Description: One geek engineer's thoughts, tips and tricks.
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The work-around actually seems to mostly stop iTunes from attempting to download feeds that are unsubscribed and marked as Downloads: Off … but iTunes is still a beachballing bundle of fail until one discovers the unlikely solution of switching away from the (useful, clear) podcasts “List” view to the (UI abomination) “My Podcasts” view.
I found the solution of switching to the “My Podcasts” view when I Google-searched for “ iTunes 11.3 beachball ”. Useful URLs include:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6451153 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6444277?start=30&tstart=0 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6445309 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6445100