Podcasts errasing unplayed

Since the last update, my daily podcast downloads errase any previous downloads, whether they have been played or not. The unplayed podcasts used to just stack up until I got to them. Now the moment the new episode comes in it replaces the old one. They aren't even showing in my library. I have it set to "all unplayed" but that doesn't seem to do anything. Any thoughts?

Are you sure that you are not just changing the settings for one single podcast? That is, does it say "Settings for: Podcast Defaults" in the Settings window?

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What happened to "Mark Podcast as unplayed" in iTunes 11?

What happened to "Mark Podcast as unplayed" in iTunes 11?
When i download a podcast, i don't necessarily want to listen to it immediately on my MacBook -- I want to listen to it later on my iPhone. But sometimes iTunes starts playing it. Even if I stop it immediately, iTunes still marks it as "played", and won't send to the iPhone when I sync.
There used to be an option to mark a podcast as unplayed, but that's gone in iTunes 11.
How do I do mark a podcast as unplayed now?

I can't find "Mark All Played/Unplayed" but if you tap "Edit", you can select as many episodes as you want, and then mark those selected episodes as Played/Unplayed.

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Hi all,
I have a few podcast episodes that I have breifly listened to (only a few seconds), and the little blue dot disappears, marking the podcast as "played". Is there any way to mark these podcasts as "unplayed" and bring the little blue dot back to them? I'm using iTunes 6.0.1 on a Mac running 10.4.3 Tiger.
Thanks in advance,
-Travis

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-Travis

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Does anyone know of a way of marking a podcast as unplayed again once you have already listened to it on an iPod?
Basically I want to be able to put the blue dot back next to certain episodes that I might not have finished listening to, so the computer doesn't replace them next time I sync with iTunes.
If there is any way to do this on an iPod, I'd be very grateful to know about it.
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It's very simple.
In iTunes, right click the podcast you want to mark as unplayed. Then, go down and click Mark as Unplayed.
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How do I mark podcasts as unplayed in iTunes 11.0.1?

You can mark unplayed as played but not Played as Unplayed? I've controlled clicked on played podcasts and there is no option to
mark as unplayed.
thx, Drake

I'm still not sure what this option (to shuffle a Playlist and then Sync that to the iPod) was or where it was in iTunes 10. This is despite your question having been raised by other people.
Surely, since you can shuffle a Playlist on an iPod, it's not necessary to shuffle it before Syncing, is it?

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Since I upgraded to iTunes 11.1, I cannot mark podcasts I have listened to as "unplayed." Additionally, my iPod nano (gen 5) no longer synchs the last 10 podcasts, as I specificied in settings. It only synchs "uplayed" podcasts. So I cannot listen to any podcast more than once, even if I want to. Suggestions?

These settings have been buggy on previous iPods as well and were fixed with updates. I ended up either syncing to smart playlists or setting podcasts to sync all episodes. I never keep old episode so these settings work for me.

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It is indeed irritating that iTunes stops updating with no options available to change this. I have iTunes set to keep last four episodes, so that i'm always up to date. Even if I haven't listened in a while, I'd like the unlistened to, older episodes, to be replaced by the four most current.
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Unplayed podcasts not marked with dot at top level list

Hello,
Since I recently upgraded to iTunes 11.2, I've been having all kinds of trouble with podcasts. Here's the most recent headache.
Today, my "Podcasts" item in the side menu on the left says there are 6 unplayed episodes. When I click on "Podcasts", there are only 4 podcasts marked with the blue dot indicating that they are unplayed. Where are the two additional unplayed podcasts? It turns out that there are two podcasts that have unplayed episodes, but they're not marked as unplayed in the list of podcasts. If I click on the arrow to the left of the podcast name to expand the list, I can see the unplayed episodes there, marked with a blue dot.
So, for two (and only two) podcasts, unplayed episodes are marked with an unplayed blue dot next to the individual episodes, but the top-level listing for that podcast in my list of podcasts doesn't show the unplayed blue dot. There are two issues with this. 1) These "hidden" unplayed episodes don't sync to my iPod (i.e. only 4 podcast episodes went to my iPod this morning, even though I have 6 unplayed episodes), and 2) I can't tell which podcasts have unplayed episodes without expanding all of the listings for my podcasts, which is obnoxious.
I previously solved this problem by unsubscribing from the offending podcasts and resubscribing. However, the problem is back now. I'd really prefer not to have to delete and resubscribe every week.
Are there any other better podcast handlers out there than iTunes? I'm getting so tired of the slow decent into the abyss with this bloated, dysfunctional piece of software. Every time a new release comes out, something breaks or some feature I use is taken away, replaced with some iOS-centric Apple-store-linked "BUY NOW" button. Ugghh. I just want to play my nerdy NPR podcasts in peace, Apple.
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Did you ever figure this out? I just realized I posted a similar question. 9 months later and no Apple staff have answered this question nor have they fixed this (if it is a bug)? Not particularly impressive.

