Re: Is there any way to force a HomePod to play episode 1 of a podcast you've never listened to before?

2020-01-26 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Oh, I hadn't thought about Handoff, I so rarely use it. Thank you, Tim, that's a great suggestion. Cheers, Donna > On Jan 25, 2020, at 4:57 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > "First" episode was what I was going to suggest. Alternatively, you could > start the p

Re: Is there any way to force a HomePod to play episode 1 of a podcast you've never listened to before?

2020-01-25 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi Donna, "First" episode was what I was going to suggest. Alternatively, you could start the podcast on your iPhone, then move your iPhone so that it is inches away from the HomePd so that the podcast would handoff to the HomePod. From then on, you should be good as it should play them in or

Re: Is there any way to force a HomePod to play episode 1 of a podcast you've never listened to before?

2020-01-25 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Karen, I just tried. When you ask her how many episodes you have in a certain podcast, she just says, "Sorry, I can't search your podcasts." Good thought, though, it was definitely worth a try. Cheers, Donna > On Jan 25, 2020, at 1:37 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hey Donna, > Granted i ha

Re: Is there any way to force a HomePod to play episode 1 of a podcast you've never listened to before?

2020-01-25 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hey Donna, Granted i have little personal experience commanding inanimate objects to do my desires...but how about walking Siri through the process with an extra step? Can you ask her how many episodes you have from this podcast, then ask her to start from the beginning? If her listing is sp

Re: Is there any way to force a HomePod to play episode 1 of a podcast you've never listened to before?

2020-01-25 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Got it! With a little help from Google. Turns out saying episode 1 doesn't work, but saying first episode does. Go figure. Donna > On Jan 25, 2020, at 12:32 PM, John Panarese wrote: > > Lol. Ok. There has to be a specific syntax that can work. I would experiment > with variations and see wha

Re: Is there any way to force a HomePod to play episode 1 of a podcast you've never listened to before?

2020-01-25 Thread John Panarese
Lol. Ok. There has to be a specific syntax that can work. I would experiment with variations and see what happens. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSI

Re: Is there any way to force a HomePod to play episode 1 of a podcast you've never listened to before?

2020-01-25 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Good suggestion. Unfortunately, when you say "Play Previous Episode" she jumps to a different podcast altogether, which I absolutely don't get. Cheers, Donna > On Jan 25, 2020, at 11:56 AM, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > > Hi Donna, > I can’t try this as we don’t have the home pod in NZ, but what i

Re: Is there any way to force a HomePod to play episode 1 of a podcast you've never listened to before?

2020-01-25 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
I have. If I say play episode 1 of podcast X, she seems to think the podcast is called episode 1. (Nope, I'm not kidding.) :) Cheers, Donna > On Jan 25, 2020, at 11:34 AM, John Panarese wrote: > > I haven’t tried this at the moment, but have you attempted variations of > what you want SIRI

Re: Is there any way to force a HomePod to play episode 1 of a podcast you've never listened to before?

2020-01-25 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Hi Donna, I can’t try this as we don’t have the home pod in NZ, but what if you ask Siri to play the podcast and wait until it plays the current episode. Then while it is playing the podcast ask Siri to play the previous episode? If that works just repeat until it gets to the first one. > On

Re: Is there any way to force a HomePod to play episode 1 of a podcast you've never listened to before?

2020-01-25 Thread John Panarese
I haven’t tried this at the moment, but have you attempted variations of what you want SIRI to do? Maybe, “play episode 1 of the blah blah blah podcast” or something like that. I’ve discovered with SIRI that sometimes, a slight change of the order of words or how you ask something seems to m

Is there any way to force a HomePod to play episode 1 of a podcast you've never listened to before?

2020-01-25 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, A friend recommended a podcast, and I want to listen to it while I work out. Unfortunately, even though I've never listened to it before, when I say "Hey Siri, play Podcast X" she plays the current episode, rather than starting with the first one. If I say "Hey Siri, play podcast X, Epi