Synchronizing Podcasts

Podcasts can consist of multiple episodes; some podcasts are audio only, while others are video. Since it’s possible to download podcasts directly to your iPad or on your computer, it’s possible that you could download a podcast episode to your iPad and a newer episode of that same podcast on your computer. When you connect your iPad to your computer, iTunes is smart enough to synchronize the different podcast episodes together so both your computer and your iPad contain identical podcast episodes.

When synchronizing podcasts, you need to choose not only which podcasts to transfer, but also which episodes of that podcast to synchronize. You can select individual episodes, or you can automatically sync episodes based on criteria, ...

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