[iTunes] re-copying a podcast

[Michael Prete]

Becca Price wrote:
> 
> --- Michael Prete <michaelprete at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> So the specific podcast in question still exists in your
>> iTunes? Does 
>> that episode have a check in the box to the left of its title?
> 
> It has a blue dot in front of the title, rather than a check
> mark.

The blue dot is in the first column, not what I'm referring to. The 
second column, with the names of each file, has a check box in front of 
each file name that can be checked or unchecked. Sometimes the 
Preferences in iTunes (or iPod) is set to only download the "checked 
items". Thus, if this file has an unchecked box directly in front of its 
name, it might not download until it is checked.

> I've tried making a playlist, and putting thte podcast in a
> playlist, but it won't copy over. I've tried downloading a new
> copy of the podcast from audible (where I purchased it). It
> shows up in iTunes under Podcast, but I can't seem to get it
> over onto my iPod mini.
> 
> I may just give this up as a bad deal. The podcast only cost me
> $3 from audible, but it was an interview I would have liked to
> listen to. Maybe I can play it through iTunes, and listen to it
> that way.

You definitely can listen to it through iTunes, unless the file is 
corrupt. However, assuming the file *is* playable, I would suspect that 
the problem lies in how your Preferences are set. There is a preference 
that only allows checked playlists to download. If your newly created 
playlist is not selected in Preferences (and you don't have "download 
all playlists" selected), that may be the source of the problem.


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Michael Prete
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