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Browse iTunes' Podcast section by artist and album Apps
I discovered this yesterday, and since I discovered it by accident, I thought others might not know about it and that it might be hintworthy.

We all know that the iTunes Library section can be browsed by genre, artist, and album. Well, it turns out that the Podcast section, too, can be browsed -- but there's no a button to enable podcast browsing (the Browse button changes to Update in the Podcast section). To enable browse mode, go to Edit and select Show Browser, or just hit Command-B.

This might not initially be an interesting hint, but there are two neat effects of browsing podcasts, which, I think, make this very interesting. First is that if you select the "Podcast" genre (as opposed to "All (1 Genre)"), the browse listing shows only feeds with episodes -- instead of listing all of your feeds in one long list. To me this is extremely useful. Second is that, as with Library browsing, you can limit the podcast listing by artist or by album, which is useful if you have a lot of Podcasts...
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Browse iTunes' Podcast section by artist and album
Authored by: saramayo on Sep 15, '05 01:03:53PM

Command-B will also show the browser in any playlist or in for tracks on an iPod. The Browser is an under used tool in organizing playlists and libraries and I wish it was the default view with an option in the preferences to disable it.



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Browse iTunes' Podcast section by artist and album
Authored by: eagle on Sep 15, '05 01:55:42PM

I was going to add that very comment. On a whim I tried Command-B on another playlist and found it to work in any playlist, not just Podcasts and Library.

Extremely useful and underused indeed.



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Browse iTunes' Podcast section by artist and album
Authored by: Tom Robinson on Sep 15, '05 02:56:36PM

I'm very pleased I can see my playlists in Browser mode after finding out about this a few days ago.

I think Apple made a poor choice assigning the button in the top right multiple (overlapping) uses (which is why I assumed only the Library could be used in Browser mode).



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Browse iTunes' Podcast section by artist and album
Authored by: eagle on Sep 15, '05 07:49:15PM

I thought that as well, and was surprised to see the Show Browser feature enabled in my Edit menu. You and I are probably not the only two who missed this one early on.



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Browse the Music Store
Authored by: tokenfirstyear on Sep 16, '05 05:38:50AM

Try Pressing Command B on the Music Store..
How's that for an impressive browsing list?



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