Since mac os 11.4 apple official podcasts app doesn't allow to drag and drop downloaded podcasts. This simple script tries to resolve this problem. It can export apple podcasts downloaded or cached mp3 files from "app's cache folder" to "~/Downloads/PodcastsExport/[CURRENT_DATE]" folder with readable file names - podcast titles instead of uuids like "EEFE102A-2134-4FBC-BB14-44FC18736FEE". Script tries to fetch podcast titles from podcasts app database if something went wrong it takes mp3 file metadata titles and if it fails too script just copies files with original filenames (last option is more for transparency than for any practical benefit).

Requirements: Node.js 14 or higher https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Usage:

1. Open terminal app
2. Execute npx github:hagent/export-macos-podcasts command

You can use some command-line arguments as well for further control:

$ node index.js -h
Options:
      --version     Show version number                                [boolean]
  -o, --outputdir   Base output directory
                                [string] [default: "~/Downloads/PodcastsExport"]
  -d, --datesubdir  Add YYYY.MM.DD subdirectory to output dir
                                                       [boolean] [default: true]
  -p, --pattern     File substring patterns to match                    [string]
      --nospaces    Replace filename spaces with underscores
                                                      [boolean] [default: false]
  -h, --help        Show help                                          [boolean]

For example, the below command will export podcasts matching the strings "tregua" or "miedo" to the "~/Downloads/some/folder" director, and will not create "YYYY.MM.DD" subfolder under that. "--nospaces" indicates that the downloaded file names should not contain any spaces, which is sometimes useful for file management.

$ node index.js -p tregua -p miedo -o ~/Downloads/some/folder --datesubfolder false --nospaces

Alternatively you can clone repository:

1. Clone/Download repository (unarchive it if it was archived)
2. Open terminal at downloaded folder (context click on folder -> services -> New Terminal at folder or just open Terminal app and execute cd [REPOSITORY FOLDER])
3. Execute npm run install-export

Note: script doesn't remove any files from your computer, so if there were already exported podcasts in the same date folder script will just rewrite/add files.