1) I just mentioned VLC because you can use it to edit the meta data - with VLC you can edit both video podcasts and audio podcasts but it is very clunky (confusing to use) and not a very good solution if you wish to edit more than 1 or 2 files
2) I don't know how to redirect the storage of podcasts to an external drive on Catalina - maybe a symlink - but it would probably be broken each time there is an upgrade of catalina? not sure
3) Yes use the 3 dots (•••) in the "Downloaded" menu in the sidebar to remove or save a Podcast to the local drive - I have noticed that to remove a local podcast I had to remove it 2 times (not sure why)
Might be a good idea to check the "Downloaded" folder to make sure the files are actually saved - it does seem easy to save the files locally
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mikzn, thanks for your helping again. we arent as knowledgeable or techno'phobes' like me, actually love tech just not very smart!
so to remove podcasts, l choose 'Remove...' 1a. whats the difference between the 2 choices 'remove download' and 'delete from library'? since l want more space on my mbpr, l transfer podcast from the app to the external drive first, (the original english podcast name happily transfers) l tried both 'delete / remove' methods, the download cloud icon reappears, but theres nothing in my trash
and the HD size doesnt seem to increase in size. however when l delete from the default cache folder for podcasts where they have, time wasting, difficult to identify random alphanumeric names (Apple think it's users have too much time on their hands??) , it goes to the trash where, when l delete space is immediately restored to mbpr HD
does space immediately restore when you delete / remove from app?
there is 1 podcast which has many 'programmes' in it, few which l never watch or want to have the option to download, 1b. do l just click the 3 horizontal dots next to the cloud download icon and choose 'delete from library' so l dont have to see these specific podcasts again in future? 2. for future downloads, can podcasts be directed to specific drive (l want to automatically download to my external drive like l did before with itunes), l tried dragging it from the podcasts app to the drive, then deleting from podcasts and redownloading, but it goes back to the default cache folder with the random alphanumeric name.
thanks again for help mikzn