Voice memo stuck downloading

To my understanding, "some older" Apple products does not "continuous sync" with iCloud. I have an MacBook Pro late 2009 (OS X El Capitan) which does not sync (bad apple). They only app that still syncs is my iMessages and Notes (only for various reason).

In search for a solution for my previous issue, I've came across articles that stated there are certain recovery software that reads and extracts iCloud backup information. If you take this route, keep in mind that third-party software "may" come with certain risks (i.e. viruses, bloatware, adware, etc.) however, they also are some of the best solutions to specific problems. Due diligence is needed here. I cannot recommend any software due to I have not used any of my own. This will be a journey for you and please update "US" (this community) of your success.

Thanks, Looking forward for an update. :)

There is a solution within this thread. One other person has confirmed..

* Be sure you have your voice memos backed up or stored on another device before you proceed.

Let us know if it works for you too.

that doesn't mean SOL. they have a record of under promising and over delivering, for the most part. and they want people to like their products, so they actually do things that make that happen. They don't get everything, but this is a huge problem affecting the thing they advertised. They surely will fix such a crippling bug. This isn't annoying, but critical.

it just means massive inconvenience for you and others. maybe we should keep backups of everything we trust Apple with. that's the takeaway i'm focusing on

In response to Karentheunicorn FIX

I have important voice memos stuck on downloading after iOS 13.3 upgrade. on iphone 6S plus. I need them back urgently. Apple really need to fix this Will post back if I have any success as Apple don!t seem to be able to help. Any further help on this is welcomed as I need the voice memos back.

I tried your recent suggestion muring are all

gone now can’t get them back on my phone. I don’t know if I would try this honestly obviously it’s not a given it will work. I had memos from when my kids were 1-2 years old.

Peace and Greetings,

To my understanding, all memos are backed up into your iCloud, especially if you have more than one apple device (i.e. ipdad, macbook) under the same account they should be sync. Please make sure that your iOS device is has the current version.

I transition from an iPhone 5se to iPhone 11 Max Pro and it the voice memo problem was my as well. However, after completing the following steps in order all memos returned. Previous people have also confirmed the this solution has worked. If you look through the tread (starting on page 2) you'll see similar solutions. I went into details for a more rigorous way to retrieve memos from a backup too (starting on page 3).

Please confirmed you followed all the directions. If Apple patch this fix, that would be interesting Hope this gives more clarity.

Yes there backed up but once deleted like now how do I get them back? Erase my entire phone then restore from backup? I just did that last night actually at the direction of AppleCare to try to get my memos back that as you prob know didn’t work. I’m just getting tired of deleting my entire phone then restoring from backup. Shouldn’t have to do that to get my memos transferred from my iPhone 10s max to my iPhone 11 Pro Max. Obviously apple hasn’t addressed this issue. I’ve called apple three times all three suggestions haven’t worked.

Hi

You need to keep resetting to factory settings and then reinstalling (manually) to the iCloud back up of your choice

Continue resetting to factory settings (no matter how many times it takes) until your memos download it took my brother 2 weeks.... but in the end the memos downloaded

All my voice memos were gone after upgrading to iOS 13.4.

This is a terrible quality issue. Apple has to fix this.

I tried to restore from backups but went into the same issue - all voice memos are stuck downloading. Sometimes they just disappear while waiting to be downloaded.

I'm trying to restore them on an iOS 13.3 device.

Yes Shonejin I’m tight there with you! I lost all kinds of voice memos from when my kids were little things that can never be replaced. Think all in all I lost about 40-50 memos. When I call customer service they basically walk me through different steps with the final step deleting and backing up everything on my phone which never works I’ve done it multiple times. So disappointed this is inexcusable in my opinion!

This is the exact same issue I have - PLEASE RESPOND APPLE.

Interesting! I wonder if this accidental solution works for others.

Awesome. Thanks for confirming. Glad it helped. 😊

I’ve had my 11 pro for 2 weeks now and some of my voice memos still haven’t completely downloaded

Lol. That’s exactly what I said in one of my previous post. I guess someone read it and made a video... Welcome to the Matrix. Glad the info is spreading.