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How to Download Podcasts to Mac for Offline Listening

Nov 7, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Download Podcasts to Mac for Offline Listening

Do you listen to a lot of podcasts? Do you use your Mac sometimes to listen to podcasts too? In that case, you may be interested in downloading podcasts locally to the Mac for offline listening, which can come in handy when you’re traveling or otherwise without an internet connection.

How to Follow Podcasts & Automatically Download New Episodes on iPhone

Jun 19, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Follow Podcasts and Automatically Download New Episodes

Do you listen to podcasts using your iPhone or iPad on a regular basis? If so, you may have noticed that the Podcasts app’s user interface and options have changed, especially if your device is updated.

How to Record a Podcast on Mac with QuickTime

May 31, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Record a Podcast on Mac with QuickTime

Are you looking for a quick way to record external audio on your Mac for podcasts? Or maybe, you just want to record voice or audio clips for one? There are certainly multiple ways to record a podcast on a Mac, but capturing audio clips with QuickTime is certainly one of the easiest.

How to Record Podcasts on Mac with GarageBand

May 26, 2021 - 3 Comments
How to Record Podcasts on Mac with GarageBand

Interested in starting your very own podcast? It turns out that all you need is Garageband and a Mac. Whether you want to record audio on your Mac for a podcast, or perhaps just a personal voice recording, you’ll find Garageband to be useful for this purpose, and it’s just one of a variety of … Read More

How to Play Podcasts on HomePod

Mar 4, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Play Podcasts on HomePod

Listening to podcasts from HomePod and HomePod mini is easy and quite enjoyable, so wouldn’t you like to know how to do this? Whether it’s listening to your favorite podcasts or finding new ones, let’s dive in.

How to Stop Podcasts Auto-Downloading New Episodes to iPhone & iPad

Mar 3, 2021 - 3 Comments
How to Stop Podcasts Auto-Downloading New Episodes to iPhone & iPad

Do you use the built-in Podcasts app for listening to your favorite podcasts on your iPhone and iPad? If so, you might want to turn off automatic downloads, especially if you’re low on internet data or storage space on your device.

How to Clear Podcasts Storage on iPhone & iPad to Free Up Space

Jan 22, 2021 - 13 Comments
How to Clear Podcasts Storage on iPhone & iPad to Free Up Space

If you listen to a lot of podcasts on your iPhone and iPad, especially downloaded podcasts for offline listening, chances are they’re gradually taking up valuable storage space on your device. Fortunately, you can clear this data whenever you want and with ease.

How to Add Podcasts to Apple Watch

Nov 26, 2020 - 1 Comment
How to Add Podcasts to Apple Watch

Did you know that you can store podcasts on your Apple Watch and listen to them when it’s not connected to your iPhone? This is a feature that can come in handy if you often leave your iphone at home when you go out for a jog, do chores, or anything else really.

How to Sync Music & Podcasts to Apple Watch from iPhone

Jul 23, 2020 - 3 Comments
Apple Watches with Podcasts and Music icons

Now that you have that shiny new Apple Watch strapped to your arm it’s probably time to get some of your favorite music and podcasts onto it. After all, what’s the point of having a miniature computer on your arm if you’re still going to carry your iPhone around with you? Spoiler: there’s no point. … Read More

How to Download Podcasts on iPhone to Listen Offline

Jul 8, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Download Podcasts on iPhone to Listen Offline

Do you regularly listen to podcasts on your iPhone while you’re driving, working out, or going out for a jog? If so, you’ll be interested in taking advantage of the offline listening feature that’s available in the Podcasts app, which allows you to download podcasts to your iPhone.

How to Manage, Add, & Delete Podcast Subscriptions on iPhone & iPad

May 23, 2020 - 1 Comment
How to Manage Podcasts Subscriptions on iPhone & iPad

Do you listen to a lot of podcasts? Perhaps while you’re working out, doing chores, driving, or going for a jog? The Podcasts app that comes pre-installed on iPhone and iPad devices offers a free way to listen to audio stories that keep you entertained in one way or the other.

How to Set Sleep Timer in Podcasts on iPhone to Automatically Stop Playing

May 16, 2018 - 11 Comments
Sleep Timer for Podcasts app on iOS

If you want a podcast to automatically stop playing after a designated period of time, the little-known Sleep Timer feature in Podcasts for iPhone or iPad is for you. Much like the name implies, Sleep Timer will play a podcast until a specified time completes, or when the current episode is done playing, and then … Read More

Podcasts Playing Too Fast on iPhone? Here’s the Fix

Apr 30, 2018 - 29 Comments
Podcasts playing too fast can be fixed

Have you ever noticed your podcast is suddenly playing too fast on an iPhone, and everyone sounds like they’re talking super fast after drinking way too much coffee, or the voices pitch higher like chipmunks? No you aren’t going crazy, and you’re almost certainly not alone! But don’t sweat it, if a podcast is suddenly … Read More

How to Get Siri to Read News of the Day to You in iOS

Jan 26, 2018 - 9 Comments
Siri play news

Siri for iOS can now play short daily news digests by request, allowing you to quickly hear news recaps from some popular mainstream news outlets and media sources. This is a handy feature if you want to get a quick blurb about what’s apparently newsworthy on a given day, and it works the same on … Read More

How to Change Podcast Playback Speed on iPhone

Apr 27, 2017 - 11 Comments

The Podcasts app on iPhone allows users to adjust playback speed, making the podcast play faster or slower. If you’re wondering why it’d be helpful to adjust the speed of podcasts, there are several reasons; increased comprehension or understanding, speeding through uninteresting parts of a podcast, or perhaps my favorite use which is to listen … Read More

How to Pause Music & Podcasts on iPhone & iPod Touch Without Looking

Aug 19, 2014 - 13 Comments
Instantly pause music on the iPhone by yanking out the audio cable

Fiddling around with your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad while driving or riding a bike is dangerous as it takes your eyes off an important task, which is why things like texting and driving are made illegal. Many of us use our iPhones and iPods in the car though for listening to podcasts and music … Read More

Scrub Through Music & Podcasts Tracks from Control Center in iOS

Feb 14, 2014 - 8 Comments
Scrubbing music and podcast tracks from the iOS Control Center

Scrubbing audio is probably the fastest way to skip through and navigate within a playing audio track, and iOS allows you to scrub active tracks directly from the Control Center. There’s not much to it and scrubbing is done through a fairly simple gesture, but because the tap touch target is quite small it can … Read More

Set Podcasts to Auto Delete Old Episodes After Listening to Save Space in iOS

Mar 13, 2013 - 3 Comments
Keep Unplayed Podcast Episodes Only

Listening to the myriad of wonderful podcasts out there is a great thing, but having all those podcasts take up tons of space on an iPhone or iPod touch isn’t so great. Each episode of an audio podcast can easily run between 30MB to 90MB depending on the length of the show, so it’s not … Read More

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