Hi Darcy, You don't need an Automator action or AppleScript to update all podcast feeds. There's a keyboard shortcut that will make iTunes resync all RSS feeds:
Command+Option+Right Bracket will cause all your podcast feeds to resync at once. This command also has the side effect of opening all podcast folders Resyncing the podcast feeds is more than updating them, though it also works to update your podcast feeds 1) It refreshes all the information on podcast episodes - this is most useful when a wrong or defective episode was posted. If you downloaded it, but found that it was a repeat of the last episode, for example, you can't get the corrected episode for your subscription by updating the feed, even if you deleted the incorrect entry, because as far as iTunes is concerned, you already downloaded the latest episode. 2) It also gives you a list of every available podcast episode on the feed -- not just from the point you started your subscription. (It doesn't download these episodes, but just puts an entry in the Songs Outline list for the podcast so that you can find out the description of that episode, and download it if you choose to. If you just want to open all podcast folders at once without resyncing the feed, use Command+Right Bracket. And to close all podcast folders at once, use Command+Left Bracket. This was described in a Mac OS X hints column: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060529055059150&mode=print Cheers, Esther >As for your specific example of having something update all podcast >feeds, I don't believe there is an automator action to have itunes do >this. However, there is an updateAllPodcasts apple script command. >Darcy >
