Unfortunately, the changes have proved frustrating to many longtime app usersbut there are ways to manage them.
Others, like John Gruber atDaring Fireball,welcomed some of the changes.
It also features recommendations for channels and shows that you might like, based on your history.
At the bottom, it lists what you have recently been listening to.
(More on that in a moment.)
Searchis the appsotherdiscovery feature.
(Anything older isnt displayed.)
Note that these are the latest available episodes of your showsit doesnt necessarily mean theyve been downloaded for you.
Downloaded:This section shows you what episodes you have actually downloaded onto your equipment.
Im one of thembut heres how I went about cleaning it up:
Remove old shows.
This was a biggie: The updates caused some devices to download old episodes users had already listened to.
Tweak your Shows preferences.
Thisll allow you to adjust your preferences for each show.
you could also choose whether you want played episodes to be automatically deleted.
Clean up your Latest Episodes feed.
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