Questions tagged [podcasts]
Podcasts are a series of media files that are released episodically.
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My iTunes media files sometimes randomly get deleted
My iTunes media library is located on an external hard disk.
Occasionally when I try to play an old saved podcast episode, I will get this alert box:
This means the file was mysteriously deleted (or ...
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How to add podcasts manually to the new Podcasts.app on macOS Catalina
I'm on macOS Catalina (10.15 Beta (19A471t)), and I'm trying to add manually downloaded podcasts that I copied from an iTunes library (from a different machine) to the Podcasts.app on my mac.
I ...
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How to remove podcast from home lock screen?
Is it possible to turn the podcast home screen to off?
Currently if I lock my phone, the last podcast I was listening to is displaying and if I accidently press the start button it turns on.
I don't ...
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How to give access to podcast statistics in iTunes connect?
I want to give another account access to my podcast statistics. I found this manual which quite closely describes what I want, but it is meant for apps, and I don't see the "Users & Roles" menu in ...
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Can I sync podcasts from the iPhone to my PC's iTunes? (not the other way around)
Back in the iPod days, I used to download podcasts in my PC with iTunes, then sync them to the iPod. Now that I use an iPhone, I download the podcasts directly on the phone, but I'd like to sync them ...
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Adjusting volume in car switches iPhone to music
Since our phones updated to 12.2 my wife and I have both experienced the following problem in each of our Toyotas - when listening to a podcast (on Stitcher) if we adjust the car audio volume the ...
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Podcasts won't play automatically
In iTunes, I download podcasts and put them into a podcast playlist. This list consists of episodes of many different podcasts. I load my podcast playlist onto my iPhone.
How can I get my iPhone to ...
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What happened to audio pause when maps navigation provides direction?
I know I'm not imagining things because I actually wrote an article praising this behavior on the iPhone.
Previously, when playing voice audio (e.g. podcasts), Apple Maps (navigation) would pause the ...
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iTunes 12: How Do I Fix a Problem with a Podcast That iTunes Quit Downloading Episodes For?
iTunes quit downloading episodes for one of my subscribed podcasts. The episodes are listed in the iTunes Store but they no longer download. I tried deleting the podcast and resubscribing but it quits ...
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Why are the stars not visible in iTunes?
I want to rate a Podcast and had a hard time finding the stars which are not displayed in my macOS iTunes. Using Windows I managed to find out where they are. Is this disabled in macOS iTunes or is it ...
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Podcasts no longer available?
I went to listen to a podcast this morning on my iPhone SE (iOS 12.2) and something badly broke.
The "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" podcast that was partially played from earlier in the week showed at ...
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Why doesn't iTunes allow to search for podcasts related to Uyghurs?
It just occurred to me while trying to locate an old podcast on Uyghurs that iTunes doesn't allow to filter your podcasts based on that word, but allows to filter podcasts for other words such as ...
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How can I determine how much storage is required for a specific podcast?
I want to download some podcasts for offline listening/viewing, how can I determine how much storage they will take on my device before downloading them?
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What's the difference between the 3 “Apple Keynotes” podcasts?
I want to download a keynote for offline viewing, but I'm not sure how to decide between the three different podcasts:
Apple Keynotes
Apple Keynotes (HD)
Apple Keynotes (1080p)
I'm assuming that HD ...
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iTunes thinks there is a podcast on my ipod when there isn't
Every day I listen to podcasts. When I'm done with them, I plug the iPod into the computer and uncheck the ones I no longer want, and then hit "sync" again. iTunes thinks that there is a podcast on my ...
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ios defaulting to music in control centre
I was wondering if there was a way to prevent the control centre from defaulting to music.
I listen to a lot of podcasts and I’ve tried various apps including Apple Podcasts to see if the following ...
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iTunes podcast connect
Has anyone successfully created a podcast on iTunes? I'm in Apple Hell : if I go to Podcast Connect, it lets me log in, then I choose "Podcast" as the type of content I want to create, and that takes ...
