Old Podcasts on iTunes 12 Keep Disappearing!

Hello,
I was wondering if anyone can help me with this reoccurring issue i've been dealing with. I like to keep old podcasts, so I can occasionally go back and listen to them. I just bought a 13 inch Macbook Pro, and I transferred all my stuff including my podcasts over to the new Laptop. The first thing I did was disable the "Delete When Played" option, to make sure I didn't loose anything. After a few days, I starting noticing that one podcast in particular kept deleting everything on it's podcast list. It showed Podcasts, but they hadn't been downloaded (The ones with the little cloud with down arrow icon). To my relief I found the Podcast folder, and all the files were still there. So I deleted the Podcast from my Itunes Library and imported the podcast again. It seemed to work for a while, but after a few days the same dowloaded podcasts disappeared again. This has happened three, maybe four times over the past couple weeks, and for the life of me, I can't figure out what the problem is, and why it only seems to be effecting this one Podcast, and not the others.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Josh
BTW: Sorry my thread is under the subject "Using Iphone," and not under iTunes. I simply clicked New and then Discussion, and it put me here.

Thanks for the input! I right clicked one of the disappearing episodes, but there was no "Save Episode" on the drop down menu. There was "Remove From Saved Episodes" option.

Similar Messages

How do I hide old podcasts in iTunes 11.1 and What's Up with the New Podcast Pane?

FIrst of all, I'm having fits with this "new" way of managing podcasts.
For years, I have managed the podcasts on my iPod (and now my iPhone 5) by manually syncing the device with my subscribed podcasts in iTunes. I have iTunes set to download the most recent episode of each of my podcasts and to keep all episodes until I delete them. Some podcasts I listen to or view only my MacBook Pro and I don't sync these to my iPhone. This has worked fine for years.
I moved to Apple's dedicated Podcasting app when I purchased my iPhone 5 earlier this year, but I maintained the manual syncing as I had done, using the app only to play the podcasts, not to subscribe to or download them.
I upgraded my iPhone 5 and iPad 3 to iOS 7 on launch day and downloaded iTunes 11.1 to my MacBook Pro, running OS X 10.8.5. The iOS upgrades went flawlessly for both of my devices, but iTunes has been a problem. It was sluggish when I first opened it, with lots of spinning beach balls. When I opened it for the first time, I went to the Podcast section and to my list of podcasts. They all now had "Subscribe" buttons by each of them (I was already subscribed to the podcasts in iTunes before the update). I assumed that I had to click the buttons to activate subscriptions in iTunes, but low and behold I discovered that it subscribed my iPhone 5's podcast app to ALL of the podcasts in my list (even ones that I don't put on the iPhone). It also started DOWNLOADING all of the episodes of these podcasts to my iPhone which, had I let it continue, would have eaten all of my bandwidth on Verizon for the month (and then some), plus the iPhone would have been filled up long before it could finish downloading the episodes.
I managed to get the iPhone's Podcast app to stop downloading these episodes, then I manually deleted all of the podcasts that didn't belong on the iPhone. I then had to go through all of the podcasts in the app and click a yellow box that said they hadn't been updated and wouldn't resum updating until I clicked the box.
Then I went back to iTunes 11.1, where I discovered that ALL the podcast episodes for my subscriptions that are still available for download in their feeds were now listed (2,000+ episodes), with previously listened-to episodes now showing with a cloud download icon next to them. Even more frustrating, I can't delete these from iTunes even though I've already listened to them and, even more frustratingly, the "Subscribe" button remains by each podcast in the list.
All I want to do is remove these previously-listened to podcasts from my lists, remove the subscribe buttons (since I'm already subscribed in iTunes), and continue to manually sync my iPhone's podcasts with iTunes as before. What do I have to do to make this happen? And if these are new "features" of the new iTunes, please share with your team that, while there are many who update wirelessly over their cell carrier's bandwidth, others of us don't have the capability (or desire) to do things this way and we want to switch this off and return to the "old" way of doing things.
Any ideas on how to fix iTunes 11.1 to return to the old way of doing things would be greatly appreciated!

