Mark important moments while you record

The problem with a long recording is not making it — it is finding the ninety seconds you actually wanted. A mark is a timestamp you drop while it happens, so the search is already done.

Drop a mark

1. Tap the mark button on the recording screen while the take is running.
2. Or tap Mark on the Lock Screen banner or in the Dynamic Island, without unlocking.
3. A tick appears on the waveform at that second. Drop as many as you like.
4. Marks are saved with the recording, not separately, so they survive editing and sharing.

Add a note to a mark

1. Open the recording in the player.
2. Tap the mark you want on the waveform or in the list of marks.
3. Type a short note — who said it, what was agreed, what to check.
4. Save. The note shows next to that timestamp from then on.

How to use them well

• Mark a decision, not a topic — you will remember the topic anyway.
• In a lecture, mark the moment you stop following. That is the part to replay.
• In an interview, mark the answer you know you will quote.
• A mark costs nothing. Ten marks in an hour is not too many.