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unable to sort podcasts other than by release date

In the podcasts area of iTunes, I am unable to sort podcasts other than by release date. If I click on a column other than release date to sort by that, nothing happens. The release date column stays highlighted for sorting. Sorting works fine with music. This problem only happens in the podcasts area.

Is this how iTunes works normally, or is this a bug?

Macbook Black Core 2 Duo 2.2, Mac OS X (10.6.1), iPhone 3GS 32GB

Posted on Sep 25, 2009 7:26 AM

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Sep 29, 2009 6:17 PM in response to Jensen Gelfond

I have had the same bug for about 2-3 weeks - prior to this my Podcasts sorted by release date and then in numeric order perfectly every day. I subscribe to two different podcasts from the web, each is a daily 3 hour show. They used to download by date and numeric order, 1, 2, 3 (3 hours in sequence) and all looked fine in the iTunes Podcast screen and in iPod. Now they transfer to my iPod and look in correct order on my Mac's screen and on the iPod when it's connected to my Mac. However, when I disconnect the iPod, and turn it on, the Podcasts are always in reverse order, 3, 2, 1, but in correct date order in the iPod. Nothing corrects this - re-installing my iPod iTunes software does nothing. I believe this is a bug related to the recent upgrade for iTunes from 8.x to 9.x If anyone has a fix for this absence of numeric sorting, please advise. Thank you.

Mar 3, 2010 3:47 PM in response to Jensen Gelfond

Hey, Cute Crow...I just discovered the same issue. Seems new to me this week. I deleted .plists, etc and all I get is the option to sort by release date.

I have zero idea as to what caused this, but I can't sort the podcast by any other attribute. And it just seemed to happen spontaneously.

The other bit of weirdness was a warning that my volume had been set to zero. Never saw that before, either.

Very frustrating.

Apr 22, 2010 2:03 PM in response to turingtest2

I don't have an iPod and I don't buy Digital music ( I like podcasts and listen to them on my phone, just use iTunes to get the podcasts!). But this has definitely put me off going for an iPod&iTunes setup. When it goes wrong you're left high and dry. Despite iTunes updates it has been bust for over 8 months with no sign of a fix!

I found a work around that may help others. (iTunes 9.1)
Select podcast from the left menu. Set the view to Grid (top right middle of the 3 icons). You are now presented with big icons of the podcas "covers". Double click on a "cover" icon and you will go into a list view of that podcast only.

In that view I was able to organize the podcasts under any other "column" headings like date added, "release date" "bit rate" etc. This allowed me to select the podcasts I wanted by "date added"( albeit in a round about way)

I hope this may helps others

unable to sort podcasts other than by release date

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