Smiles067

Q: Podcasts disappeared

Today, almost all my podcasts disappeared from my iPad. I noticed it after I had done my backup, so restoring to that backup didn't help. I use iTunes 12.3.2 on a computer running Windows 7. My iPad 3 is running iOS 9.2.1. Is there any way I can recover my deleted and unsubscribed do podcasts?

iPad, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Mar 3, 2016 8:23 PM

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  • by turingtest2,Helpful

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Mar 4, 2016 2:24 PM in response to Smiles067
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    Mar 4, 2016 2:24 PM in response to Smiles067

    Device backups don't include media content. Do you subscribe to the same series in iTunes for Windows? A while back iTunes offered to sync podcast settings across my devices which wiped a chunk of my library but I was able to retrieve my library from its backup. Files deleted on the device won't be recoverable.

     

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  • by Smiles067,

    Smiles067 Smiles067 Mar 4, 2016 2:24 PM in response to turingtest2
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    Mar 4, 2016 2:24 PM in response to turingtest2

    I do not subscribe to them separately in iTunes for Windows. I looked in my iTunes library folder and the podcasts visible there are the same one on my iPad. I am still missing a lot of my podcasts going back a few years. I had just updated this iPad and "sync" was turned on without me realizing it. Maybe that was the issue. Thanks for your help.