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24 Chapter 2 Music Features
Downloading Podcasts to iPod
Settings to download podcasts to an iPod are separate from settings to transfer songs.
Podcast transfer settings don't affect song transfer settings, and vice versa. You can
download podcasts to your iPod manually, or you can set iTunes to automatically
update all podcasts or selected podcasts.
To set iTunes to update the podcasts on iPod automatically:
1 Select iPod in the iTunes Source list and click the Options button.
2 Click Podcasts and select one of the following options:
When you set iTunes to update iPod podcasts automatically, iPod is updated each time
you connect it to your computer.
To set iTunes to let you manually manage podcasts:
1 Select iPod in the iTunes Source list and click the Options button.
2 Click Podcasts and select “Manually manage Podcasts.”
To download podcasts manually to iPod:
m In iTunes, drag the latest episodes of shows from the Podcasts playlist to your iPod.
To Set iTunes to Do This
Update all podcasts
automatically
Select “Automatically update all podcasts.”
When you click OK, iTunes updates the podcasts on iPod to match
the podcasts on your computer.
Update selected podcasts
automatically
Select “Automatically update selected podcasts only,” check the
boxes next to the podcasts you want to update, and choose an
update option from the pop-up menu.
When you click OK, iTunes updates your selected podcasts on iPod
to match the selected podcasts on your computer.
Limit the number of episodes
automatically updated on iPod
Select one of the automatic update options and then choose an
option from the pop-up menu: “All episodes,” “Only checked
episodes,” “Only most recent episode,” or “Only unplayed
episodes.”
When iTunes updates iPod podcasts, episodes other than the ones
you set are deleted from iPod.