Podcasts grayed out on iTouch

I've tried resetting my iTouch and still most of my podcasts are grayed out so I can't use them. I can listen/watch them on my iTunes app. Any idea why?!

Thanks tried that and now ALL my music is grayed out on my desktop computer and not visible on my iTouch. Ugh. Will try a reboot now suggested on another thread...
Thanks though...

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My iPod touch shows my podcasts "grayed out". They're there, but I can't play them. My older iPod plays them fine like normal.

My iPod touch shows my podcasts "grayed out". They're there, but I can't play them. My older iPod plays them fine like normal.

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync/delete all podcasts and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

ITunes 7 Podcasts grayed out and unchecked

Can't figure this at all. I have podcasts set to download manually and Shuffle set to not autoload. I installed the upgrade over the weekend and all worked on Monday as expected.
Today I manually downloaded podcasts and they show as grayed out with no checkmark. I can't listen to them nor transfer to the Shuffle.

I also have the same issue- on occasion, when I open iTunes, and go do something else, then come back a little later, this issue tends to show up.
I have a substription to a podcast that requires a password- that box always pops up first- I think, but am not sure that this problem occurs when the box asking for the password isn't acknowledged right away.
Those podcasts not requiring passwords all appear to have downloaded, but are gray [instead of black], have no checkmark, can not be played in iTunes, but are in the appropriate podcast folder AND can be played locally by WinAmp.
Does anyone have any answers?!?!?!?!?!?
mediocre PC Windows XP Pro >2GHz

For the first time, I downloaded a podcast in the podcast app by clicking on the cloud icon. Now, every single play button for all of my podcast episodes is grayed out. Why can't I play any of my podcasts any more?

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Greetings Heather,
After reading your post, it sounds like you are experiencing an error with the Podcasts app. You may want to consider restarting the device first, and then resetting if that does not work. This article provides detailed instructions for Restarting, and Reseting:
Turn your iOS device off and on (restart) and reset
How to restart
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on the top of your device until the red slider appears. Then drag the slider to turn your device completely off.
After the device turns off, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button again until you see the Apple logo.
How to reset
You should reset your device as a last resort and only if you can't restart it.
To reset, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least 10 seconds, until you see the Apple logo.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities,
BobbyD

Apps won't sync from iTouch to computer. iTunes recognizes the iTouch and the app content, but the content is grayed out on the computer screen and won't allow me to sync. My iTouch is version 4.2.1 with 6.8GB capacity.

I am on vacation and away from my home computer. I installed iTunes on a computer I'm using at my son's house to enable
me to sync my iTouch, since it has become unstable when I am playing games and continually closes and reverts to the home
screen.
My son's computer recognizes my iTouch and my apps appear on the screen but they are all grayed out and will not allow me
to sync. Can anyone help me please?

Your iPod can only be synced with one iTunes library at a time. If you try to add content to it from another computer it will erase the contents of your iPod and replacement it with the contents of the new library.
In regards to the unstableness, have you tried a hard reset to see if that makes a difference? To do this, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons together long enough for the Apple logo to appear.
B-rock

Downloading Games - ITouch User Summary Grayed Out

I had no problem with the syncing of music to our new Itouch. I downloaded a few applications (games)and it appeared to sync but they did not transfer to the ITouch. When I look on ITunes, under the IPod User information - the page with all the tabs (applications, photos, music) everything seems to be grayed out. As an example the photo section has some information and boxes checked but is grayed out so I cannot click on anything. Same with the applications, I see the 3 games I downloaded in the applications section but the picture on this page of the I Touch is grayed out. A little sentence below it says, "drag app to ITouch". I cannot because it is grayed out. How can I get this I Touch to accept the applications? Do I need Wi-Fi?

Does it let you check the box next to "sync apps" in the applications tab? All other options will be grayed out till you do this.
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How Can I Download Podcasts When The Get Episode Button is Grayed Out?

I can purchase and download songs from the itunes store with no problem. When I attempt to download a podcast, however, I am unable to do so. The Get Episode button in the Price Column is grayed-out. This "gray-out" occurs with ALL podcasts, not just one or two podcasts. I uninstalled itunes and Quicktime from Windows and reinstalled it, but that hasn't solved the problem.
Any ideas?

Go to... Edit > Preferences > Parental Control
Make sure you don't have "Disable Podcasts" selected.
If that doesn't work, I don't know what else to tell you.

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Does anyone know why the option Displays URL is grayed out all the time when creating an enhanced podcast?
I have tried adding valid URL's but the option is never available and when the podcast is generated no URL's are shown or available to click on.
This makes enhanced podcasts useless and hence iLife a pointless upgrade for me, if it dont work, it DONT work!
Is this me or have Apple released this without it working? Seems strange as there are pics of this option all over the iLife website.
Glad of any help.

There is nothing wrong!
Firstly, I am a fool! hahahaha
Secondly, If you have a 15" PowerBook you maybe don't notice that the last box you can see actually says "URL Title" and not just "URL"!!!
So enter a title, scroll right a bit and enter the URL.
Everything will then work ok!
This may be of help to some other poor idiot that has done the same thing as me!
I can go back to LOVING GarageBand3 again, thank goodness!

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I'm trying to turn on iCloud on my iTouch but the toggle button is grayed out! Help please

What is grayed out?
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How do you delete grayed-out podcast videos?

I am currently experiencing the grayed out videos (from podcasts). They only exist on my iPhone 4s, not in iTunes. I've tried swiping them to get the red "Delete" button, tried various syncing/unsynching of Podcasts within iTunes. I cannot get them to appear active so that I may delete them. Something is definitely out-of-sync somewhere within the video database and indexing. All I want to do is delete these nine videos and I'll be happy again. I have read and tried all that has been posted to date with no success. You'd think there would be an easy way to delete things from your phone, wouldn't you? Apple, please provide a method to do this. Thanks!

Strangely the easiest way if you have a windows computer or can take to a friend and access the TC via windows explorer and it will probably see the directory and be able to delete it. You cannnot delete a greyed out directory from the Mac .. as you have permissions issues. If you created this directory inside the sparsebundle of TM.. it belongs to TM not the user.. and that is why you cannot delete it. Never create a directory inside the TM sparsebundle.. it must be directly into the root directory of the drive.

Podcast check box was grayed out ???

Hi,
I use win 7, i was subcribes to podcast and i downloaded normally but suddenly thew podcast disappear form my library and on preferences>general tab the podcast check box was grayed out
So HOW CAN I FIX IT ?
REgards
memesh

thanks alot u save me
GOD I've for 4 days to solve it, and the sulotoin is toooooooo easy

I am trying to sync my new iPod classic and "Sync" is grayed out

I have tried everything. Updated iTunes, verified my User id and password, nothing is recognizing the "new" used iPod. When I plug it in to the PC, iTunes is not automatically turning on. When I open iTunes, I go to Devcies, but "Sync" is grayed out. Also, the iPod has started to "Connect" to PC and then automatically starts the "OK to Disconnect" without me doing anything at all. I am floored at this point and don't know what else to try. My old iPod was the original Classic from like 2005ish and it's hard drive just went wonky. I never had an issue with it and iTunes at all.

Hello Aerogenous,
I know having a device you can't use can be frustrating. I have located an article that will walk you through a series of troubleshooting steps:
Restoring iPod to factory settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1339
Warning: Because restoring erases all the songs and files on iPod, back up any files you've saved on the iPod disk. All of your songs, videos, podcasts, audiobooks, and games can be loaded back to your iPod provided that you have them stored in your iTunes Library. If you use the Nike + iPod Sport Kit, see this document for more information.
After you perform the restore, you should attempt to sync your content again. Keep in mind that iPods are meant to sync with one computer and one iTunes library.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
BobbyD

