Journal of Tormod Haugen

iTunes stole my podcasts

Starting my computer to sync my iPod this morning brought on instant Apple hatred. iTunes told me that my iTunes Library were damaged, and just like that my podcast subscriptions were gone. Pffft - not there any more.

I then vented at twitter, being rewarded by someone else having that same problem. iTunes complaining about library file on Windows, and podcast subscriptions being lost.

With a flash of insight and a bit of luck, I browsed to where my iTunes library file were located. Taking backup of the new (empty) file, I renamed the one marked with (Damaged) back to it’s original name, and it all looked just like before when I restarted iTunes.

The files was located in the My Music/iTunes folder - actually /Users/MYNAME/Music/iTunes/ on Vista. The relevant file is the one named something with (Damaged). don’t blame me if it doesn’t work. Backup the defunct file first.

Still, I am more and more inclined to try and get my iPod updated without iTunes. Next time, perhaps.