What really cheeses me off here is that Apple isn't allowing users enough customization. With each update of iTunes (and the OS and iOS) we're forced to give up something that worked well for the way we want to use the app and make do with fewer (and lamer) options. If Apple keeps this up, they're going to start losing customers fast. I mean if this isn't fixed soon, I'm pretty sure I'm going to give up on iTunes, and then I'll probably go ahead and get a Galaxy when I need to replace my iPhone.
What I don't understand about how they won't let users delete the list of available podcasts now is why? How is this making it a better program? I can understand that not all users are capable enough to right-click on a feed and select "Show all available episodes", so I can see why they want the complete list to be the default (and, surprise, it already was). But to not give users the option to delete that list? It's inconsiderate because it makes navigating feeds with a large back catalogue really frustrating. I'm flabbergasted that no one at Apple considered all the podcast feeds that keep hundreds of episodes available when they removed this feature. It smacks of rank incompetence.
What improvement were they trying to make here anyway? There was nothing wrong to my mind about how podcasts were managed in previous versions. Whatever improvement they were trying to make here, they should have realized that many users would at least want the option to keep things the way they were.
And reverting to a previous version is no solution. I can't sync my iPhone with the new iOS without this update, and (while I do have some issues--specifically how you can't play podcasts in the Music app anymore) I do like the new iOS.

Content in iTunes keeps disappearing

I have a new laptop and have installed iTunes 8.02 (latest version). After setting up and adding my music folder to iTunes I then proceeded to make a couple of playlists and purchased 3 new tracks. When I restarted my computer the next day all content had disappeared... I added the content again and proceeded to do this about 10 times or so as each time after closing down iTunes the content disappeared when i opened iTunes. I did not have any problems at all with the 7.5 version on my old computer. I tried out several suggestions found on the forum to remediate this problem but all to no avail. Can anyone help me out on this?
Thanks,
annee zero

hi, katrina S
I don't know how but for the past three days iTunes has been functioning correctly.
I removed al my music files from the library and put them back to their original folder; reinstalled iTunes and let it go from there. I've decided not to copy my music folder to iTunes as it's now working "correctly." I haven't made any playlists or made any online purchases since reinstalling as I'm wary of it all going haywire again. Thanks for your help. I'll keep you updated on this matter.
take care,
az

Auto-delete old podcasts in iTunes 12

In iTunes 12, how can I set things up so that it will auto-delete old podcasts

Thanks for the input! I right clicked one of the disappearing episodes, but there was no "Save Episode" on the drop down menu. There was "Remove From Saved Episodes" option.

Can't see my old podcasts in iTunes 8

Hello everyone,
I just updated to iTunes 8, and when looking at the podcast section there is a problem. When viewing it in the list setting it is ok, but in the grid setting I can only see the most recent file for any given podcast, and it seems impossible to access the old ones. Has anyone else had any problems like this? Is it a bug, or a I overlooking something?
If anyone out there has any ideas/suggestions, I would be most grateful!

You got that wrong. It's, "I could have had a V-8!"

Can't delete old podcasts on Itunes 11. Anyone have a fix?

Help!!!   I don't know what I was thinking about but I mindlessly updated my Itunes to the new Itunes 11 and HATE IT!!!!
My podcasts don't load correctly. I have to choose each one individually to update whereas in the old Itunes I could just hit the refresh button and they would update. And worse, I can't get rid of the ones I have already heard.
I have been reading some of the "fixes" but they are above my technical skill level.   Does anyone have a simple fix for the problems with podcasts?
Apple tech guys, please STOP mucking around with things that are working just fine and screwing them up.    You are making me go closer to dumping my Apple stuff and go back to Dell.

Since it´s a new phone, could have younger firmware problems. Do a bachup and a reset, should work, nut it´s an hard solution, but I don´t remember any more soft.

Why can't old podcasts in iTunes be removed?

I just updated to iTunes 11.1. Suddently all of the podcasts I am subscribing to are showing all of the old episodes with a little cloud icon next to them. In the past the icon used to be a downward arrow. This meant that the podcast was available to download but was not in my iTunes library yet. Now I guess this icon means it's in iCloud, whatever that means. I also cannot remove these episodes from showing. So now there are dozens and dozens of old episodes of podcasts that I have already listened to showing up in my podcast list. Right clicking does not show a remove option. How can I get all of these items to be removed?

In my usage thus far the initial upgrade period seems to be the worst... deleting podcasts randomly, removing currently being listened to podcasts and generally being an overall pain since the podcast list has been corrupted from the way it used to be used.
While I've never been fond of the "my podcasts" view this seems to be the most effective view to now see all your podcasts, especially after all your devices have figured out they're finally in sync.
Apple perhaps should have focus grouped this particular layout and style a bit more but patience seems to be making it behave better and perhaps even behave as was intended.
To summarize, my main suggestion would be to make sure all your devices sync up, and if you haven't upgaded one device yet... don't until you've caught up to your podcasts that you don't want to miss. Otherwise, once you're fully in sync you should be able to re-download them from the cloud.
Off topic: I would also advise that when something doesn't work emotions run high, especially after change, if you don't have anything to add that will improve the experience of those following the thread, please remain lurking until you do.

