How to get Podcasts to play in a playlist on a third generation iPod Nano

For those of you who are having this problem please make sure you back up everything before you do anything to your iPod. I am not responsible for any data lost due to following this tutorial.

So your having a problem getting podcasts to play in a playlist on your 3rd gen iPod Nano huh? a couple of quick steps should have you up and running in no time.

This information is also good if you want to have your podcasts play automatically in recently received mode.

1. Firstly create a new playlist in itunes, it will come up as 'New Playlist'. You could change this if you wanted to, but its not imperative.

2. Click on the Podcasts tab in itunes, and click on anyone of your podcasts in there, Hit CTL and A to highlight them all (Handy if you are subscribed to many podcasts) Click and drag them all to the 'New Playlist' you just created. If you have done this before you may be prompted to Skip or Add anyway, do what you feel is right for you.

3. Click on the playlist you created and you should now see a list of the podcasts that you dragged there. Click the View Menu Tab and View Options, Check box 'Release Date' and OK.

4. Click on the Release Date tab that has now been put in the playlist and decide whether you want them running in oldest to newest or newest to oldest.

5. Click on Music and drag and drop any music track into the playlist you created.

6. Connect your Third generation iPod to iTunes, in the Ipod screen and check box the 'Sync Music' box, Check box 'Selected Playlists' and find the playlist you created and check box that.

7. Hit Sync, Disconnect you iPod from your system by using the eject button in the sidebar, and Enjoy!

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