If you open Front Row, however, all unplayed episodes will still feature a blue dot, letting the user know which episodes are new.
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One of the most frustrating things about iTunes is the fact that it checks for new podcasts even when you don't have an internet connection. After checking for podcasts, it leaves an exclamation mark next to each podcast (as it wasn't able to update that podcast), eliminating the blue dot.
If you open Front Row, however, all unplayed episodes will still feature a blue dot, letting the user know which episodes are new.
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Check for unplayed podcasts using Front Row
Or you can just turn off automatic podcast checking if you're often not connected when you launch iTunes. (I recently did this because iTunes can really bog down downloading too many podcasts when the library is on a shared volume.) In podcast preferences, change Check for new podcasts to Manually.
Check for unplayed podcasts using Front Row
An alternative: Create a smart playlist.
Check for unplayed podcasts using Front Row
Or just leave the podcast entries expanded and see the blue dots on the episodes. Surely quicker & simpler than firing up FrontRow? |
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