Update podcasts and limit total size before syncing
Jan 24, '08 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: lordsandwich
Jan 24, '08 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: lordsandwich
If you listen to a lot of podcasts on your iPod or iPhone, you've probably spent a ton of time on iTunes manually checking for new episodes and deleting old ones before syncing, just to avoid an insufficient-space error.
The following is a one-click solution using Smart Playlists and an AppleScript:
[robg adds: I haven't tested this one. In the AppleScript, you'll need to edit the path for your iTunes Music folder's Downloads folder, as well as the name of the iPod/iPhone you'd like to update.]
The following is a one-click solution using Smart Playlists and an AppleScript:
- Set your device to sync only checked songs and videos, and sync all episodes of all podcasts.
- Create a Smart Playlist called "Included Podcasts" where:
- Podcast is true
- Play Count is 0
- Limit to X MB/GB selected by most recently added (X being the number of megs or gigs you want to allocate on your device)
- Disable "Match only checked items"
- Enable "Live updating"
- Create a Smart Playlist called "Excluded Podcasts" where:
- Podcast is true
- Playlist is not Included Podcasts
- Disable "Match only checked items"
- Enable "Live updating"
- Open Script Editor and create the following script:
[robg adds: I haven't tested this one. In the AppleScript, you'll need to edit the path for your iTunes Music folder's Downloads folder, as well as the name of the iPod/iPhone you'd like to update.]
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