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iTunes: display chapter list in MiniPlayer
The newer Music player in iOS shows chapters, but I can't find a display of the chapters in a podcast... (you can use the Chapters menu to view and pick, but I am looking for a display option).
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Alternative to iTunes for Podcasts
I listen to podcasts using iTunes (my only reason to use it), and I am growing to hate it. Can someone suggest an alternative that:
Will not download the podcast unless I specifically do so.
Will ...
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iOS apps for sleep detection
I love listening to podcasts (also frequently) when going to bed, so what happens rather often is that I fall asleep say 10 minutes into a 1-hour podcast. It's then inconvenient next day to remember, ...
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How can I force iTunes to sync downloaded podcast file to iOS
So, I'm doing some tinkering with editing podcasts before syncing to my phone.
iTunes downloads the podcasts, then I grab them from finder and make edits to the audio. Afterwards, I can preview the ...
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Disable podcast playing on locked phone
iOS 11.4.1 on iPhone 8+
When I have a Podcast on pause, turn phone off and put in my pocket, it will often start playing again. I realized that even though the phone is locked, there’s still the ...
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How to access iTunes podcast playlists on iOS 11
I just upgraded to iOS 11 (took me a while to be ready to say goodbye to some of my heavily used 32-bit non-upgraded apps). Something I use my iPhone for A LOT is listening to my podcast smart ...
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Is it possible to move podcasts from iPad device to iCloud storage?
I have an iPad mini 2 with 16gb storage. I am always running out of space (yes, I know how to clear space on my iPad).
I want to start listening to podcasts and would like to download a selection ...
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iOS podcast app without fixed episode limits?
I like to listen to the archives of the BBC podcast "In our time", which contains more than 750 episodes. But I can't see the all the older episodes with Apple's app, which has a 300 episode limit. Is ...
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Find only podcasts from a single country / language
Is there any way to make iTunes (or some command line tool, perhaps) show podcasts only from one particular country / in one particular language?
Or, to put it differently, to hide all American ...
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Overcast app: Do Smart Playlists have a limit on the number of episodes they can contain?
I use Overcast on my iPhone and have several Smart Playlists set up. I was using one of them to play back the entire back catalogs of 4 podcasts that I wanted to catch up on. This is roughly 500 ...
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Podcasts app displaying duplicates, one with a cloud icon
I recently updated my iPhone 5s to iOS 11 and now Podcasts seems to be totally broken.
All I want to do is play Podcasts I download - preferably on iTunes.
Now I see seemingly identical Podcasts ...
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Disable Cloud/Download Podcasts in iOS 11
I sync an iPod Touch with the latest iOS (11.2.2) to the latest iTunes (12.7.2.60) on Windows 10.
I download and delete podcasts manually in iTunes. I have podcast playlists in iTunes, but since ...
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How do I listen to podcasts on my Apple Watch?
I have a few podcasts which I want to listen to on my Apple Watch. I know that it’s possible to transfer music from an iPhone to an Apple Watch, but there doesn’t seem to be a similar option for ...
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Will restore from iCloud backup erase podcast.app queue (iOS)?
My iPhone is sluggish so I want to restore it.
Concerned I’ll lose my long podcast queue if I restore. Would iCloud/iTunes restore retain my queue?
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How to delete a podcast episode without advancing to the end
I listen to podcasts on my iPhone X. Sometimes I want to delete a podcast episode mid-listen and not finish it. I can see and delete unplayed episodes or fully played episodes, but cannot figure out ...
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Recently Played section of Apple's Podcast app not working?
I recently switched back to Apple's iOS podcast app, and it looks like the Recently Played ("Nylig spilt" in norwegian) section is not behaving properly. I can't make sense of which podcasts/episodes ...
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How to delete / mark as played multiple podcast episodes played in iOS11
My podcast app decided to mark as unplayed 200+ episodes of a podcast I have listened to for years. In iOS11 I'm not even sure how to mark these as unplayed individually anymore, let alone altogether. ...
