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Unable to Synch Podcasts From ITunes To My Ipod…

December 1, 2012 by Dave

Podcasts Not Synching

synching Ipod to podcastsI recently purchased a new IPOD.    The first time I synchronized it, the podcasts did not synch the way they did on the old Ipod.

I didn’t realize the problem for a few days when I wanted to listen to one of the podcasts.

Then I realized: They were all missing! 

I knew from past experience that there was a setting in Itunes that needed to be made.

However,  I recently downloaded Itunes 11  and this complicated things a bit for me.

A Call To Apple Care

I put in a call to Apple Care and the first technician I talked to was very unhelpful and transferred me without my permission to the Ipod team.

Since, I knew this was a setting in Itunes, I knew that I did not need to be sent there.

The second technician agreed that she should not have sent me over.

Ok, Let’s move on!

What I Had To Do In Order To Synch My Ipod.

-With the Ipod plugged in to the computer wait for it to appear in Itunes.

When you click on your device inside of Itunes you will see a tab with ‘summary’ selected.   Simply go to the ‘podcasts’ tab and select ‘synch podcasts’.

In Itunes 11, you have a drop down box that gives you several options, including:   “all” and multiple variations of “most recent”  etc…

One additional problem I had in Itunes 11 was finding my sidebar.  Without the sidebar, you will not be able to see your device in order to click on it and get the options I described above.

In order to see the sidebar, go under the ‘view’ menu and select “show sidebar”.   That’s all I had to do.

 IPOD Upgrade

As a side note, I took my old IPOD from 2008 in to the Apple Store and asked about a battery replacement.   Since they did not have batteries for that model any longer they said they would sell me a ‘new’ 2009 model for 55 Euros.  I thought that was a good deal so I took them up on it.  That model, I think is also ‘retired’  (I think) but it was an upgrade from my 80 GB Ipod to a 160 GB ipod.

Since this IPOD can also be used as a storage device, I have plenty of extra GBs to fill up with anything I want.     That’s a one step better than toting around a bunch of thumb drives.
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Filed Under: Computers, IT Support, Laptop Computing Tagged With: ipod, itunes, itunes 11, podcasts

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