Unable to download item please try again later

Me, too. I removed all the apps in their suite (Pages, Keynote, Numbers, etc), and then I checked my iCloud downloads file and deleted all those things, too.

i thought it worked, but it just came on again. Aaargh!! They need to fix this. It’s so annoying.

My posts on page 18 confirming posts from macuserjeff

TO EVERYONE, iMazing SOLVED THIS PROBLEM!!!

IS THERE A MOD THAT CAN POINT EVERYONE TO THE ANSWER? People keep posting without reading just one page back.

Please LOCK THREAD with answer posted for everyone’s sanity. This issue drove me nuts for too long but iMazing SOLVED IT!

If you want, you can send Feedback to Apple:

They likely won't reply, but it will reach those who could make changes.

If they get lots of feedback, the issue is more likely to be fixed in future updates.

There's a webpage for sending feedback:

Product Feedback - Apple

Easiest way to get rid of this issue:

in Setting, find iTunes & App Store,

turn off Automatic update.

Check in your iCloud settings under “manage storage” for that pages app!!! I’m deleting mine now…hoping this fixes it!

Did you try deleting the books app?

Full restore didn’t help. The issue is actually connected to your Apple ID, not your device. It follows the Apple ID login on any phone you login with :|

New / possible lead to identify the problem? Tonight I was on this website, and the dreaded pop up appeared about six times even though all I did was click “Done” on the pop up or move the page up and down. That is, I didn’t click anything on my iPad other than “Done.” So maybe the message relates to an ad that Safari is trying to load or reload? I’m no techie but this sure made me wonder if there is a connection. I’ve never seen the “unable to download” message appear repetitively like that.

Specs: iPad 5th generation, software version 14.8, 128 gig capacity, 82.23 gig available.

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Unfortunately I think the only “fix” judging by everyone’s comments is getting a new phone 😤 Folks have tried different remedies, error seems to have gone away but returns.

I thought I had solved the issue when I found an app on my phone that was “no longer available” in the App Store . I was error message free for three days after deleting the shortcut from the device, and now the message is back with a vengeance. Today I got an error message highlighting something even more specific- “unable to download a digital booklet” for an album I have from iTunes. I’m going to have to plug my phone into the MacBook and see what the heck this digital booklet is…

this is so frustrating.

Restoring to factory settings and reloading everything including the apps you use will NOT fix the issue. I have tried this months ago as have many others on here. Before you spend the time doing that step yourself.

Check out the post on page 14 of this thread towards the bottom by macuserjeff and myself. It works. Takes like 2 minutes to fix once you download the free version of iMazing. Nominate macuserjeff for the Nobel Peace Prize. =)

Also sharing that after downloading and using the iMazing app on my MacBook Air and removing the three files that were mentioned in another post, since Monday evening I have not had the pop up message return. I’m hoping this was the fix!

Full restore does not work, I tried it. New iPhone does not have the issue even after restoring from iCloud. The issue is most likely malware.

You tried Imazing? info two posts back - solved the problem

bmwood Said:

"Unable to download item please try again later: I keep getting the error pop up that states 'Unable to download Item, please try again later”'options of 'done or retry'. I have researched everything I can and gone through all settings to no avail[...]"

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Try this Again Later:

Do as instructed and "try again later". Perhaps the server is too busy at this time?