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Re-download podcasts in iTunes without subscribing again

by Scott Bird | October 2, 2006
Filed in Favourites , Tips and techniques

2 minutes is just a tiny bit short for a Diggnation episodeFor whatever reason, occasionally a podcast download in iTunes stops part-way; leaving you stuck with a partial file. iTunes merrily tells you that it has the entire download, though when an entire episode of Diggnation comes in at a whopping 2min 11secs you have to wonder. There's no obvious way (at least on the Windows version) to get iTunes to re-download the file. An anonymous poster to MacOSXHints found the solution (short of unsubscribing/resubscribing, which is annoying at best):
Select and delete the partial episode in iTunesIn the 'Podcasts' section of iTunes, click the arrow to expand the episode listing of the podcast in question. Select and delete (Windows: Delete button | Mac: Backspace key) the offending episode. If prompted to relegate your partial file to the trash, do so. You won't be needing it again.
Happy Happy, Joy JoyClick the arrow again to close the listing. Now, this is the crucial part. Hold down the Shift | Option button whilst clicking the arrow to expand the listing. This will force an update of the podcast, and the formerly deleted entry will reappear with a shiny new Get button beside it. Simply re-download the episode, kick back and enjoy.

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Comments

1

Awesome, this was really annoying me. Thanks!

Posted by: Dave | November 7, 2006 11:57 AM

2

Cheers Dave.

Posted by: Scott | November 8, 2006 3:17 AM

3

HAHAHA!! it is so funny, i needed to re-download an episode of diggnation that got interrupted earler, i just thought it was funny you used digg for your tutorial.

Posted by: ROTFL | February 7, 2007 5:17 PM

4

Thanks! This has been annoying me for a bit having to un/re subscribe

Posted by: Jon | February 26, 2007 10:44 PM

5

Nice trick! The Google search I used to get here is really funny: "itunes podcasts grey get" -- I'm have you named your blog the way you did.

Posted by: AG | September 28, 2007 11:45 AM

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