Podcasts wont play in Itunes 12.5.1.21

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Podcasts wont play in Itunes 12.5.1.21

Upgraded to iTunes 12.5.1.21 and now podcasts no longer play when clicked. I have to close iTunes, reopen it, select a podcast, click on play and wait for about a minute, eventually it plays.

But when I want to change podcasts or listen to a new one, I have to quit, reopen select the new podcast then press play again.
If I pause for any reason I need to start the process again.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 16, 2016 5:41 AM

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mario49

Community Specialist

Sep 17, 2016 10:31 AM in response to Brett Ramsey

Hey Brett Ramsey,

If I understand correctly, you updated iTunes and now it will not play podcasts and will freeze. It looks like you have already done some troubleshooting. There are a couple things we can try to see if iTunes will play the Podcast normally.
It sounds like this is happening to multiple podcasts, so it may be an issue with iTunes itself.

First, since the update, one thing we can try is to reboot the computer.
If it is still having the issue after that, we can see if the if there are other software that may be causing this issue. We can reboot into safe mode and see if it still persists.

Try safe mode if your Mac doesn't finish starting up - Apple Support

If the issue still persists, we can try uninstall and reinstall the iTunes app.

To reinstall iTunes, download it from Apple Downloads.

OS X El Capitan: Reinstall apps that came with your Mac

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. Have a good one.

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