How can I just download and sync everything?
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I’m new to Pocket Casts (coming over from Overcast) and am trying to do something that I would expect to be simple, but I’m struggling to make work. Basically, I just want to have all of my subscribed podcasts automatically download all new episodes and sync them to my Apple Watch.
The problem I’m running into is the various limits. The Auto Download setting does allow me to select all podcasts, but limits it to 10 episodes per podcast. I listen to a few podcasts that have a number of short episodes released every day (more than 10), so I want to download all of them, not just 10.
Similarly, the Apple Watch setting seems to only have one option for sync, Auto Download Up Next. But that also has a max limit of 10 episodes, where I want to sync all episodes.
I have tried setting up a filter I call “New”, that has Auto Download enabled, and there I can set the limit to 100 episodes total, which is sufficient for my purposes. But then the problem is that there is no way to have these episodes automatically synced to my Apple Watch.
The problem I keep running into is that only a few (10) episodes are initially synced to the Apple Watch, and then when I’m out running I finish listening to those and I can’t seem to make refresh work to download additional episodes while I’m running, which is why I would like it to sync all podcasts before I leave.
Does anyone have any tips on how to make this work better for me?
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Hey there!
Thank you for raising this feature request to us. While we don’t have the ability to automatically download more than 10 episodes today, we’ve made note of this request with our developers. I can’t offer an estimated timeframe or confirm that it will be implemented, but hopefully they will consider it soon!
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