Podcast goes haywire on iTunes 11.1

Eunice,

Everything that has happened to you has happened to me. All of it. It's just crap. Years worth of podcasts have disappeared. Last night I redownloaded a ton of them and when Itunes crapped up earlier today and I had to restart, they were gone again.

This makes me cry in my heart.

IPOD Classic user : The same thing.has been happening to me. I downloaded the podcasts , check that they physically in the folder on the PC , so soon as restart up iTunes , I see the podcasts disappear from the folder.. Oh dear. I will try save the podcasts in another try some other methods.

Surely everyone must be having this issue.

I, like so many others, am so frustrated with the iTunes 11.1.x / Podcasts app problems.

I have five podcasts I listen to. 650 episodes in all. iTunes 11.1 and 11.1.1 deletes all the old episodes and I can't work out why it does it, or, how to prevent it.

I have downloaded the episodes maybe a dozen times only to have them disappear a few hours later.

I have used iTunes for podcasts since v4.7 and this is just rediculous. It isn't rocket science after all.

This morning I deleted all podcasts from iTunes and Podcasts app, moved the subscriptions to the the Downcast app.

This is becoming all too typical of Apple... don't they beta this stuff?

All my years-worth of podcasts have disappeared. Luckily I make backups, aside from Time Machine, however following your instructions does not work, especially when I apply the "Refresh" button, it simply wipes them all out again, and contrary to your note, they have been cleaned out from the folders on the drive they were cataloged in, which is why I had to access them from my back-ups. Now I'm siting here with an iTunes I reluctantly updated, with no podcasts...

Reminds me of the good 'ol days when Apple decided not to support their heralded iWeb app and their .me accounts and threw us (our archived websites and photos) into the street.

Hope they fix this soon.

In case anyone finds this thread because of podcasting problems with iTunes 11.1, I recommend updating to 11.1.1, which seems to solve the problems I had with 11.1

Steve,

I'm glad that your problem is resolved.

For me, 11.1.1 just caused me to have to download all my podcasts again, after which iTunes deleted them again.

John

11.1.1 has not fixed the issue for me podcasts are still getting deleted. I tried various combinations still no joy.

I can't believe that something that was working so well, now doesn't work. Wow !

I ended up recreating my iTunes library, which fixed it for me. Afterward I upgraded to 11.1.1.11 and it's still ok.

I should have done these two steps:

1. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451, then
2. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2562

However, I did the following, which was successful but took more work on my part:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5112756?answerId=22277903022#22277903022

I hope this works for someone else.

Thanks this recreating the iTunes library worked for me. Everyone else should try it.

Is there a way to recreate your library without having to recreate all of your playlists?

I followed the steps from 'conklin94122' last post. And I didn't need to recreate my playlists.

Downloaded a 'lost episode' and changed it to Music. The episode disappeared. Can't find it in Music or anywhere else.

Are you using the sync features in iTunes between devices? Do you have iTunes in the Cloud enabled? I have none of the Store/device sync settings enabled nor use iTunes in the Cloud nor use the iPhone app and I experience no deletions of old podcasts, and I have plenty of them.

It seems there are issues when using the iPhone app with iTunes and enabling the sync podcast settings in iTunes. Correct me if I am wrong. How are you managing your podcasts?

I should consider myself lucky to not have experienced any of the podcast issues with iTunes 11.1.1 (I skipped 11.1). I read some of the other posts regarding the auto deletions of old podcasts and figured it might be related to the "sync podcast subscriptions and settings across all devices" setting in iTunes. I am not certain though as I have never set up to auto sync any iPhones, iPads or iPods with iTunes on a computer.

I have always manually managed iTunes and iPods and used 3rd party software and Applescripts to sync certain settings, as my library is huge and I wanted to avoid any accidental deletions. I have a lot of old podcasts that I have also managed manually, none of them were deleted or disappeared. Call me old school, but I don't like any automation when it comes to managing my precious music files.

Apple made significant changes to syncing podcasts without making the users aware of the consequences. When you first startup iTunes the preference to sync all devices is checked by default which then runs its course. Bad idea. There is also no detailed instructions or info available on how to set up the syncing of podcasts between multiple devices as far as I know.