Recording your voice is an easy way to remember things for later, exactly the way you thought about them. If you have a Mac and want to record your voice to make a grocery list, dictate a note, or capture the discussions at a meeting, you can follow the post below to get started.

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Apple offers three standard methods for recording voice on your Mac. We’ll discuss each of them, from simple to complex.

We’ll start with the Voice Memos app, which, like the iOS offering, is the most basic voice recording tool available on the Mac. The app uses your Mac’s built-in microphone to record your audio, and for the basic user, it gets the job done every time. Voice Memos is good for short recordings and recordings that don’t require editing.