iTunes 11.1.1.11 is "disappearing" podcasts
The changes in iTunes 11 (possibly later) were bad enough, showing ALL the podcasts under List, including the dozens that I had downloaded, listened to and deleted - and did not want them cluttering things up. Managing that list is kludgy and a right hassle.
Over the last week, I noticed that several podcasts (all but three) that I had downloaded, but not yet listened to, had disappeared. I checked the Windows Recycle bin and they weren't there. To my surprise, they weren't in List either - that only showed three podcasts, so I couldn't download them from there. I therefore went to the iTunes Store and downloaded the next eleven podcasts. These were then synched to my iPod and I closed iTunes.
I started up iTunes later to check on the version to report here and when I went to Podcasts, the List was shown and briefly all 14 podcasts were shown, but then the screen refreshed and only the same three that I had before were shown. Luckily my iPod wasn't connected, so I don't have to download them yet again.
Another podcast in List wasn't updated, so I refreshed it - no change. I then went to Unplayed and there were two episodes - one downloaded, the other not. I went back to List and there they were.
Whoever is "designing" the recent changes needs to remember the cardinal rule: KEEP IT SIMPLE! The Unplayed/My Podcasts/My Stations and List categories are often inconsistent and podcasts are being deleted apparently at random. Please go back to the version 10 behaviour and if you must make changes, perform effective QA testing on it before inflicting it on frustrated users.
iPod nano, Windows 7
