Unable to download item please try again later

Thanks macuserjeff. Downloaded the Imazing free trial, followed your instructions and found three files that were causing the pop up. Deleted them and problem is gone. I really appreciate you posting that advice.

I used the iMazing app to delete the suspect files and I still have the issue.. just not nearly as often. So while I can appreciate frustration on behalf of people tired of hearing “What do we do? When is Apple going to fix this?” I can also appreciate frustration on behalf of people who HAVE tried the offered solutions but are still experiencing the problem.

I’m going to dig into my phone with iMazing again and just see if there’s something I missed.

I am also getting this exact error message 4-20 times a day, for the past several months, when I haven’t initiated a download of any type. But I do know when it started so thought I would pass that along. I wanted 3-4 songs off an album in the Apple Music store, but it was cheaper to buy the album, so I did. I have auto-download turned on, so the entire album started downloading. I went through and canceled (or tried to) all the songs I didn’t want. Shortly thereafter, i started getting the “Unable to Download Item / Done / Retry” message. Maybe coincidence, but maybe it will help somebody who knows more about the code do some troubleshooting. I’ve checked (many times) and I have no pending downloads. I’ve updated all my apps and I am running iOS 15.4. I even deleted the Apple Music app and re-installed. Please somebody fix this because it seems like it’s getting worse and it always pops up at the most inconvenient moments. tia.

It's FREE - You do not have to buy the software to get rid of the issue. And why you think "THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE HERE" is strange considering that NO ONE has posted that imazing did not work. Try it FOR FREE and post if it didn't work before writing another unnecessary post.

"APPLE NEED TO KNOW! IF IT IS LOCKED, THEN APPLE DON’T CARE!" - This

thread dates WAAAAY back so clearly Apple doesn't care - I came to this

forum for a fix and I got it. I don't care about Apple not caring about

my problems. Waiting on Apple to help you or care about you is clearly

wasting time.

Amazing how people RESIST HELP these days...

I bought two albums off iTunes on my phone. Shortly after the pop up returned. I followed the iMazing instructions again and the same 3 file types appeared again from before. I deleted them again, pop up is gone.

I have this problem too. Retry and closing all apps didn’t work.

You can’t even press the home button. Only done/retry. Very annoying having this thing pop on your screen and having to stop everything to click retry or done (or whatever)

Getting the same inexplicable popup too, for at least the past month. Updating to iOS 14.8 didn't do anything, nor did updating to iOS 15.

I’m annoyed too. This occurred as soon as the latest iOS update took place. Happens 5-30 times a day, especially when I’m reading or typing in text messages.

In my case I need to go to the Apple store and download. This is where I was informed that my iOS was out of date

This is an Apple iOS 14 bug. The download errors started after one of the iOS 14 updates. There are no fixes. How about it Apple, you broke it you own II

Go to page 14, macuserjeff posted the fix that definitely works. I dealt with this issue for a long time till he posted what to do. Good luck.

I can testify that the imazing fix worked for me. It was quick, easy, and free. I did it several days ago and have not seen this message since. It used to occur at least once a day.