[iTunes] downloading podcasts - again.

[Becca]

thanks, Ken. It was still unchecked, so who knows why iTunes decides to check for podcasts at random times.

I'll look into the program you describe. You'll have to tell me how it works for you!

-becca

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--- On Thu, 2/5/09, Ken Stevens <kestevens at mac.com> wrote:

> From: Ken Stevens <kestevens at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [iTunes] downloading podcasts - again.
> To: becca at di.org, "A place to discuss iTunes." <itunes at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 11:01 PM
> Hi Becca,
> 
> Look in iTunes preferences under "Store" there is
> a box "Automatically download prepurchased
> content"  that box should not
> be checked.
> 
> I was thinking of you today, I found a program for both Mac
> and Windows that will automatically turn your computer on
> and off
> at any time.  You can configure your system to load iTunes
> when the computer turns on, I think you put  iTunes or a
> "short cut" in the Startup Folder.
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
> Menu\Programs\Startup
> 
> Here is the URL
> 
> http://www.faronics.com/html/PowerSave.asp
> 
> I bought the Mac version because I use a Mac mini to record
> TV shows for later viewing and sometime they come on at 4
> a.m.  The mini
> turns itself on at 4am and off at 5am.  It saves
> electricity over leaving my machine on all night.
> 
> Ken
> 
> On Feb 5, 2009, at 8:21 PM, Becca wrote:
> 
> > after a couple of weeks of acting perfectly (iTunes
> downloading my podcasts at 3am), it has now started back to
> downloading them whenever I open iTunes.
> > 
> > can someone remind me where the magic switch is to
> tell iTunes not to do that? and why did it start doing it
> again even when I told it not to do so?
> > 
> > -becca
> > 
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