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How do I show the “Up Next” queue on the iOS 11 Podcasts app?
In iOS 11, the Podcast app got a radical UI overhaul. I have figured out how to add podcasts to my queue of upcoming podcasts by selecting a podcast and choosing to "Play Next" or "Play Later".
How ...
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iPhone: How to continuously play unplayed podcasts?
I am on an iPhone 7 Plus running iOS 10.3.3 and the Podcasts app (the default podcast app by Apple) does not continuously play unplayed podcasts that I've already downlaoded. It plays one at a time ...
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Launching mp3 file from Finder, iTunes first tells me it's “copying” it - to where?
I download MP3 podcasts when I have Wi-Fi to listen to when I'm offline.
I just download them onto the hard drive. I don't have an iPod or phone or anything else attached to the Mac, either by cable ...
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Podcasts no longer play sound
My podcasts played fine two days ago, and sound works on other apps.
My podcast episodes are fully downloaded. One I listened to two days ago and was halfway through when I paused it, but now it ...
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How do I delete all Podcasts at once in iTunes
I'd like to know how I can delete all podcasts (via command line) or something, because unsubscribing from 90+ podcasts takes too long.
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Apple’s podcast app will share statistics/analytics with creators and advertisers - how to opt-out (protect privacy)?
I use on AppleTV and iOS the podcast app weekly. In headlines there were sad news about privacy Apple is going to let podcast creators — and advertisers — see what listeners actually like:
A new ...
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Save Podcast on iPhone without Downloading
I've been using the Podcasts app and I'd like to be able to mark in some way the episodes that I really like. I was saving them but I realized that they get downloaded if I do that, which causes space ...
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How can I add mp3 files as podcasts to my iPhone using iTunes?
I am using iTunes 12.5 on Windows 10 with an iPhone 5s.
Sometimes I download hour-long .mp3 files that I want to put onto my iPhone as podcasts, so that it automatically remembers where I am in my ...
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Is there any way to set default Podcast display order in iTunes 12.5?
I have to set each individual podcast to "oldest to newest" when I would like this as a default.
This would not be such a big issue except that iTunes unsubscribes me from an average of one podcast a ...
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iTunes 12.5.5.5 can no longer delete subscribed podcasts
I have used iTunes for years, and now suddenly after an update I can no longer delete a subscribed podcast. I am used to simply right-clicking and selecting "Delete From Library on the picture of the ...
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How can i segment iTunes podcast on the basis of chapter
I have my own iTunes podcast series of approx 200mp3 which are directly feeded from my wordpress website. Link to iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/in/podcast/bhagawad-geeta/id1148683227?mt=2
Now i ...
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Podcast speed - Can't find adjust button
I have (probably accidentally) changed the speed on my podcasts, so that they are now playing at (I believe) double or 1.5 speed.
I want to change back to normal speed. I have searched Google for ...
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Why is my podcast validating correctly but getting rejected by iTunes?
I have a podcast that passes all validation tests I can find, yet iTunes won't accept it. I'm hoping someone here can tell me what's wrong with it.
The feed is http://www.loatoday.net/feed/mp3/
It ...
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Podcasts Playing Too Fast
My Podcasts are playing too fast. I have searched the web and there should be a 1x button close to the rewind button, but I do not see it. (See Attached Screenshot). I have a Iphone 5s running IOS 10. ...
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iTunes 12.4.3 (on OS X 10.11.6) : podcasts : issues with HTTP/1.1 redirect 302?
This problem is not specifically related to iTunes version 12.4.3, but has been appearing since 12.3.3 far as I can remember. I also had it on OS X 10.11.4 and 10.11.5.
All my podcasts from a ...
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Overcast Podcast - how to automatically play next podcast in a playlist?
The Overcast podcast app (from Marco Arment) used to play all podcasts in a playlist sequentially. Now, the player stops after each podcast. How can I go back to previous behavior?
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