RICHARD APPLEBAUM I recently had a hard drive failure and did not have a current backup (my last backup was about 1.5 years old). Among the irreplaceable files I lost were audio tracks recorded on my iPhone using the built-in Voice Memo application. Although prior to the crash I had synced the iPhone, I had not yet deleted the Voice Memo files from the iPhone. Unfortunately, Apple does not have a solution to restore files "from" an iPhone "to" iTunes.
However, there's an amazing application that bridges the "need to restore" gap -- Chris Devor's Freeware application "Pod To Mac." Using Pod To Mac I was able to restore all of my lost audio files, playlists, etc. including any music from my "Library" and "Voice Memo's" from my iPhone. How hard was it to use? Three or four steps that are clearly and well documented on the Pod To Mac website.
The Macintosh Users Group of Sacramento, California
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