Sometimes I wonder why Apple makes the choices they do for default settings in iTunes. For example, if I subscribe to a podcast feed, it’s probably because I want to listen to the podcasts in that feed, correct? So why does iTunes only download the latest podcast in the feed, rather than all the new podcasts in the feed since the last time it checked the feed? Because of this, iTunes skips podcasts I expected to receive. This is most commonly a problem when podcasters publish multiple new podcasts in the same day. For example, if you subscribe to receive Technology Evangelist’s video or audio feeds through iTunes, you may miss some of our content next month when we’re reporting from the 2007 CES show in Las Vegas.
Here’s the trick to getting all that you expect from your subscribed feeds:
Click into your Preferences menu in iTunes. Toggle to Podcasts, then change the “When new episodes are available:” menu to “Download all” instead of “Download the most recent one.” Problem solved.
I imagine iTunes does it the way they do because infrequent podcast listeners may find the flood of content overwhelming. Regardless, I think they should make this option more visible for all users.
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