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I deleted some previously downloaded podcast episodes in iTunes 9 and I'd like to re-download them. (I don't want to manually re-download them because then they won't show up in the podcast's list in the iTunes Podcast section.)

I've read http://blog.krisgielen.be/archives/54 as well as Way to get old podcasts in iTunes where the suggestion is to delete the iTunes entries for the podcasts I'd like to recover, then hold shift while re-opening that podcast's little triangle icon. Here's the problem though: holding shift and re-opening the triangle tells iTunes to refresh the RSS feed, and it's possible that the RSS feed no longer contains the item you want.

What I'm really looking for is a means of getting the "Get" button (that normally appears on un-downloaded podcasts) to reappear on the episodes I've previously downloaded but deleted.

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Matthew
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Select and delete the individual podcasts that you know are not there. Then right mouse click on the podcast and select "Show all available episodes". You should be presented with a refreshed list of all the individual podcasts that are available.

For StackOverflow, they are at episode 70 right now, but the available episodes go back to episode 41. That will vary by podcast feed though.

WireGuy
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If it's not in the feed, it's not in the iTunes Store (iTS). According to the publisher guidelines on apple.com: Making a Podcast:

When you submit your podcast, you are notifying iTS that you have a podcast feed that is located in a particular location (the feed URL). If your feed is accepted, iTS simply reads your feed each day and updates the podcast directory with any new or changed information about your podcast. Note that iTS does not cache or make a copy of your feed, nor does it cache or make a copy of your episode files. For podcasts, iTS is acting in a capacity similar to a web directory.

So there's no hidden stored version of the RSS Podcast feed and files in iTunes.

If the podcast you're looking for has a website, you will be stuck manually downloading them, and unfortunately it's likely that when you add them they won't get added to iTunes' "Podcast" category.

I hope there's a workaround, but from my own experience with podcasts and iTunes, it's a no go.

artlung
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Delete the podcast that you want to get back. Right click, Show All Available Episodes and it will absolutely be there. I tried it and it worked.

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Justin
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Unsubscribe, then resubscribe to the podcast.

Kevin Babcock
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Right click on the missing episode and click "show in iTunes" and then click on the free tag next to the episode to re download them.

Johann Botha
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This answer works:

  1. delete the single podcast
  2. collapse the podcast list
  3. hold the option key and re-open the podcast (or whichever equivalent is there in Windows)
  4. ta-daa

Try this if the above does not work.

  1. Delete the podcast you want to re-download.
  2. Press unsubsribe.
  3. Press subscribe.
  4. Press refresh.
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lorenzog
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