Heroine26

Q: My podcasts and audiobook libraries are gone!

I was going to sync my iPod when I checked iTunes and realized I can't access my podcast library or my audiobook library anymore. I know how to get to them, but when I click on "my podcasts" or "my audiobooks", a mostly blank screen comes up with one option saying to go to the iTunes store. My list used to show up there, now it's not there. Now I can't sync my iPod because it might erase them from my iPod since they aren't in my library anymore. Where did they go? I paid for all those audiobooks so i'm mad about that, podcasts are free but I had a few hundred of them and I want to make sure they stay on my iPod when I sync it.

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Posted on Aug 17, 2015 10:28 PM

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Q: My podcasts and audiobook libraries are gone!

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  • by Jason L,

    Jason L Jason L Aug 19, 2015 6:56 AM in response to Heroine26
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    Aug 19, 2015 6:56 AM in response to Heroine26

    Hi Heroine26,

     

    From what I gather, podcasts and audiobooks are missing from iTunes on your PC and it's preventing you from syncing your iPod because you don't want to sync the device with a new or empty iTunes library. Try using the article below as a guide for locating and recovering the missing media on your PC.

    Locate and organize your iTunes files - Apple Support

     

    Also, this article will walk you through the process of transferring your audiobooks and podcasts from your iPod to your PC:

    Redownload or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer - Apple Support

     

    Cheers.

  • by Heroine26,

    Heroine26 Heroine26 Aug 19, 2015 11:31 AM in response to Jason L
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    Aug 19, 2015 11:31 AM in response to Jason L

    I tried to unhide my purchases, it said I have no hidden purchases (for the audiobooks), so I guess I just lost a couple hundred bucks, as long as I don't sync my iPod, anyway..I can still listen to them on there.

     

    Podcasts are free so they're not puchases. I re-subscribed to one of them and that's the only one that's showing up, so I will have to go through my iPod and find them all, search for them on iTunes, resubscribe to all of them, and hope they don't get deleted again in the future. But now it doesn't tell me which ones I've already listened to since that information got deleted.

     

    I also tried to find my files in my computer but podcasts and audiobooks never get saved to your computer, only your music does. All my music is fine, it's just audiobooks and podcasts that are gone.

     

    I know you can transfer stuff from your iPod to your computer but I have had that fail before, even though I have it checked not to automatically sync, it does anyway, and I can't act quick enough to stop it, so it ends up deleting everything forever. I've had this happen before and I'm not going to attempt it again even though it's supposed to work, in theory.