BillD in Reno

Q: Podcast Lists Not Refreshing

Just this morning, podcast lists in iTunes 12.3.3 won't refresh. Same with iTunes on 10.7.5. The Podcast app on the iPad, iOS 9.3 do refresh as expected. This has to be a problem on Apple's end, but the System Status page shows no problems reported.

MacBook (late '06), Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Mar 29, 2016 2:03 AM

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  • by BillD in Reno,

    BillD in Reno BillD in Reno Mar 29, 2016 3:01 AM in response to BillD in Reno
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    Mar 29, 2016 3:01 AM in response to BillD in Reno

    PS -

     

    Deleting a podcast and resubscribing brings the episode list up to date.

  • by bbfrodo,

    bbfrodo bbfrodo Mar 29, 2016 6:20 PM in response to BillD in Reno
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    Mar 29, 2016 6:20 PM in response to BillD in Reno

    Hey BillD, I think you mean unsubscribe and resubscribe. That did the trick for me. It's a pain to do it for every podcast though, but it seems to work.

  • by BillD in Reno,Helpful

    BillD in Reno BillD in Reno Mar 29, 2016 7:11 PM in response to bbfrodo
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    Mar 29, 2016 7:11 PM in response to bbfrodo

    No, I meant delete, but that may have been overkill. Apple Tech Support suggested going to iTunes > Preferences > Store and UNchecking the box for "Sync podcast subscriptions and settings." Sounds strange, but it worked. If you leave the box checked, you can refresh the podcast lists after signing out of iTunes. Seriously. I tested it on two Macs and a Windows 10 virtual machine.

     

    Glad to see I'm not the only one with this problem.

  • by dkeller719,

    dkeller719 dkeller719 Mar 29, 2016 7:46 PM in response to BillD in Reno
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    Mar 29, 2016 7:46 PM in response to BillD in Reno

    Bill,
    Thanks for posting the fix.  Strange that works, but whatever. 

  • by BillD in Reno,

    BillD in Reno BillD in Reno Mar 30, 2016 11:00 AM in response to dkeller719
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    Mar 30, 2016 11:00 AM in response to dkeller719

    Apple fixed the problem overnight. It's OK to go back and check the box for "Podcast subscriptions and settings."

  • by WCMan,

    WCMan WCMan Mar 30, 2016 2:51 PM in response to BillD in Reno
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    Mar 30, 2016 2:51 PM in response to BillD in Reno

    The problem still exists on my Mac/iTunes.  Your fix of unchecking "Sync podcast subscriptions and settings" worked.  When I checked that setting again podcast refresh stopped working.  Rebooted and still wouldn't work with that setting checked.

     

    Why do I keep updating iTunes?  Every other iTunes update breaks something.  When I get a stable version I need to stop updating.

  • by BillD in Reno,

    BillD in Reno BillD in Reno Mar 30, 2016 5:56 PM in response to WCMan
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    Mar 30, 2016 5:56 PM in response to WCMan

    Wild guess, but maybe Apple's fix is taking a while to propagate throughout their servers. Maybe it has to be applied account by account. That would take a while.

     

    iTunes on both my Macs and the Windows virtual machine are back to normal with the box checked, and they're all tied to one account.