I wanted to copy & paste a transcript from the Apple Podcasts App but it won’t let me.
Whenever I try, it just copies the first couple of paragraphs and a note about copyright protection. Because I don’t have a lot of time but get recommended a lot of great podcasts, I wanted to put the transcript content into ChatGPT so summarize the content to get a quick overview of what the podcast is about and the learnings thereof (the podcast descriptions often are merely teasers without giving away too much).
There is a workaround! This only works in the Podcasts Desktop App, though. The transcripts are not shown in the web player.
- Open Podcast App on Desktop
- Open the full Transcript
- Highlight the entire transcript text (command + A does not work here, you need to use your mouse or trackpad to mark the first word and drag it down to the last word manually)
- Right Click the highlighted text
- Choose Services > Open
- A popup will open with the following message: Confirm Service. Podcasts wants to use the restricted Service “Open”.
- Confirm by clicking “Run Service”
- A text file will open with the entire transcript for you to copy&paste. Voilà!
If you need some visual help, check this photo gallery:
