# iPhone - Podcast?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-podcast/965701>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 5, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-podcast/965701 "2022-06-05T15:10:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![19USMC69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ac91a4/32.png) [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-podcast/965701/1 "2022-06-05T15:10:47Z")

</div>

When a podcast is downloaded, where on the IPhone is it downloaded to. Thx.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [June 5, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-podcast/965701/2 "2022-06-05T15:31:43Z")

</div>

There’s no traditional directory structure on the iPhone.  
The “Podcasts” app has its own database, and that’s where a downloaded podcast gets stored.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-podcast/965701/3 "2022-06-05T15:47:44Z")

</div>

> [@beowulff](#):
>
> There’s no traditional directory structure on the iPhone.

There absolutely is, and the file will get saved somewhere under `/private/var/mobile/Media/Podcasts`.

It’s true that you are not supposed to be able to access it directly from a different, sandboxed application without any hacking. That is not because they used some sort of non-traditional non-directory structure for storage, however.