Screw Apple. I updated iTunes to 11.1 and it deleted all 5GB of my podcasts. They are literally no where to be found on my computer. Now I have to re-download all of them. Thanks a lot Apple.
iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.2
Same problem Grr.
I have lost almost 35 B of my podcasts and subscriptions.. this is ridiculous
I'm in the same boat as you. Also, I downloaded a 16gb zip file of the entire back catalogue of an old podcast that was no longer available on iTunes. This has also disappeared from my computer. What the ****?! I have to download the whole thing all over again. I don't know why Apple is so determined to make us listen to podcasts the way THEY want us to.
I lost over 45GB. The only remaining podcasts were two single downloads of podcasts I had not subscribed to and did not particularly care for. I did have a backup from a few weeks ago, but restoring the files to the hard disk did not restore them to iTunes.
Did nobody at Apple think of testing this before release?
Same here. All podcasts, many that can no longer be downloaded, gone. Plus iTunes is now crashing and losing renewed podcasts subscriptions. A total mess
Edit: Just saw this is thread is itunes for Windows- I'm running OSX 10.8.4 and it did the same thing
I had the same problem.
Follow the directions on this page at Apple Support and you'll get all your Podcasts back (instructions are for both Mac and Windows iTunes):
My podcasts all disapeared as well, and when I resubscribe the podcasts disapear quickly after they are added
Elisa, the first place I looked when my podcasts all went missing was my hard drive. Then my trash. Not there. They are not on my computer at all. There's nothing to add to iTunes because they are gone. TT
umm this clearly won't work as I said I searched all over my computer and they were no where to be found.
You won't see them, and you don't restore them in ways that you're used to doing.
Follow the directions in that link precisely. I wasn't completely precise my first time out, and I "restored" some old podcasts from several years ago. Then I went back and did step by step, and everything is fine. I'm not lucky, I just followed directions.
You won't see them on your hard drive.
But when you follow the directions, precisely, to add to the iTunes Library (as the directions say in that link), your podcasts will reappear.
I'm having the same problem. iTunes unrecoverably deleted some 2,500 episodes of podcasts, about 40 GB, though I do have a backup. Also in my case, re-downloading or reimporting results in all podcasts being deleted again on the next podcast update.
I'll also add that such deletion happens even if iTunes is set never to auto-delete anything, i.e. with "keep all episodes" and "do not auto-delete" both set for all podcasts. That is a game-breaking bug. No software should ever delete anything of potential value when set not to. This version of iTunes does so, and does so in a completely non-interactive and non-recoverable fashion!
ElisaSD's proffered directions don't work in my case - they are for a different problem than mine. The directions effect a re-import of your Media folder and solve the issue that arises if your podcast files remain in your Media folder, but are erased from your library. In my case, the podcast files themselves are gone from the disk and therefore won't be recovered to the library by a re-import of the Media folder - a re-import will add any files not in the library, but the files I want just aren't there. Long story short: by all means try the recovery directions, but don't be surprised if they don't work. Frankly, even if they did work, all podcasts would be re-deleted on the next update of podcasts anyway (iTunes 11.1 Sisyphus?)
I've decided to reinstall iTunes 11.0.5, which didn't have this issue. I'll reimport my podcasts from backup and find out if 11.0.5 can talk to iOS 7 well enough to function as a temporary workaround. If it can't, I'll probably find some way to downgrade my phone until this issue is switched - or until I can get a different device if it isn't fixed in fairly short order!
Perhaps unsurprisingly, downgrading iTunes without downgrading iOS doesn't work. Trying to use 11.0.5 with 7 results in the error: 'The iPhone “[NAME]” cannot be used because it requires iTunes version 11.1 or later. Go to www.itunes.com to download the latest version of iTunes.'
So, I'll find some way to get iOS 6 back on my phone until this is fixed. I'd advise you to do the same if you can.
Message was edited by: Mr. Mouth (Fixed typo: "11.1" for "7".)
Elisa, Yes they reappear, but they won't play. They show the unplayed blue dot, but when you go to play it, it tells you that the original file is not found. When you go in to the folder where it should be, it is gone.
Have you tried playing any of them? Much of what I have is no longer available to be downloaded. Trying to download the 185GB I had that are no longer able to be played is an epic nightmare. Seriously, who has that kind of time?!?!?!
Who designed 11.1? The Marquis de Sade?
This is ridiculous, it's just arbitrarily deleted GBs of Podcast episodes.
One in particular is Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast. In my backup I have 265 episodes, iTunes decided it would reduce that to 147.
Another is the 'Breaking Bad Insider Podcast', I was completely up to date but iTunes only kept the latest ones - 509-514, all the others indicate they need to be downloaded again.
Also, what's with the 'old episodes' toggle, why the **** would I not want to see what's available and what I've already listened to?
iTunes update 11.1 deleted all 5GB of my podcasts
