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Apple Podcasts User Guide

• Welcome
• Get started
• Find podcasts
• Listen to podcasts
  • Listen to podcasts
  • Choose which podcasts play next
  • Create a personal station
• Read along with episode transcripts
• Sign in to the Podcasts app
• Sync contacts across devices
• Choose which podcasts appear in your library
  • View and manage channels
  • Select your favourite categories
  • Save, download or remove episodes
  • Follow or unfollow shows
  • Subscribe to shows or channels
  • Choose show and episode settings
• Rate, review or share podcasts
  • Rate or review a show
  • Share podcasts
• Customise Podcasts
  • Change settings
  • Restrict access to explicit content
  • Manage notifications
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Copyright and trademarks

You can save podcast episodes to your library so you can find them more easily later. You can also download episodes to store them on your Mac and listen to them even when you don’t have an internet connection.

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Save an episode to your library

1. Go to the Podcasts app on your Mac.

2. Search or browse for a podcast or click a category in the sidebar.

3. Hold the pointer over an episode, click , then choose Save.

Saved episodes are automatically downloaded by default. To change this setting, choose Podcasts > Settings, click General, then deselect Download When Saving.

Remove a saved episode

1. Go to the Podcasts app on your Mac.

2. Click Saved in the sidebar, click , then choose Unsave.

If you downloaded a saved episode, choosing Unsave doesn’t remove it from the Downloaded tab. See Remove downloaded episodes, below.

Download an episode

1. Go to the Podcasts app on your Mac.

2. Search or browse for a podcast or click a category in the sidebar.

3. Select an episode, click , then choose Download.

Remove downloaded episodes

Episodes you remove from the Downloaded tab are deleted from your Mac, freeing up storage space.

1. Go to the Podcasts app on your Mac.

2. Click Downloaded in the sidebar, then do one of the following:

   • Remove a downloaded episode: Select a show, click next to the episode you want to remove, then click Remove Download.

   • Remove all downloaded episodes for a show: Select the show that contains the episodes you want to remove, click at the top right, then click Remove Downloads. Click Remove Downloads to confirm.

   • Remove all downloaded episodes: Click at the top right, click Remove All Downloads, then click Remove Downloads to confirm.

   • Hide played episodes: Click at the top right, then choose Hide Played Episodes.

You can also choose whether to automatically remove downloaded episodes after listening to them, and how long to keep downloaded episodes. See Change settings.

Turn automatic downloads off or on for all the shows you follow

You can choose to automatically download new episodes for shows you follow, so they’re ready for you whenever you have time to listen.

1. Go to the Podcasts app on your Mac.

2. Choose Podcasts > Settings, then click General.

3. Click the Automatically Download pop-up menu, then turn off automatic downloads or choose how many downloaded episodes to keep.

Turn automatic downloads off or on for a specific show

1. Go to the Podcasts app on your Mac.

2. Click Shows in the sidebar, then select a show.

3. Do one of the following:

   • Turn off automatic downloads: Click , then choose Turn Off Automatic Downloads.

   • Turn on automatic downloads: Click , then choose Turn On Automatic Downloads.

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