Grayed Out Apps Screens in iTunes 3rd Gen iPod Touch Apps Screen

I have downloanloaded at least 200 apps t my iPod Touch. Been playing them for 18 months now. Never had issues.
The situation is, the iTunes display window, when I have my iTouch selected, (after it's plugged in to my Mac and shows up in the left hand column), and I have the "Apps" selected, will shows 2 columns. The left column that shows your apps you have in the iTunes Library on your Mac; and the right hand column that shows the multiple page displays of the windows which simulate what you should see on your actual iPod Touch display when you scroll through all your pages. After you "Sync" these should be identical if you have all the apps in the left window "checked" and you have "checked" the box just underneath the left hand column that states "Automatically sync new apps".
The problem is I have apps downloaded which are displayed in my left column which are the apps in my Mac iTunes Library, many of those apps are displayed on the iPod Touch right side in a grayed out page display. 3 Pages and a fourth blank grey screen. Everything has been synced. Te grayed out screens that are in the right column in the iTunes window, (which should be the ones on my actual iTouch), are not on my actual iTouch.
I have even manuaaly dragged one of the grated out apps again to the blank grayed out screen (right column), re-synced, just to see if it shows up on my actual iTouch. No go.
I'm not sure how long I haven't noticed this problem, but I do know a year ago, it never did this.
Is this coincidance that I am also having the slow down issues that a few people have posted concerning the new iOS 5 for the 3rd Gen iTouches.
Not sure. Didn't pay attention enough to the time frames.
Any one have a suggestion(s) as to a solution, besides the obvious "Restore" in iTunes. Did it already.
By the way. When I first open iTunes and these 2 columns are displayed, there are not any grayed out display pages in the right column. Only after I "Sync"
Thanks
Brett from PSL, FL
[email protected]

Retina display is only supported on 4th gen. The cheaper the screen is, the better the chance you have of getting ripped off. The safest way is to have Apple replace the iPod.

ITunes Prefs: Video Section Grayed Out

I have collected a small group of videos for my new iPod: a TV show converted with Podner and now in a Podner playlist, a few video podcasts, and a few Handbrake-converted movies.
When setting my iTunes prefs for this iPod (I also have a 4G), I set the Music tab to manual transfer, the Podcast tab to selected playlists only (and they transferred successfully), the Photo tab was available but I left it alone, and the Video tab was readable but everything was grayed out. I couldn't make any choices (although the "selected playlists" option had my Podner playlist listed).
I've rebooted, re-sync'ed, etc., but Video is still grayed out. And the Videos section of iTunes has all my videos included, so they are definitely there. Any ideas what's wrong?

A couple of us on iLounge finally managed to fix it. We both were trying to put nothing but our videos on the new 5G, reserving our music for another iPod. So we had our iTunes prefs set to Manual for the 5G. I changed that to Only Sync Selected Playlists (for Music) and gave the 5G one small playlist of music, and that "ungrayed" the Videos tab. Kinda sounds like a bug in iTunes to me.
I don't know if this helps with your situation. Hope so. It's an awesome iPod once you manage to get everything working right.

Can't download: Subscribe and Get Episode buttons grayed out

I have an iPhone. I sync my contact/calendar etc info on 2 different computers: my home computer and my work laptop. I had never used Podcasts before.
A few days ago, while at work, somebody showed me a podcast, and I hit the subscribe button, not thinking much of it since it is free content. Then, when I got home, I realized I'd rather manage Podcasts from my primary personal computer. However, now all "Subscribe" and "Get Episode" buttons are grayed out! I deleted the Podcast from my work laptop, that didn't help. I reinstalled iTunes, even into a different directory, that didn't help.
I'm at a loss. Even though it is free content I can only play Podcasts on one computer? And can't change which one that is?
I have a ticket open with support but so far have only gotten the FAQ pasted into an email to me.
Can anybody help? Have you seen this before?

Just to clarify, on my work laptop I can download Podcasts just fine. However this is a temporary computer, I need to be able to do this on my home computer.
I simply did not realize that downloaded a Podcast once would make it so that's the only computer that can download any Podcasts at all. Is there no way to remove this restriction, change it so this laptop can't and my home computer can instead? De-authorize this computer from Podcast management, basically?
Any ideas at all? iTunes support has been no help, they keep telling me to re-install or to contact the publisher of the Podcast, but this is about ALL Podcasts, it's simply how iTunes works it seems.

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