[iTunes] ARUGH about podcast downloads

[Ken Stevens]

Hi Becca:

You are right there should be a way of setting the download times  
manually.  You can see what download time is set for by clicking the  
"Settings"
button at the bottom left of the Podcast window.  I just did the trick  
of resetting  the time and doing a refresh. I checked the scheduled  
download time,
it changed to the time I wanted to download so I set the clock back to  
the correct time.  If it doesn't change the download time the first  
time click refresh
again.  If you don't want to use up your bandwidth allowance at while  
clicking refresh at a sane hour, simply go to the list of podcasts  
being downloaded
and cancel them in the list by clicking the two vertical bars at the  
extreme right for each one.

I just sent an iTunes feedback suggesting they add the ability to  
manually set download time for podcasts.  You might do the same, under  
the iTunes menu
"Provide iTunes feedback"

Ken



On Jan 17, 2009, at 8:35 PM, Becca wrote:

> I had, with much difficulty, set iTunes to download my podcasts at  
> the "free" time our ISP allows us, between 3 and 6 am. Didn't have  
> itunes on at all today, and now, just before going to bed, I opened  
> iTunes so it could download my podcasts while I slept... and it  
> started downloading them all! I checked the time set for the  
> download, and rather than 3:00 am, it said 10:00 pm!
>
> I tried Kirk's trick of changing the clock on my computer and  
> resetting the download time, and then changing it back to 'real'  
> time, and darned if iTunes didn't change the download time again  
> when I changed the computer time.
>
> I don't understand this. I *wish* that iTunes let you hard-set the  
> download time as well as the frequency. It would make my life so  
> much easier.
>
> -becca