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The Killer Feature of iTunes 8

My tweets for the night tell the story:

  • I can’t believe everyone missed the biggest feature of iTunes 8.
  • Podcast controls have been moved out of iTunes Preferences (cmd+,) and into their own window from the Podcast view.
  • In that podcast view, one can see the how often iTunes checks for new episodes and how many to keep.
  • The killer feature is that these settings are now able to be applied to podcasts individually, not all-or-nothing. This is amazing.

  • Personally, I’ve been asking for this feature for a very long time. It’s handy.
  • Moving the prefs out of iTunes Preferences signals that podcasting isn’t a focus of Apple’s anymore, though. It’s separated from novices.

What do you think?