iTunes stops updating podcasts / iTunes has stopped updating this podcast because you have not listened to any episodes recently. Would you like to resume updating this podcast?

I wouldn't be surprised if there was an "improvement" to iTunes that didn't make things wore. Sometimes the changes are invisible. But the ones I notice certainly have always done so. This last interface change might have been the worst.

I say that as a person who does not wish to subscribe to a music service, and who has stopped buying books from Apple, because it's hard to make sure Apple books don't have DRM.

But I don't know if I can get out. Too many things are dependent upon it.

I only listen to podcasts on my iPod nano. I download them in iTunes and copy them to the nano as this is the only way to do it. iTunes never considers this copy as a listen so I get the stupid 'iTunes has stopped...' message all the time. I also have music playlists and photos on my device and I never sync. I don't use the Cloud as the nano has no wifi and I see no point in running the battery down on my phone to listen to music and podcasts. I need the phone to make phone calls (I know—retro). All I want is for iTunes to let me manage my files the way I want to manage them without their help. As Apple has made iTunes my only option, I don't think this is asking too much. As soon as I can find a robust and reliable alternative, I will take it.

I've been leaving feedback about this irritating problem for years, but I don't expect Apple to make a coding change affecting millions of people because of one dopey guy with an iPhone (that dopey guy being me, not Daniel 🙂). But if enough of us complain at https://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html maybe they'll listen. So if anyone reading this hasn't left feedback, please click on the link and vent!

I suggest posting a bug report at <https://bugreport.apple.com/> where you can file this under 'unexpected behavior'. As that is exactly what it is. They application indicates that it will download 'All Episodes' and it does not. The bug reports may (or may not) get taken slightly more seriously and this is a classic case where the bug can be solved by either indicating this 'feature' or providing a toggle or 'fixing' the bug. The more bug reports files the higher the problem is 'voted up' as I understand it.

Just when I thought I couldn't detest iTunes more, this "feature" keeps screwing me. Sometimes Apple...

this is really annoying.

i download my podcasts on my macbook, and transfer them to my ipod where i listen to them. therefore, itunes thinks i don't listen to any of my podcasts.

i keep getting screwed out of episodes of this american life because they are only free on the week they premier. after that, you have to pay. so when i open itunes (which i only do periodically when i have time to think about podcasts) and see that my podcasts have stopped updating, i miss out on the very podcasts which i opened itunes to retrieve.

this is stupid.

it isn't? 😮