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Q: iTunes 11.1 deleted my podcasts

Updated to iTunes 11.1 last night, came back in the morning and almost all of my podcasts are gone. Years and years of podcasts all gone. Not in the recycle bin either.

 

What the heck? Where is the delete all podcasts button? The default setting is "keep all episodes"

 

This is probably the most poorly tested iTunes update ever.

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 5:38 AM

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  • by NeighborsDog,

    NeighborsDog NeighborsDog Nov 19, 2013 4:21 PM in response to turingtest2
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    Nov 19, 2013 4:21 PM in response to turingtest2

    Thanks to turingtest2. 

     

    Restoring from a back-up library did the trick.  Luckily I had one right before the update. 

     

    Follow that link.  Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash.

    don't forget to uncheck the 'sync podcasts" option. 

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Nov 19, 2013 4:30 PM in response to NeighborsDog
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    Nov 19, 2013 4:30 PM in response to NeighborsDog

     

     

    tt2

  • by washingtonpondfrog,

    washingtonpondfrog washingtonpondfrog Mar 17, 2014 6:56 PM in response to Mattazuma
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    Mar 17, 2014 6:56 PM in response to Mattazuma

    I'm running the latest iTunes on my iMac and the latest iOS on my iPhone 5s.  Suddently, without warning or explanation, most of my podcasts in iTunes on my iMac are gone.  It seems to be all the podcasts I had synced with my iPhone, but I'm uncertain.  What a terrible bug.  I went into iTunes preferences and turned off syncing.  I'm in the mac ecosystem because I want to avoid this type of bad software coding.  Get your act together, Apple!!!

  • by pratalife,

    pratalife pratalife Apr 1, 2014 4:03 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Apr 1, 2014 4:03 AM in response to turingtest2

    tt2 - thanks, that's the hint I needed.

     

    It seems what has happened in my case is this, either caused by an iTune 11.1.x update or another device I've signed into iTunes with:

     

    • 16 podcasts that I am subscribed to via iTunes were deleted (but files remained in my media folder so I could add them back)
    • 4 podcasts that I'd subscribed to via iTunes, subsequently unsubscribed from, but had old episodes hanging around were perversely left untouched
    • 60+ podcasts that I've manually subscribed to over the years (not via iTunes store) were removed, and the files deleted from my iTunes media folder

     

    Gee, thanks Apple. How can I trust you not to delete anything else from my system?

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Apr 1, 2014 4:56 AM in response to pratalife
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    Apr 1, 2014 4:56 AM in response to pratalife

    pratalife wrote:

     

    tt2 - thanks, that's the hint I needed.

     

    You're welcome.

     

    Gee, thanks Apple. How can I trust you not to delete anything else from my system?

     

    Quite!

     

    Don't forget to make, and periodically update, a backup of the whole library and your other important data.

     

    tt2

  • by n1010et,

    n1010et n1010et Apr 9, 2014 11:28 AM in response to Mattazuma
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    Apr 9, 2014 11:28 AM in response to Mattazuma

    Just discovered too that I have lost almost all podcasts I had subscribed to, from about 1200 to now just SIXTEEN.  No clue what happened or how to recover, if that's even possible.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Apr 9, 2014 11:45 AM in response to n1010et
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    Apr 9, 2014 11:45 AM in response to n1010et

    I've given a potential solution on the first page of this topic.

     

    tt2

  • by zv-470,

    zv-470 zv-470 Jun 7, 2014 12:39 AM in response to turingtest2
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    Jun 7, 2014 12:39 AM in response to turingtest2

    Thanks turingtest2, I had the same problem, your solution worked! Except I also had to disconnect my Mac from the Internet. Because the backed up copy of ~/Music/iTunes/ re-enabled the sync option.

     

    so...

    1. Quit iTunes.
    2. delete ~/Music/iTunes/
    3. replace ~/Music/iTunes/ from backup copy
    4. disconnect Mac from Internet
    5. run iTunes
    6. Edit > Preferences Store and uncheck Sync podcast subscriptions
    7. quit iTunes
    8. copy backed up podcasts back into media folder
    9. run iTunes... podcasts should now be restored.

     

    I'm just thankful I made a backup of ~/Music/iTunes yesterday.

     

     

    The crazy thing is... with that sync podcast option selected... if you accidentally remove a podcast using the podcast.app in iOS... it will delete that podcast from iTunes, all the files and play info gone! That is nuts.

  • by tompaine13,

    tompaine13 tompaine13 Aug 25, 2014 8:58 PM in response to turingtest2
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    Aug 25, 2014 8:58 PM in response to turingtest2

    I have 5 lists of podcast suddenly GONE!!!!!

     

    ALL WERE SET KEEP ALL!!!!!

     

    The ONLY thing that could have happened is ITUNES.
    The subscriptions are GONE!

    The folders in windows explorer are GONE!

    They are not in the recycle bin. Just f------g GONE!

     

    This is crap.

     

    Go ahead delete THIS too appledon'tcare, THEY'RE GONE!

  • by espritdesigntexas,

    espritdesigntexas espritdesigntexas Mar 22, 2016 1:52 PM in response to DelphicO
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    Mar 22, 2016 1:52 PM in response to DelphicO

    THANK YOU!!! THIS WORKED FOR ME....WAS FEELING LOST W/O DAILY MOTIVATIONAL AND SPIRITUAL LISTENING!!!

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