Thanks, I will do it.
On Oct 4, 2007, at 8:19 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi Darcy and Shaun,
You can clear up the unwanted lists of unloaded downloadable episodes
if you delete their entries. If you don't manually refresh the feed
using
the contextual menu (with VO-keys-shift-m on a selection in the Songs
Outline and "Update Podcast") those entries should stay off the
episode list for your subscribed podcasts.
Dane gave instructions on how to select multiple tracks in iTunes for
ripping selected entries, and that method works for podcasts, too.
However, what's simplest in most cases is just to block delete all
entries earlier than your "first" podcast like this:
1. Choose "Podcasts" in the Sources Outline
2. Tab to the Search Text Field and type in the Name of the Podcast
3. Tab to the Songs Outline and interact.
4. (Check that you've only selected one podcast series with the
string you typed under Search Text Field, or else that it's at the
bottom
of your "Songs Outline" list. For example, if you typed
"Screenless Switchers" you might get both Darcy and Holly's podcast
and the episode they did on the iTunes Store for Blind Cool Tech. This
is where closing podcast folders can help navigation if you subscribe
to more than one or two podcasts.)
5. Open the podcast folder for the subscription you want to "trim"
with
VO-keys+backslash
6. Sort your podcast episodes by release date. VO-keys+right arrow
to the column for release date. Use VO-keys+shift+c to check that
the column header is "release date". Arrow down to check that the
latest episode is just below the folder in the Songs Outline. If you
get the earliest episode, arrow back up to the folder, then type
VO-keys+shift+backslash to reverse the sort order of your podcasts.
Now when you arrow down the first entry should be the latest
podcast.
7. Arrow down to the first episode you subscribed to, or that you
want to keep, then arrow down to the start of episodes you want
to delete.
8. Press the shift key and use the down arrow to select all remaining
episodes in the list.
9. Use the contextual menu (VO-keys+shift+m) and choose "Delete"
This was a bit lengthy, but the basic idea was to delete a continuous
block of episodes by using shift and the arrow keys to select. I set
the sort ordering on the "release date" column to list latest episodes
first, so you can just run your arrow keys down the list while holding
down the shift key to make the selection. You can reverse the
sort order by release date after you're through deleting by issuing
the VO-keys+shift+backslash sort command again with your
VoiceOver cursor positioned in the "release date" column. There
are other ways to select specific podcast subscription series by
toggling on the browser menu (command+b), but the present
method probably works, is a lot easier to explain, and is unlikely
to get new users hung up in a completely new iTunes configuration
that they may not want to use.
I think that as long as you do not manually refresh the feed, the
deleted entries will stay off. This should work for cases where
you did not manually download specific podcast episodes that
you are now trying to include in your block deletion. If you want
those episodes to stay deleted, you have to "Allow Auto Delete"
for them. Finally, I think you can still use "Download Podcast
Episode" from the contextual menu for your podcasts subscription
folder to get all later podcasts in your subscription. That argument
works for all the entries that show up under your folder; since
you've deleted the entries you're not interested in getting, they
shouldn't be included in the request for download. This should
work if you want to check that get all available new podcasts,
but generally have the "Download most recent" episode preference
set.
HTH. Let me know if there are problems. I don't usually try out
all these different options myself.
Cheers,
Esther
On Thursday, October 04, 2007, at 01:15PM, "Darcy Burnard" wrote:
There's not much you can do about that. How many rows in each
podcast
folder depends on how many episodes are in the feed. Buzz out loud
for example keeps many past episodes there, while Leo Laport's radio
leo feed only contains podcasts for the past week.
Darcy
On 4-Oct-07, at 5:23 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
Now if I can stop from just having one hundred and fifty seven boz
out loud epasodes show up in that list I would be happy. It is a
good thing I did not set them to download, I wouldn't have a hard
drive.
