I manage some of my podcasts manually. Most are managed by just selecting “Automatically include all unplayed episodes of selected podcasts” under the Podcasts tab of iTunes.
As of iTunes 11 just selecting the podcasts tab when I’ve got an iPhone (iPhone 4S) or an iPod Classic (iPod Classic 160GB) plugged in has resulted in iTunes beachballing.
At first if I just left it it’d beachball for around 10-15 minutes and then it would eventually get to the Podcasts tab.
However this waiting period has seemed to just get longer or not work entirely. It’s also tiresome having to do this when it used to be a seamless simple process.
After searching through various forums I found one possible explanation and sort of solution. Supposedly iTunes is accessing the internet, for some reason in order to go to the Podcasts tab. The solution that was touted on the forums was to turn off Wi-Fi or unplug the Ethernet cable from the computer.
Turning off Wi-Fi is simple enough, but I’ve got an Ethernet cable plugged in.
I did test this, and amazing it worked, I was able to simply click on the Podcasts tab and it worked.
It’s not really a simple fix though, as the Ethernet cable is hard to unplug from where my iMac is on my desk and it’s a very inelegant solution.
After some searching for a program to deny/prevent programs from accessing the internet I found Radio Silence which is basically a firewall for outgoing connections.
Mac OS X has an inbuilt firewall, but this can prevent incoming connections. Radio Silence can prevent the opposite; outgoing connections.
I’ve tried it and it’s fixed my iTunes problem.
For $9 USD I think it’s really worth while. I’m sure there are other more complicated solutions out there that could have solved my problem. But Radio Silence is simple to use and just works, that’s what I want.
As of iTunes 11 just selecting the podcasts tab when I’ve got an iPhone (iPhone 4S) or an iPod Classic (iPod Classic 160GB) plugged in has resulted in iTunes beachballing.
At first if I just left it it’d beachball for around 10-15 minutes and then it would eventually get to the Podcasts tab.
However this waiting period has seemed to just get longer or not work entirely. It’s also tiresome having to do this when it used to be a seamless simple process.
After searching through various forums I found one possible explanation and sort of solution. Supposedly iTunes is accessing the internet, for some reason in order to go to the Podcasts tab. The solution that was touted on the forums was to turn off Wi-Fi or unplug the Ethernet cable from the computer.
Turning off Wi-Fi is simple enough, but I’ve got an Ethernet cable plugged in.
I did test this, and amazing it worked, I was able to simply click on the Podcasts tab and it worked.
It’s not really a simple fix though, as the Ethernet cable is hard to unplug from where my iMac is on my desk and it’s a very inelegant solution.
After some searching for a program to deny/prevent programs from accessing the internet I found Radio Silence which is basically a firewall for outgoing connections.
Mac OS X has an inbuilt firewall, but this can prevent incoming connections. Radio Silence can prevent the opposite; outgoing connections.
I’ve tried it and it’s fixed my iTunes problem.
For $9 USD I think it’s really worth while. I’m sure there are other more complicated solutions out there that could have solved my problem. But Radio Silence is simple to use and just works, that’s what I want.