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How to Set up the iPod Shuffle

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Syncing Podcasts, iTunes U, and Audiobooks
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The other tabs at the top of the iPod Management Screen allow you to sync other kinds of audio content to your Shuffle. They are podcasts, iTunes U educational lectures, and audiobooks. Controlling how they sync is the same for all three.

  • Sync - To sync these items, you must click the Sync Podcasts, etc. button at the top of each screen. Do that and the other options will be enabled.
    • To sync individual episodes, click the name of the series in the left-hand column. This will show all available episodes. In the right-hand column, click the boxes to the right of the ones you want to sync to your Shuffle.
  • Automatically include - Automatically sync content that meets criteria you set: unwatched, newest, newest unwatched, oldest unwatched, and all content or just selected items.
  • Books/Podcasts/Collections - Lists all of the series in your iTunes library, and how many episodes of each you have. New or unlistened to episodes have a blue dot to their left. Click each podcast/collection for the list of episodes from that series.

When you've completed making all your sync setting updates, click the Apply button in the bottom right-hand corner of the iTunes window. This will save your settings and update the contents of your Shuffle based on the setting you just created.

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