Hi Cara, I'm retitling the Subject, because your question completely different from Jessie's. You asked:
> CQ: I'm wondering how I can, relatively >painlessly, set up a smart playlist to only show two podcasts which >I'm subscribed to, in their entirety and completely current with their >updates?… Smart playlists are set to match either any of the rules you give, or all of the rules you give. In your case you can set simply set two simple rules (with match any) that select your podcasts by their series name using the album keyword Here's an example: 1. In iTunes use the Option+command+n keyboard shortcut to create a new smart playlist. A dialogue window will pop up with the first entry saying "Match the following rule" 2. VO-keys right arrow to the first pop-up button and set it to Album 3. VO-keys right arrow to the next pop-up button and set it to Contains (or you can use "is" if you want to type in the exact name, or "starts with" or "ends with" -- just make sure your text uniquely specifies the podcast. 4. VO-keys right arrow to the text field and type in (part of) the name of your podcast, e.g., "Screenless Switchers" (without the quote marks). 5. At the end of each rule, there are buttons for adding more rules or name deleting the rule you just typed. You want to add a second rule, so press the plus button and VO-keys right arrow to the next line. 6. Repeat 2-6, but input the name of your second podcast in the text field, e.g. "Blind Cool Tech" 7. Now that you have more than one rule, you have to select whether you want to match any or match all rules. Arrow or tab back to the start of the smart playlist and there will now be a pop-up button after "Match". Set this to "any", so it reads "Match any of the following rules". 8. Live updaing should be checked by default, so you could press return at this point and enter a name for your smart playlist. HTH Cheers, Esther
