Upgraded my phone a couple of months ago and just now went to look for an old voice memo recording and it's showing in the app but it says Downloading. It's only like an hour of audio so it should download in a few seconds. But after 10 minutes or so and restarting the app, same deal. It's stuck. There was an old topic on this from 2019-2020 but there was no resolution.
iPhone 14 Pro Max
Hello HozzMidnight,
Thanks for posting in the Apple Support Communities.
You're looking for help with getting the Voice Memo to download as it seems to be stuck, right?
If we have that correctly, let's check any other devices to see if the Voice Memo is appearing there. This will help us to determine if the sync concern is isolated to your iPhone 14, or iCloud. For assistance with checking on other devices, take a look at the steps here: See your recordings on all your Apple devices - Apple Support
• On your Mac: Choose Apple menu> System Settings, click [your name], click iCloud on the right, then click Options next to iCloud Drive. Select Voice Memos in the list of apps.
Note: If you haven't opened Voice Memos before, it may not appear in the list of apps. Open the app, then check the list of apps again.
• On your iOS or iPadOS device: Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud, tap Show All, then turn on Voice Memos.
If you see the Voice Memo appear on other devices, try turning off Voice Memos in iCloud on your iPhone 14, then enable this after a restart. This may help to clear up any interruptions with the connection that was preventing this from completing.
Let us know if you need additional assistance after working through those steps, and confirm how much available space you have on the iPhone.
Have a great day!
Voice Memos stuck on downloading
