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Q: How to sync Podcasts app (V 2.3) with iCloud?

I would be grateful if somebody please help me to find a way to sync the podcasts app with my icloud. I assume that it is possible but I have play around with everything in the settings but could not find a way.

Posted on Apr 18, 2016 4:33 AM

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Q: How to sync Podcasts app (V 2.3) with iCloud?

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  • by Nubz N.,

    Nubz N. Nubz N. Apr 19, 2016 10:46 AM in response to bardia.a
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    Apr 19, 2016 10:46 AM in response to bardia.a

    Hi bardia.a,

     

     

     

    I understand you want to sync your Podcasts app to iCloud but you can't find out how.

     

     

     

    Note there is no Podcast app within icloud.com but you can use iCloud to sync the podcasts between devices.

     

    About the Podcasts app - Apple Support

     

    Sync podcasts

    By default, the Podcasts app syncs subscriptions, stations, and playback position between your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple TV (4th generation).

    When you sync podcast subscriptions, the latest episode of each podcast that you're subscribed to appears on all of your devices. If you unsubscribe from a podcast on one device, you also unsubscribe on all of your other devices.

    When you create a custom station on one of your devices, it also appears on your other devices. Your station’s settings will also sync. And if you delete a station, it also deletes from your other devices.

    Podcasts remember your playback position, so you can start listening to a podcast on your iPhone, pause it when you get home, and pick up right where you left off on your Apple TV (4th generation).

    To stop syncing podcasts on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:

    1. Tap Settings > Podcasts.
    2. Under Podcast Settings, turn off Sync Podcasts.

     

     

     

    Take care.

  • by bardia.a,

    bardia.a bardia.a Apr 25, 2016 4:38 AM in response to Nubz N.
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    Apr 25, 2016 4:38 AM in response to Nubz N.

    Thank you for the prompt reply.

    I totally understand that thanks to iCloud my podcasts could be synced within all my devices.

    However my concern was slightly different, I wanted to see if it is possible for me to store the downloaded podcasts on iCloud instead of using my mobile storage for instance? since podcasts that I'm downloading through Podcast app takes too much room of my storage.

    And are you going to introduce the Podcasts app to iCloud sometime soon?

    Again I have to thank you, you've been most helpful.

    Cheers

    B

  • by Nubz N.,

    Nubz N. Nubz N. Apr 29, 2016 5:58 AM in response to bardia.a
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    Apr 29, 2016 5:58 AM in response to bardia.a

    Hi bardia.a,

     

     

     

    Ah, so it's a storage question rather than a sync question.

     

    As podcasts are sourced from the Internet ("the cloud") it sounds like what you want to do is stream the podcasts rather than downloading them. That way they stay in the cloud but you can still listen to them with an Internet connection.

     

    See About the Podcasts app - Apple Support

     

    Stream podcasts

    Tap on any podcast to get to its info page, then tap the name of the episode to stream it over your Wi-Fi or cellular Internet connection.

     

    and Get podcasts and episodes - iPhone

     

    Preview or stream an episode. Tap the podcast, then tap an episode.

    PODCST_episodes.png

     

    Take care.