masterthamara
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Q: Podcasts are not being updated properly

I recently noticed that my Podcasts are not being updated properly. Here's what I saw:

  1. On my iPhone, when I refresh the Podcast app, new unplayed podcasts will not show up. However, in iTunes on my Mac, the unplayed podcasts do show up.
  2. On my iPhone, played podcasts are not being deleted after 24 hours, I had to delete them manually. Again, on the Mac, this was not the case.

 

I'm on iOS 10.0.2 and macOS Sierra. Have any of you guys experienced the same, and is there a fix?

 

Thanks in advance

Thamara

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MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 30, 2016 7:12 AM

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  • by Bownse,

    Bownse Bownse Sep 30, 2016 7:10 AM in response to masterthamara
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    iOS Apps
    Sep 30, 2016 7:10 AM in response to masterthamara

    Up until the recent macOS update to Sierra I was also having this problem. For months it would hang while trying to update. The software was running but the status wheel kept spinning (new content manually verified). I was pleased that, within the past week, the updates started flowing like they used to. I figured the 9/13 update to iTunes fixed something but the "repair" was more recent than that. So... something on Apple's back end?

     

    Oddly, since last night (9/29) and this morning (9/30) all my podcast subscriptions vanished. No documented updates have happened since 9/22 though (Numbers, et al). Another back end fix that hit me in my back end?

     

    I had to go back in and re-subscribe to everything and was then forced to manually change the default settings (I like chronological order, so have to reverse the defaults of newest on top and auto-delete).

  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz Oct 1, 2016 4:28 PM in response to masterthamara
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    Oct 1, 2016 4:28 PM in response to masterthamara

    Start troubleshooting by Resetting your iPhone. If that doesn't help, try turning turning Off and On your subscription and delete settings. The final method is to unsubscribe, then resubscribe to the Podcasts.

     

    - Reset: hold down the Home and Power buttons until you see the Apple logo (10-15 seconds).