hey Ester, wow, thanks!! this is so detailed! :) I understand what I'm supposed to do with the contextual menu and all that, and I've just tried it, but they're still there! when I VO space on allow auto delete, voiceover kind of throws a mini fit and needs to reset itself, and iTunes just dings whenever I try and move voiceover around anywhere on it until I take focus away from it and bring it back. when I expand the podcast folder, all the episodes are still there, though most of them say undownloaded podcast. so I guess they're not taking up space on my drive since they're still undownloaded, but they're so annoying all being there, some of them have over a hundred episodes that are undownloaded!! so yeah, I get it, but I'm obviously still doing something wrong or my computer just doesn't like me. On 1-Apr-09, at 6:31 AM, Esther wrote:
> > Hi Jessi, Simon, and others, > >>>> I'm wondering if there's a way in >>>> itunes to delete all the rest and just keep maybe the two most >>>> recent >>>> episodes but then have it download future episodes? I saw it in >>>> podcast settings, and I changed my default setting to keep only the >>>> two most recent episodes of each, but all the other ones are still >>>> there even though I've gone to the contextual menu on them and >>>> clicked >>>> update podcast. what am I doing wrong? > > To let iTunes automatically manage your podcasts, such as only keeping > the two most recent episodes, you need to check "Allow Auto Delete" in > the contextual menu. Any podcasts you manually download, such as by > selecting "Download Podcast Episode" in the contextual menu or by > pressing the "Free" button for the podcast to download it from the > songs outline of its podcast page in the iTunes Store, will > automatically be marked "Do Not Auto Delete" since iTunes assumes you > want to keep such podcasts. You can change these settings at the > level of individual podcasts or for all podcasts in a subscription if > you use the contextual menu at the folder level. You can also select > multiple episodes and/or folders and use the contextual menu to change > settings. > > For example, to delete all but the two most recent episodes of a > specific podcast, interact in the songs table and select the podcast > at the folder level, then use item chooser menu (VO-I) to select the > "Settings" button and press (VO-space). Uncheck the box for "use > default settings" and navigate to the pop up button to the right of > "Episodes to Keep" and change this (VO-Space) from "All Episodes" to > "Last 2 Episodes". Press return, or else navigate to the "OK" button > and press it (VO-Space) to log your changes and close the settings > menu. Then bring up the contextual menu (VO-Shift-M) and select "Allow > Auto Delete". Now when you use "Update Podcast" in the contextual > menu, all but the last 2 episodes will be cleared from your library. > > An easier way to do what you want is to (temporarily) change the > default settings for all your podcasts (rather than an individual > podcast subscription) to have "Episodes to Keep" be "Last 2 episodes". > > 1. In your podcasts songs table, use item chooser (VO-I) to navigate > to the "Settings" button and press (VO-Space) to bring up the "Podcast > Settings" window > 2. VO-right arrow past "Settings for:" to the pop up button and press > (VO-Space) to change this from your specific podcast to "Podcast > Defaults" > 3. VO-right arrow past the pop up button for "Episodes to Keep" and > press (VO-Space), then set this to "Last 2 episodes". (This is > temporarily your default setting.) Press return to accept these > settings or escape to cancel (or navigate to the buttons for "Cancel" > and "OK" and press your selections.) > 4. Now, make your contextual menu changes for all or for a block of > your podcasts in the Songs outline. You can hold down the shift key > and arrow down to make multiple selections. Use VO-Shift-M and select > "Allow Auto Delete". If there are particular episodes or subscription > series you want to keep, select these and choose "Do Not Auto Delete" > in the contextual menu. (If you have mixed entries you'll need to use > the contextual menu at the individual episode level; selecting "Do Not > Auto Delete" at the folder level applies your choice to everything in > the podcast subscription folder). > 5. Select a block of entries, use the contextual menu (VO-Shift-M), > and choose "Update Podcast". All but the last 2 episodes (and any > episodes marked "Do Not Auto Delete" in the block) should be removed. > (You can also select all with Command-A after interacting, or make > non- > contiguous selections instead of using the shift and arrow keys, but I > would experiment until you feel confident about how to use this. For > example, you can check that the mixed "Do Not Auto Delete" and "Allow > Auto Delete" menu selections are present when your selection block > includes both types of settings.) > 6. After deleting all but the latest 2 episodes, go back to the > "Settings" button via the item chooser menu (VO-I), and change your > default settings back to keep "All Episodes". Navigate (VO-Right > arrow) past "Settings for" to the pop up button, press (VO-Space) and > change this to "Podcast Defaults", then make your selections (e.g., > set the pop up buttons to when new episodes are available "Download > the most recent one" and for episodes to keep choose "All episodes" or > whatever you want). > > To summarize: > • You can have iTunes automatically control which podcast episodes are > kept in your library, but it will only remove episodes flagged "Allow > Auto Delete", and any episodes you manually download are automatically > flagged "Do Not Auto Delete" unless you change this. You set your > preferences for what episodes to keep with the "Settings" button > either for a specific podcast subscription or by using your default > podcast settings. > • You can make multiple selections and use the contextual menu. The > options you see will reflect the items you've selected (e.g. if all > podcasts were manually downloaded you'll see "Allow Auto Delete"; if > all podcasts were downloaded by automated subscription you'll see "Do > Not Auto Delete"; if you have a mixture in the selected tracks, you'll > see both options.) > • You can select and use contextual menu at both the subscription > folder and individual podcast level. (Be aware that issuing the > "Download Podcast" at the folder level can retrieve every podcast on > the feed, and that can be sizeable). You can also delete podcasts > (and other tracks) in multi-item selections (in blocks, or non- > contiguously, although it's easiest to set up these selections by the > block --- you can use your search text field to modify the selections > displayed in the songs outline). > • The settings for what podcasts are kept in your iTunes library are > unrelated to the settings for what podcasts you want to keep on your > iPod -- you could keep all episodes in your iTunes library, but only > keep the last 2 unplayed podcast episodes on your iPod. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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