August 2025 (2 days ago)

Fix Apple Voice Memos stuck in Downloading Mode

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Helpful: https://old.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/16v0j7y/where_do_i_find_my_voice_memos_in_finder_now/kuh0js8/

Going to this folder

~/Library/Group\ Containers/group.com.apple.VoiceMemos.shared/Recordings

tHere’s also /Users/kaiwen/Library/Containers/com.apple.VoiceMemos/Data which I followed by right lcicking a voice memo and selecting “services” then “show in finder” but I think we need to delete the .db file int he group containers, these only contain local files

then delete the .db folders

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Then you should no longer have files in Voice Memos on Macbook “downloading” forever.

You should also probably untriggered the icloud syncing and maybe delete it from your phone and/or log in/log out.