Podcasting Described
Podcasting is a method of getting on a
regular basis audio files and music into your iPod and mp3
player. This technology is coming on strong this year.
Where you see a podcasting link or
RSS* feed link, you can subscribe to that podcast. Once you
subscribe (most are free) then the program is automatically
downloaded to your personal computer each time you run
iTunes.
When you right click on one of these
podcasting icons, you will be shown a link, and you copy
that link and go to itunes menu item Advanced and sub-menu
item Subscribe to Podcast and simply paste that URL into
the URL box and click on OK.
If you then click on the Podcast item
under Source on the left side of iTunes you will see your
recently subscribed podcast listed, and most likely there
will be small rotating icon to the left which indicates
that the Podcast is currently being downloaded.
Until you delete that podcast in
iTunes or other podcast retreival software, you will
continue to have the lastest podcast downloaded to your PC
and have the podcast syncronized or downloaded to your iPod
or other MP3 device. Apple iTuens is not the only podcast
gathering software applications but is considered the best
by many.
*RSS stands for Real Simple
Syndication which means a real simple way of getting stuff
like audio files to you.