Q: iTunes 11.3.1.2 does not download subscribed podcasts
iTunes Version 11.1.3.2 running under Windows Vista Business on a standard HP laptop.
I have an iPod Classic set up to synchronize several dozen podcasts.
I have subscribed to a podcast "60-Second Science" and the podcast settings are:
When I select Refresh
I expect iTunes to download any new episodes of the podcast to my laptop (Download Episodes is ON, Limit Episodes is OFF).
But when I check, the newest episodes are available in the cloud, but are not downloaded. They each have the "cloud down arrow" symbol
which means they are available to be downloaded, but they have not been copied down to the laptop.
Here you can see than several recent episodes of the podcast are available, but have not been downloaded.
When I Synchronize my iPod, the newest episodes are not copied.
Here you can see that the episodes for Monday, Aug 1, Jul 31, etc. have not been downloaded or synchronized to my iPod.
But, if I manually click on the "cloud arrow down" symbol for the first episode, it is downloaded, then I can synch my iPod, and the episode is on my iPod for me to listen to. You can see that the episode "System Converts Solar..." is now on my iPod:
My question is: What else do I have to set so that the podcast episodes I have subscribed to are automatically downloaded? I have subscribed to almost 100 podcasts and I should not have to go to each one in Library | My Podcasts and manually select the newest episodes. Am I not following the directions? Is there another step I have missed?
Please tell me how to have my subscribed podcasts download automatically.
Thanks and regards,
Stephen Tinius
Myrtle Beach SC
iPhone 3GS (8GB), iOS 6.0.1
Posted on Aug 10, 2014 2:57 PM





