Would Like a Quick Tutorial on certain Symbols in iTunes

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Would Like a Quick Tutorial on certain Symbols in iTunes

I'm running 10.1.4.10 and would just like to know what the following mean:

In both the Podcasts folder of iTunes itself and under Devices> iPod Touch, what is the field with the sometimes half-blue, fully blue dot represent?

Again, my handle says it all about my understanding of Apple products in general. They're rugged, almost never crash, but operate akin to a car that does not use a steering wheel to steer. Help!

iPod touch, iOS 4.3.3, ipod touch syncing podcast

Posted on Sep 8, 2011 7:25 AM

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varjak paw

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Sep 8, 2011 8:04 AM in response to iKLutzSupreme

This forum is for questions from those managing sites on iTunes U, Apple's service for colleges and universities to post educational material in the iTunes Store. You'll be most likely to get help with this issue if you ask in the general iTunes forums.

Answering quickly, though, see:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/10.2/en/itns1ec51117.html

(this is from the Help file in iTunes on your computer, a very useful resource).

Regards.

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Answer 2

Sep 8, 2011 8:13 AM in response to varjak paw

"Document not found

The article you're looking for could not be found. Please start over, search Apple's Knowledge Base, or visit the Discussion area.

The Knowledge Base contains technical information for Apple Products. Apple's Discussion Forum area allows you to search previous customer questions and answers, or post a new question which may be answered by other Apple customers, or Apple Representatives. "

Thanks Dave!

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varjak paw

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Sep 8, 2011 9:24 AM in response to iKLutzSupreme

The link works just fine for me when I click it as posted. But you can just search your iTunes Help for "podcasts" and you'll find the same information.

Regards.

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Sep 8, 2011 10:12 AM in response to varjak paw

Can you please tell me how you got it to work. I even tried pasting it into a new Explorer window and still got same message. It gets very frustrating when a link works for one user but not another.

BTW I found the information about the blue circles in one of the more likes: The phase of the blue circle indicates either you have hard all the podcasts in that group(full blue) or you have unheard podcasts(half blue).

Thanks.

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varjak paw

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Sep 8, 2011 10:19 AM in response to iKLutzSupreme

How I got it to work is I just clicked on it. Your web browser may be picking up an extraneous soft line break that the forum software may be inserting.

The phase of the blue circle indicates either you have hard all the podcasts in that group(full blue) or you have unheard podcasts(half blue).

Yep.

Regards.

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Sep 8, 2011 10:22 AM in response to varjak paw

I checked - all security settings are at defaults.

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Sep 8, 2011 5:24 PM in response to varjak paw

Dave question - are you using a Mac to correspond here?

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varjak paw

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Sep 9, 2011 7:21 AM in response to iKLutzSupreme

I use both Macs and WIndows systems, though a Mac is my primary system.

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Sep 9, 2011 8:16 AM in response to varjak paw

ahhHAH! So that may be why you can click that link and I can't. I checked all my settings - nothing out of ordinary. Just using a garden-variety HP pc on Vista.

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varjak paw

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Sep 9, 2011 10:01 AM in response to iKLutzSupreme

As I said, your web browser may be picking up an extraneous soft line break that the forum software may be inserting, something it has a tendency to do with text that doesn't fit on a single line. Some browsers will accept and ignore such a soft return, but others take that as a full break, which will cause a URL to fail. Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7 has no problem with the URL as posted above, but other browsers may, particularly earlier versions.

Regards.

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Sep 9, 2011 11:08 AM in response to varjak paw

I'm using Explorer 9 on Vista - does that make you shudder?

Also, I find it very strange that I cannot cut/paste from these discussion boards. Is there some technical or legal reason for that?

Additionally, I tried opening a new browser and manually typing that link in. Still "not found". Got an explanation for that?

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varjak paw

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Sep 9, 2011 11:37 AM in response to iKLutzSupreme

Sounds like a browser problem to me, particularly since you also can't cut and paste here. You might want to take that issue up on a Windows-related support site.

Regards.

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Answer 13

Sep 10, 2011 3:54 AM in response to varjak paw

Well, this morning I can cut & paste:

Everything between pound signs:

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such a soft return, but others take that as a full break, which will cause a URL to fail. Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7 has no problem with the URL as posted above, but other browsers may, particularly earlier versions.

Regards.

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Re: Would Like a Quick Tutorial on certain Symbols in iTunes

Sep 9, 2011 12:08 PM ( in response to Dave Sawyer)

I'm using Explorer 9 on Vista - does that make you shudder?

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