Can't sync podcasts ios7.0.3 - terrible
Just got my 5S with iOS 7.0.3 and I can't sync a single podcast.
I'm using Windows 7 Pro, iTunes 11.1.1.11, Podcast App 2.0
I have a large quantity of downloaded podcasts that I've been syncing for years
with iPods, iPhones, and iPads - everything has worked perfectly until now.
I do not sync/download podcasts from within an app - I have a separate
program on my PC to download and manage them.
I do not subscribe to Podcasts via my Apple products or iTunes because my wife and I share
our libraries.
(Meaning using an alternative app like Downcast will not work as it cannot sync existing podcasts via iTunes)
No matter what I do, as long as Podcasts are of Kind "Podcast", they won't sync.
I've tried:
1) Uninstalling/reinstalling the Podcast App multiple times
2) Syncing podcasts 'Automatically' with every option - 'all', 'all unplayed', 'recent unplayed', etc, etc
3) 'Include Episodes from Playlists'
4) and more.
After syncing, I've noticed in iTunes, under my Device, I can see all the podcasts in either the 'Podcast' link or the various Playlists (depending on what I've tried)
However, the Podcast App on the iPhone simply will not show them - as groups, or playlists, or anything.
The most I've ever gotten is a single Podcast mislabeled and with the wrong Artwork.
If I change all my Podcasts to Kind "Music" (or 'Audiobook') then I can get them into the Music player, but then I lose all my storage organization in iTunes - the 'Podcast' Library item becomes useless.
I've been an Apple user since the Apple II so I'm no nubie.
This is the worst junk Apple has ever turned out - whoever worked on it should be fired immediately - and I mean coders, managers, directors - all of them.
All I want to do is sync Podcasts from my PC library to my BRAND NEW EXPENSIVE iPhone the same way I can with music.
Does anyone have any ideas what else to do?
iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.3