# Alternative to iTunes for downloading podcasts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-itunes-for-downloading-podcasts/837071>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 14, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-itunes-for-downloading-podcasts/837071 "2019-07-14T16:55:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-itunes-for-downloading-podcasts/837071/1 "2019-07-14T16:55:44Z")

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Apple no longer supports the iPod Classic, which is where I store all my stuff. Using iTunes to update my podcasts has been getting progressively tougher and tougher, and I can’t even get some podcasts that I actually pay for thru it anymore.

Today when trying to update as best I could, I got an unhelpful notice that I lacked the apps needed to connect with them. I somehow managed to update a few of my 'casts anyway but it was a long and tedious process.

iTunes Help is anything but helpful. Their only response has been that they no longer support my device and I should upgrade.

While I have a smartphone, it’s issued to me by my employer, and as such is not where I want to store anything personal. So I won’t be putting podcasts there.

Any advice on where I can go online to get my podcasts uploaded to my antique device?

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-itunes-for-downloading-podcasts/837071/2 "2019-07-14T16:57:07Z")

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Mac or Windows?

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-itunes-for-downloading-podcasts/837071/3 "2019-07-14T16:58:40Z")

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Windows

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-itunes-for-downloading-podcasts/837071/4 "2019-07-14T17:01:39Z")

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OK, I’m out…  
I was going to suggest running an older version of the OS in a virtual machine. Easy to do under OS X.

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-itunes-for-downloading-podcasts/837071/5 "2019-07-14T17:14:04Z")

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Try GNUPod or EphPod

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-itunes-for-downloading-podcasts/837071/6 "2019-07-15T00:02:10Z")

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Thanks. I’ll give those a try