Can no longer access my podcasts

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Can no longer access my podcasts

Until about three or four days ago, I had no trouble listening to my podcasts. Now, however, whenever I click on the Music icon and then choose "Podcasts", it closes out and goes back to my home screen. I've tried doing a reset by holding down the power button and home button, but this did not help. I have the latest software version installed, iOS 5.1. I don't sync podcasts from my computer; I download them directly to my iPod over my wifi network. I downloaded a couple of new podcasts today, thinking perhaps the problem was that my old ones got deleted somehow. When the new podcasts were finished downloading, I still had the same problem, and I can't find the new podcasts.

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

Thanks!

iPod touch, iOS 5.1

Posted on May 1, 2012 1:26 AM

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lllaass

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May 1, 2012 5:31 AM in response to Sub Guy 3

Try a restore from backup

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May 1, 2012 7:46 AM in response to lllaass

I'll have to educate myself on how to do that. I've never done it before and I'm not sure how. I have never backed anything up from my iPod. I don't sync it with my computer; I just download podcasts directly to it.

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lllaass

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May 1, 2012 9:45 AM in response to Sub Guy 3

This tells you how to backup, restore and update.

iTunes: Backing up, updating, and restoring iOS software

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May 1, 2012 11:27 PM in response to lllaass

I wanted to back up to iTunes, but most of what I read was about backing up to iCloud. I guess it's a moot point right now anyway, as my laptop won't recognize my iPod for some reason. So...I'm backing up to to iCloud, which is only supposed to take 8 hours!

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May 3, 2012 1:18 AM in response to lllaass

I completed my backup to iCloud, but can't figure out how to restore. iTunes won't recognize my iPod for some reason.

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lllaass

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May 3, 2012 5:07 AM in response to Sub Guy 3

Try

iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows

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iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X

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May 5, 2012 11:25 PM in response to lllaass

Using the Windows link you provided, I was able to get iTunes to recognize my iPod (it turns out the Apple Mobile Device Service wasn't running). I still couldn't access the podcasts on my iPod at first, but then I clicked the "Sync" button in iTunes, and that somehow changed the menu configurations on the iPod back to what they were before and I was able to access my podcasts again. I didn't even need to do a restore!

I'm not really sure what the sync did, because it didn't sync over my podcasts from my computer, which is what I assumed it would do. I've been downloading podcasts via wifi directly onto the iPod. If I instead subscribed to the podcasts on my computer and then synced them to my iPod would it erase the podcasts that are already on the iPod the first time I sync? One more question: There isn't a way to subscribe to podcasts on the iPod so they automatically download to it, is there?

Thanks so much for your help!

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