Download Error. Tap to retry.

I found a way around it all u have to do is go to your music library and search that item(song) and press the cloud button ( u might have to press it a few times)

I am using iphone 5s and just restored from icloud and had these same issues. found out if you play them songs even tho they have the error they will stream and play i guess???

but once i played through the song once it allowed me to download it.

Hello I found a solution, I could not swipe etc... I went into my music and next to the song there was a cloud with an arrow. I repeatedly tapped it very fast while the msg would pop up with an error, I would hit retry. Eventually with some timing the download wheel would go around and then begin downloading the song. Kind of a shove it in your mouth approach but it worked for me!

Here http://youtu.be/xpP-VNHCmb0 my video for what worked for me

This error has been frustrating me for the past month. I finally called Apple support today and they told me to do the following - and it worked!!

My issue was downloading episodes from TV show seasons that I had purchased. When restoring my iPad Air, I had to leave the office and when I arrived at home, I found that all of my pending downloads now said "download error: Tap to retry". Tapping on the arrow of couse, did not work.

• go to the iTunes store on your iPad or iPhone
• click on 'purchased"
• find the tv series or movie that you're trying to download
• click on the cloud icon
• your download will resume

Be sure that when you set these items to download that you stay in the same wifi zone long enough for the download to complete.

Hope this helps someone!

Sandy

Thanks for sharing!

Sign out from both iTunes and App Store. Sign in again and tap the cloud button next to the album or songs. That should do it.

I just brought the movie and it didn't download because it said download error and tap in retry. It was on iPod touch 32gb. I want know how resume download of my movie called battleships.

Try logging out from your iTunes account and logging back in. Retry downloading the movie. That should fix the problem.

When is apple going to fix iTunes. A rental movie takes hours to download because it keeps restarting! Audio books in places they shouldn't or can only be found with spotlight? Two days of 3 hour plus sessions with an iTunes specialist and they had no idea what was wrong......ugh wrong answer apple!! Should this loyal apple devotee find a new company?

You have to change your wifi settings for this download error,(done retry).Go to Settings>Wifi>Go to information of your wifi network(by clicking on i on rightmost part of your wifi name)>change DNS to 8.8.8.8 You are done! Now download apps without any error.

You have to change your wifi settings for this download error,(done retry).Go to Settings>Wifi>Go to information of your wifi network(by clicking on i on rightmost part of your wifi name)>change DNS to 8.8.8.8 You are done! Now download apps without any error.

Tried all these solutions without success forever. Eventually I managed to get the song that where pending into the "pause" mode. Went into Music and the album instead of iTunes. Tapped the songs there and they all downloaded. Seems like there is no general method for this issue. Just stubborn trial/error until it works.

i have the same problem too. i just connect my phone to my PC. then log in with my apple id > go to itunes store > and click (download). and your apps/movies/songs will automaticly downloaded

This worked for me. Thanks.