Must. Not. Kill. iTunes. Podcasts won't sync.

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Wtf Apple?

I painstakingly set up some podcasts to download to my iMac and I have 10 epis to listen to (and watch!). I synced to my iphone, unselecting everything else. It correctly said there were 10 items to sync.

I waited for the whole backup THEN sync process.

I looked in itunes on my iphone... No...

I looked in ipod on my iphone... No...

I google searched and learned I'm not alone in this, but not much helpful...

I created a playlist with the podcasts and tried to move it. Nope. I tried to sync it but it wouldnt show that playlist (maybe bc of the videos??)

I screamed and cursed and realised I'd wasted a half hour just now.

Please help.

(may not return until tomorrow when my bloodpressure stops reacting to technostress)

Cheers.
 

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So you had those podcasts checked on the podcast pane?

Did the sync actually finish and they weren't there? Or did the sync never finish?
 

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I hate iTunes and, as far as I can tell, all Apple products. They are nifty looking, but frustrating.
 

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Yeah, they were checked. I even selected download all just now and it went through the motions and nada.

The syncs did finish.

I just downloaded three podcasts. One didnt start because I'm not on wifi. I can see it in downloads but I cant find the other two, so I guess Im looking in the wrong place, despite digging through itunes and ipod on the phone... Time to google...
 

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Itunes is the devil. Everything else is pretty nice.
 

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Yeah, they were checked. I even selected download all just now and it went through the motions and nada.

The syncs did finish.

Hmm, that's strange. I'm not sure what the download all has to do with it. Checked in the podcast tab when you have your iPhone selected on the left, not when you have Podcasts selected on the left, right?

Have you had this problem before, or is this the first time your podcasts haven't been syncing?
 

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This is the first time I've ever messed with podcasts.

I discovered that my tunein radio pro has podcasts and I can add them to favorites. I tried it and it works. Slightly less convienient since it wont tell me what I've listened to, but tons preferable since I can actually play the bloody podcast.

I will keep the video podcasts on my iMac and the audio via tune in and nary the two shall meet.

Oi.
 

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(and yeah, the iphone was selected in the left menu)
 

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