App store not downloading keeps spinning

Fix 4: Free up iPhone space App Store not downloading apps may also happen when your device is running low on storage. By Enya Zhang Enya is a writer at supereasy. View all of Enya Zhang's posts. Failed to load the Search bar. Please refresh the page and tyr again. Click here to reload. My thanks to Kyle Demilo aka macfixer for his help solving this mystery, and clearly living up to his Twitter name. Update: I have had this happen enough times that I made a shell script to somewhat automate the process.

You can find it at GitHub or, if you are very trusting and in a rush, just run this line in Terminal. Club MacStories will help you discover the best apps for your devices and get the most out of your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Join the Club. TJ Luoma. Tj went to college as a Computer Science major and came out as a Presbyterian pastor. If a blue account button appears at the top of the App Store, you might not be signed in.

Tap it and sign in with your Apple ID. Learn what to do if you forgot your password. Learn what to do if you can't open the App Store. In the App Store, try to update the app manually. You might need to have a payment method on file, even if the app that you want to download is free.

Jun 26, PM. Can also confirm that changing languages from your current language, respring, change back to English or your preferred language , let it respring again Feb 25, AM. Feb 19, PM. Page content loaded. Feb 19, PM in response to zelous In response to zelous. Im really smart with apple products but i cant seem to fix this one and its major too. Yep tried that too Also I had about 10 app updates and now the update tab says all of my apps are up to date and I know for a fact they arent Really annoyed I cant even go to an apple store because I live in Spain and the closest one is too far for me.

Oct 4, AM in response to applesupportcommunitiesusername In response to applesupportcommunitiesusername. Oct 4, AM. This language trick worked for me. I was pulling my hair out because I couldn't download anything on my iPhone. Problem cropped up once before; resolved on its own with iOS 8.

Feb 26, PM. Apr 16, PM. The language switch worked!! Good thing I know a little German. I have a very happy boy because Minecraft is finally updated to match new capabilities showing up in older sister's account.