer is recognizing the Line In. Then fire up Quicktime and go to New Audio Recording. Hit record in Quicktime and then play in visual voicemail. When done save audio file (as .mov) to desktop – or wherever – and drag into your iTunes library. Done.

By: Ant

Ant — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:50:51 +0000

Kal,
GarageBand will work just fine too. I probably should have mentioned that Audacity was just my personal choice and not something that is required.

By: Kal

Kal — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:58:28 +0000

Is there a reason not to use GarageBand instead of something like Audacity?

By: Ant

Ant — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:41:49 +0000

Mandy,
Unfortunately the 3GS doesn’t offer anything to make this process easier. Maybe in a future update… although I can’t imagine it’s high on Apple’s priority list.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:39:34 +0000

Seriously Madcow? Jailbreaking your phone is not the perfect solution to saving voicemail recordings.

Ant, Does the new iPhone 3Gs have any updates that can allow saving voicemails without extra equipment?

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:04:04 +0000

Look here for a way to download iPhone voicemails right to your Mac:
http://www.macworld.com/article/143321/2009/10/phoneview23.html

By: Ant

Ant — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:10:08 +0000

Deb,
Are you sure you have the correct cable plugged into the audio-in port on your computer? There shouldn’t be any difficulty with reading devices.

Maria,
Yes, you can also use this method on a Windows PC, but there may be a few changes in the process. Audacity is cross-platform software, though, so you should be able to do it by following these basic instructions.

Madcow3417,
I’m sorry to hear the tutorial wasn’t what you were expecting. Unfortunately, the method outlined in the article you linked to requires jailbreaking your iPhone, which is something most people do not do. This was meant to be a solution anybody could use.

By: madcow3417

madcow3417 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:38:51 +0000

With all do respect, this is the worst iphone tip or trick I’ve ever seen. I was expecting a utility or an itunes patch to give you access to the voicemails.

This article pretty much tells you all you need:
http://lifehacker.com/399404/how-to-transfer-iphone-voicemail-to-your-computer

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:18:55 +0000

Does this only work with iphone to a MAC or can this system work with another computer ie: a DELL?

By: deb

deb — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:46:36 +0000

Hi
I bought the adapter and my mac said it cant read that device. Any tips? I need this for legal purposes. I have a g4 running 10.4.11. iphone is 3G. HELP PLEASE!