Podcast Bookkeeper Sync Constant Sign In

I have been having a "Verify Apple ID" box pop up a lot when I am in the Podcast app on Iphone x ios 13.2.2. After verifying Apple ID, I get another pop up box "Podcasts Bookkeeper Syncs" asking me to enter my Apple ID password again. Usually I enter it and a spinning icon occurs in the box like it is doing something. Eventually it stops and asks me to enter my password again. Usually I have to kill the settings app for it to stop. If I choose to avoid this whole process, when the first box pops up I can choose Settings to enter my apple ID password and then kill the settings app. Box will eventually come back though regardless of what I do.


Tried turning off podcast sync but didn't affect anything.

I have tried signing out from icloud on IOS device. Resigning in. Rebooting. No luck

Tried deleting the podcast app and then signing out of icloud. Re signing in. Rebooting, and reinstalling podcast app. No luck.


Any suggestions? Other thing I haven't tried is backing up and then restoring to factory settings and then restore from backup. Not sure if that would help either, but that is a last resort due to amount of time it takes.


Happened since ios 13.1 but didn't start til a week or so later so might not be completely related to to that version.

Posted on Nov 12, 2019 10:33 AM

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Posted on Apr 7, 2020 8:38 AM

The only thing that has worked, and I have tried everything in this thread, to include changing password, changing password from iPhone or alternative iOS device, is to disable "sync subscriptions across devices" in the Advanced tab in the podcast app's settings.

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Apr 30, 2020 12:49 AM in response to Bbafett

Not sure if you ever got to the bottom of this.


I was having the exact same issue and it was driving me insane. I resolved this by going on my AppleID on my iPhone and a message came up to say my account had been locked for security reasons. As soon as I entered my password on my iPhone, I only required to enter the Podcast password once & it went away.


Hope this helps!

Nov 24, 2019 4:50 PM in response to Bbafett

I encountered a similar issue, at first I was letting Preferences to auto-fill my email and would receive "unknown error occurred" when I only entered my password. Killing the settings app, as you said, would work for a couple of days. However, I went back and manually entered my email again, and after putting my password in it seemed to work, i.e. I didn't have to kill the setting app in order to make the warning go away. You've probably already tried that, but just thought I'd share.

Dec 25, 2019 8:11 PM in response to Bbafett

Here's a screenshot of the dialog I'm getting. This is inside the "System Preferences" app. I have no idea what "Podcasts Bookkeeper Sync" means. When I enter my Apple ID and password, it says, "An unknown error occurred" and does not accept the username and password. When I copy and paste the same username and password into the iCloud website, it logs in just fine, so I am certain it is the correct login info.


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Podcast Bookkeeper Sync Constant Sign In

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