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donawalt

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Hi all, how do I 'download all' podcasts for a newly subscribed podcast in the podcast app, on a MacBook Pro / Catalina? I subscribed to a new podcast the other day, and I would like to download all the podcasts to my MacBook Pro but there are many and it's very tedious to go through one by one hitting the 'plus' sign to download each one. In its settings I have "Download all unplayed', I have 'Refresh every day', and I have even clicked File/Refresh all feeds and waited a full day or more, with none of the older podcasts downloaded. Surely there is a way to do this I am overlooking? Thanks for your help!
 
Welcome to Podcasts.app. Will it download according to the parameters you set? Who knows!

It's not a particularly good app I am afraid, on iOS or Mac. I gave up on it because it was seemingly random as to what would get downloaded and what wouldn't be. Even iTunes was better.
 
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