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Update podcasts and limit total size before syncing

30.11.1999 / Mac OS X Hints


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: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 truePlay Count is 0Limit 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 truePlaylist is not Included PodcastsDisable 'Match only checked items'Enable 'Live updating'Open Script Editor and create the foll...


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