Can I use the Podcast app like the older iOS 6 Music Player?

I've updated to iOS 7 and iTunes 11.1 and found that things seem drastically different.
How i used to do podcasts:
Subscribe to a podcast in iTunes on my Mac
Sync to iPhone using a cable
What used to happen:
Podcasts that were selected to sync did if there were unplayed episodes
The Music player would list only those podcasts where there were unplayed episodes
Now things have changed. I immediately was told that none of my podcasts were playable without the Podcast app. I downloaded it and installed it.
What is happening now:
Still subscribing to a podcast in iTunes on my Mac
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Podcasts showing unplayed in iTunes on my Mac = 46
Podcasts showing unplayed in the Podcast app = 57 - the difference appears to be that the podcast app is showing non-downloaded podcasts
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Apple Keynotes (no episodes)
This week in Photo (8 episodes)
Jake and Amir (no episodes)
Podcast Beyond (no episodes)
Accidental Tech Podcast (no episodes)
Vector (1 episode)
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Additional information. Can this be right?
I spoke to Apple support who said that the settings for podcast syncing in iTunes are no longer being used since Apple moved to their Podcast app.
This may explain why I see all 45 podcasts on my iphone when I only have 15 of them set to sync.
She also said that I would need to manually sync listened/unlistened podcasts between my Mac and my mobile devices since podcasts were no longer being synced from iTunes.
Can anyone verify?

In the Podcasts app, is there any way to remove the list of recent podcasts that can be downloaded?

Hi there,
I'm wondering whether there's any way to remove all those recent podcasts (either unplayed or only partially played) listed as downloadable from the Podcasts app on the iPhone. If I'd wanted all these additional episodes on the phone, I would have put them there. I don't want them there, yet the app insists upon larding up my podcast lists with these useless episodes. Nor do I want to mark them all as "played." There's a reason some of them are only partially played and others not at all. I prefer to keep them marked that way in my master list. But I do not want them on the iPhone.
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I have 37 podcasts that are unplayed. After updating to iTunes 11.0.2, the number of unplayed now shows 222. I thought maybe it downloaded a bunch of podcasts that I had already listened to (like it does when someone changes their feeds, and iTunes sees the episodes as "new").
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I fixed my play count by marking all of my played podcasts as unplayed, then played again. Mine was messed up after doing a clean re-install of iTunes.
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I only recommended "Mark as unplayed" first because it didn't initially give me the option to "Mark as played", but since you had simply marked them as played, maybe marking all of them as unplayed first, then as played, could be the fix.
KEEP IN MIND that you could potentially accidentally mark a partially-played podcast as played(since they don't have an icon next to them), so pay CLOSE ATTENTION to which ones you're selecting and what is partially-played(check the Unplayed tab at top for a quick list). I only had one partially-played podcast, so it was easy to just skip that one.
I suspect iTunes just mis-interpreted a few podcasts' count, since the first half I marked only lowered it by one, then the second half cleared the rest of the 40-something unplayed podcasts.

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When I download a podcast, they now seem to go to the main music folder and not the podcast folder on my iPod. Any ideas as to what happened? Thanks
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Number next to podcasts is the number of unplayed episodes in library.
Blue dot next to podcast name indicates latest episode for that podcast is unplayed.
Played status changes as soon as play starts.
Play count changes at end of track playing.
Selecting podcast in left pane shows podcast list in right pane as you know. Click on blue triangle to left of podcast name to expand list to see individual episodes.

Podcasts are stuck in "song" section....

I noticed all of a sudden I was losing space on my 2gb nano. I have had the same songs on for years, but I am a daily podcast listener. I could get 7 or 8 half hour long podcasts. Now I have no room left at all, but it is showing no podcasts. So I shuffled through my "songs" and found a bunch of podcasts (played podcasts, not unplayed). When plugged into PC with itunes, click on ipod>music, those podcasts are not visible. So, I cannot access them to delete them manually. Any ideas? I do not want to restore, because I have music from my old PC that crashed that I no longer have access to.

There are programs out there that can rip music from your iPod. Maybe if you get one of those you can get the music off to do a restore. It sounds like that is what it needs.

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