Apple Podcast App Doesn T Download

It s possible that podcasts are not downloading on your iphone because a software file within the podcasts app has become corrupted.

Apple podcast app doesn t download. To turn off automatic downloads on your iphone ipad or ipod touch go to settings podcasts download episodes and choose off. If you manually download some of your podcasts and add them to itunes by changing media kind from music to podcast these do not translate to your apple watch s podcast app. To turn off automatic downloads on your mac choose podcasts preferences from the menu bar.

If the automatic download setting is selected turn it off then force close apple podcasts as detailed here. Close the podcast app and restart your ios device. To change the default setting for all podcasts go to settings podcasts download episodes.

On my iphone i use the podcasts app and i have all of my podcasts set to auto subscribe and auto download. To try downloading again in the itunes app on your pc right click the podcast or episode then choose refresh podcast. Force an app to close on your iphone ipad or ipod touch.

Restart your iphone ipad or ipod touch. As mentioned above currently only podcasts that you subscribe to appear in the watch s podcast app via my watch podcasts or using the watch app itself. Then turn the automatic download option back on.

If you subscribe to a podcast by entering its url and the podcast doesn t download you may have entered an incorrect url. Every time i open the app it spends a lot of time and data downloading the same 10 podcasts that were ready when i first installed the app. We ll delete the podcasts app then reinstall it like new.

Open the podcast app and try to refresh and see if it works. The delete and re install process can sometimes solve the issue around partial downloads. Don t worry you won t lose any of any of your podcasts by deleting the app on your iphone.