First, iTunes keeps disappearing from my computer. his has happened twice. second, I am trying to download it again, but the setup program keeps saying "invalid K-drive." Since I don't have a K-drive,

So how do I change the drive your program is trying to load.

See "Invalid drive X:\" install errors.
tt2

Old podcasts not being removed from 2nd gen nano since iTunes 7.2

I have been very annoyed lately that, since the iTunes 7.2 update, my nano keeps all old podcasts. I much prefer to not have the ones I have finished listening to continuing to update to my ipod. I do not want to delete all old podcasts from iTunes and am getting tired of having to manually delete the ones I have heard. Sometimes I have heard only half of one, and I don't like having to keep track of which is which. I have "synch all unplayed" selected under "ipod" on the syncing page in itunes. Anyone else have this problem? Any solutions? I already tried reseting (the thing does this on its own all the time anyway), and I reinstalled the software as well.

Hello FrayedSo, Sorry to read your having a difficult time with your shuffle and podcasts.
As you mentioned earlier this is your second shuffle and it is able to play songs you purchase or put onto it but it skips past the Podcasts.
Are you playing these podcasts as part of a Playlist? or is this happening in shuffle mode?
Some of the things you could do to possibly assist with troubleshooting your issue are below.
Make sure to Consolidate your iTunes Library so all your information is backed up to your iTunes Music folder. You can do this by going to Advanced-Consolidate Library.
To quote a part in Knowledge Base 30058
"Playing Audiobooks and podcasts on iPod shuffle
When iPod shuffle is set to shuffle songs it will play all the audio files on iPod shuffle that are not audiobooks. Podcasts of type .m4b or AAC will not play on iPod shuffle when it is in shuffle mode, which is the intended behavior, although a podcast of type .mp3 or .wav may play while in shuffle mode. To play an audiobook or podcast that is on iPod shuffle, set the switch on iPod shuffle to play in order."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300558
Another thing you could try. Create a new user account on your Windows System and download some podcasts and sync it to your shuffle and see if the same issue occurs.

How to delete un-listened to podcasts from itunes and iPod touch

Hi all,
I'm sure this is an easy one.
I have a bunch of old podcasts (The New York Times front page) that I never listened to. I can delete them off the iPod Touch 4G by swiping and then hitting "delete," but of course they come back when I sync to iTunes.
How can I get these old podcasts off iTunes forever? I have checked "automatically include all unplayed episodes of all podcasts." Surely the answer is in there somewhere, but I don't want to delete the unplayed episodes of OTHER podcasts.
If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

How can I get these old podcasts off iTunes forever? I
Select them in iTunes then press Delete.

How do I delete old podcasts and sync new podcasts without getting duplicates

I have an iPod Nano. I've enjoyed downloading podcasts and listening to them while walking my dog. I want to delete the podcasts I've already listened to and download only those I haven't heard. If I delete old podcasts, will iTunes be able to identify and download only podcasts I haven't listened to?

You don't have to use the Podcasts app. If you delete it and sync to iTunes on your computer via USB the podcasts will appear back in the Music app. You can delete them there.

ITunes won't delete old podcasts

I've seen other people mention this topic in other threads, but haven't seen any satisfactory resolution. For several months now, I've had a problem with iTunes where it won't auto-delete my old listened to podcasts like it's supposed to.
I have the "Podcasts" preferences set to check for new episodes every day, download all available episodes, and keep all unplayed episodes. When I listen to them on my iPod nano (first gen) and sync with iTunes, the little blue bullets disappear from the podcasts I've listened to as expected. However, the listened to podcasts don't delete themselves. It's a real pain to have to manage this by hand, and this is exactly the kind of thing that Apple is supposed to be making EASY for us.
iTunes also has a problem where old podcast episodes are randomly getting re-downloaded.
Both of these problems are very annoying. I'm really disappointed that Apple has done such a poor job of this. I realize this is turning into a gripe session, but seriously, I have three pretty major problems with podcasting using iTunes and iPod which Apple should really fix because I doubt if I'm the only one.
1. Old podcasts are not getting deleted as they should (yes, this used to work, but it hasn't for some time).
2. Really old podcasts (months old) randomly re-download themselves.
3. The iPod still insists on sorting podcasts with the newest first rather than giving you an option to play from the oldest unlistened episode. Many podcasts go in sequence, so it's a pain to have to make a custom play list every time I want to listen going from oldest to newest.
That's it.
PowerBook G4 1.5 GHz 15" Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1.5 GB RAM

