Hi Will,
I don't know of a way to stop showing all previously undownloaded
episodes if you manually update a podcast feed. If you subscribe to
a podcast, and have your iTunes preferences set to automatically
check the feed and download episodes (defaults are check feed every
day and when new episodes are available download latest episode, I
think), then only new episodes (downloaded or undownloaded) will show
up in your list, and anything you've deleted (downloaded or
undownloaded) that was handled by automatic settings stays that way.
The "Update podcast" command is intended to show available podcasts
on the feed. If you subscribe to a podcast with the default settings
(check feed every day and automatically download the latest episode
when new episodes are available) then only updated content gets
displayed. Specifically, if you deleted the earlier list of
undownloaded episodes, or if you manually or auto-deleted a
subscribed episode that you suddenly realize you want to get back (if
it's still available on the feed), then this command shows you what
is there.
The problem is, unless you have an auto-updating subscription to a
podcast, iTunes has no way of knowing what you want to see and what
you don't want to see when you update the podcast feed. The
undownloaded episodes being listed aren't in your library, so there's
no way to mark their status "don't show me this again" and if you're
using this as a subscriber to locate accidentally deleted episodes
there's no way to guess which ones you want to see.
If these are podcasts you subscribe to, and you want the automatic
feed check to run more frequently, change your podcasts preferences
settings in iTunes to check the feed hourly (Command-comma to bring
up preferences; either VO-right or tab to "Podcasts"; VO-space to
select this menu; VO-right to the pop-up menu after "Check for new
episodes", VO-space to press it, and arrow up or down to select
"Every Hour" and return;
you can VO-right to find the time of next feed check and review/
change the settings for what to do when new episodes are available or
rules for which episodes to Keep; return when down).
On a laptop, if you've missed the last check because you weren't
connected to the internet or your laptop was in sleep mode, iTunes
will try to check the feed the next time you connect with iTunes open.
Another thing that might help in deleting undownloaded episodes if
you do this a lot and the lists are long: use the browser (Command-B
to toggle on or off) to select your podcast subscription by "Album".
Then only the folder and episodes for that podcast will show up in
the songs outline. Reverse sort on the release date column with VO-
keys-shift-backspace so newest episodes are listed first, VO-down to
first of the undownloaded episodes you want to delete, hold down the
shift key and the down arrow key to go the end of the list (selecting
all earlier episodes) then delete. You can sort again to get the
release dates ordered as you like. Toggle the browser off again with
Command-B and you'll see all podcast subscriptions again in your
songs outline.
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
On Aug 19, 2008, at 10:13 PM, will lomas wrote:
hi
how do I stop a podcast feed showing all the previously
undownloaded episodes, as I do not care about these. I delete them
by pressing backspace on my macbook but then when the podcast
updates they come back it annoying lol
