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Sep 17, 2015 12:28 PM in response to Neal Bridgensby turingtest2,You could try an unerase/undelete tool (perhaps http://www.easeus.com/mac/mac-undelete-free/ ?), then use Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash, to recover a recent backup of your library. See Re: Why did iTunes 11.1 (126) delete all (SEVERAL HUNDRED) Podcasts? for a possible explanation. Given it has happened to you before where is your backup?.
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Sep 23, 2015 1:36 AM in response to Neal Bridgensby MrDaleSmith,I'm on iTunes 12.3.44. My podcast settings (because I've been bitten by this before) are set to not delete played episodes, not to limit podcast episodes, and not to sync podcast subscriptions across devices. But iTunes is still randomly deleting old episodes of my podcasts against my will.
I'm getting tired of restoring podcasts from backups and remarking them as played. What's the point of a "don't delete" setting if it's regularly ignored?
Is there any work around available for this stupid behaviour?
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Sep 23, 2015 2:43 AM in response to MrDaleSmithby turingtest2,See this backup tip. It only happened to me once, but when it did I was able to restore the podcast folder and a good version of my iTunes Library.itl quite quickly.
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Sep 23, 2015 2:46 AM in response to turingtest2by MrDaleSmith,Backing up and restoring is what I'm currently doing, but it doesn't endear me to using the software. Does anyone know why iTunes is deleting podcasts set to not delete?
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Aug 23, 2016 11:03 AM in response to Neal Bridgensby CollateralPodcasts,I just found out I had years of podcast collection deleted because the default setting went to delete played episodes on its own. I remember one in particular was only posted on the air for a couple of weeks and was a rare interview. Unbelievable callousness on the part of Apples towards customer's private collections.