YES!!! These are precisely the three issues I'm having with iTunes! I'm using an 80GB iPod Video, and I'm almost exclusively listening to podcasts (yay NPR!). They take up a lot of space on my hard drive because they're not auto-deleting. They delete off of my iPod ok (though it'd be a cool feature if it didn't delete unless it was listened to through the end, but that's nitpicking), but they pile up in my podcasts directory until I delete them manually, even though I have "keep new episodes" selected.
And please, allow for podcasts to play in chronological order on my iPod, oldest on top! I think I remember reading somewhere that having them appear the other way is actually touted as a benifit?
As for the random download of old episodes, I've had that, and it's annoying, but an easy enough thing to delete or skip, and mark as played on the mac.
I had the lack of updates problem for a while, I inexplicably lost Marketplace for several months, but now it's back... Those last two problem aren't Apple's fault, I suspect; just a result of several pieces to a puzzle needing to be exactly right in order to work correctly.
Thanks for re-introducing this topic, here's hoping for a solution!
G5 single-core tower Mac OS X (10.4.9)

How can I stop iTunes from repeatedly attempting to download old podcasts?

Old podcasts keep coming back in my downloads. delete them and they keep coming back. even some I listened to and then removed come back later. Not the 24 hour wait problem, some of these are months old since i listened to them.

Hi - I never thought of using the WiFi. Thanks. I already have the 'manually manage music' checked but now I need to get rid of most of the music.
Let me look at the settings on my iPad. Okay I checked not to automatically sync.
Brian, I do need to transfer PDF Files from my iMac to my iPad. I suppose that using Wifi I can just drag and drop? Using iTunes like I have been I just open Adobe on my iPad then use iTunes to drop the class files into the iPad.
Allen

Old Podcast Won't Disappear

Does anyone know how long it will take for the old podcast to disappear off of iTunes if you switched feeds? Right now both show feeds are up there with one of them saying this show isn't available in the "enter country name here" store. It's confusing to some people who end up thinking the entire show is not available. iTunes approved the switch a good month ago I'd say.
sportstalkunderground.com

True. Getting a podcast removed is a mystery. According to the iTunes podcast spec, one would need to go to the podcast's iTunes directory page, click the "report a concern" button and choose the option to "remove podcast" and explain that you are the owner and would like the feed removed....and wait.
Of course, since you are getting the "item no longer available...blah blah..." message, you can't do this.
The only other thing says that they will remove dead and inactive podcasts. Of course, they don't mention a time frame.
So you are stuck until the magical iTunes fairies decide to remove your dead and forgotten feed.
There are quite a few people in your same situation. One of the seemingly endless list of shortcomings and oversights that the iTunes podcast directory has.
Erik

Why do my podcasts keep disappearing after I download them to my computer.

Since updating iTunes to the newest version, I have been having problems with my podcasts. Specifically, my episodes keep disappearing. The first time I figured it was a fluke, but it happened again and again. Every time I close iTunes and open it again, the podcasts have disappeared even though I have all my podcasts set up to keep all episodes. The episodes are all still listed, but there is a little cloud with an arrow inside pointing down next to each one. There are a handful of random episodes that are still there (without the cloud and arrow icon). I searched for the files in my computer's music folder and even the files are suddenly missing and I know they used to be there. I don't know why this keeps happening. Is anyone else having this problem and how can I stop it from happening?

Same problem. I am a daily Podcasts listener, and podcasts that worked the day before will literally not work the next day. All the podcasts on my iphone will suddenly be broken. This keeps happening to me, and it's most glaring when I try to resume listening to an episode I listened to half of on the previous day. I suddenly get the error message:
Episode Unavailable: "This episode is temporarily unavailable from [Podcast name]
This started when I got the new Iphone 5s (iOS7) and was forced to switch to using the Podcasts app outside of the Music app. And now it's happening constantly to my regular podcasts. The listened to status is also sometimes wrong. Podcasts I've already listened to, and in some cases deleted, will show up again as fresh downloads.
I have to remove the corrupted podcasts one by one and download them again manually.
RIDICULOUS and UNUSABLE. This Podcasts app does not work.

Old Podcasts on iTunes 12 Keep Disappearing!

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for