Unable to Subscribe to Podcasts in iTunes store – Greyed Out Buttons?
23 December 2008
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Problem
You can’t subscribe to any Podcasts in iTunes music store because the the buttons are greyed out. An example is shown below:
Greyed subscribe button
Solution
This happens when the ‘Podcasts’ item is not enabled in the iTunes library. To enable it, follow these steps:
- Open the iTunes Preferences. To do this, either press ‘Ctrl+,’ (that’s the control key, and the comma key at the same time); or Go to ‘Edit’ in the top menu, and then ‘Preferences’.
- Select the ‘General’ tab, usually on the left most.
- Tick the ‘Podcasts’ item in the ‘Show:’ options list (highlighted below):
Select the Podcasts checkbox
Once you say ‘Ok’ to the Preferences box, the ‘Podcasts’ item should appear in the top-left-hand side of the iTunes window. If you now view links to podcasts in the iTunes Store, they should be clickable.
If you have any corrections or alternative solutions to this problem, please leave a comment!
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Thanks, your advice pointed me in the right direction. When I got to the General Tab in the Preferences menu though, I couldn’t even click on Podcasts and Radio because they were greyed out. I then clicked on each tab and when I got to Parental Controls, I found that Podcasts and Radio had been disabled. I have no idea why, we don’t even have children in the house! So I unclicked the disable buttons on those two items, then went back to the General Tab and they were already clicked to Show. Problem solved!
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