You`ll find this elementary, but it puzzles me. I`m struggling to put a podcast on my iPod nano.

1. Because of the difficulty. I`ve been trying to access the Apple discussion forum. I established an ID and gave em a password. Both seem to be accepted. Then in addition they want me to create an account, but I fill in all the details, agree to the terms, press the continue-button, and back comes the Create an Account PAGE. Round in circles. There seems no other route to getting help from Apple.

2. I`ve got a podcast in the My Podcasts sub-file of My Documents in my COMPUTER. I`d like to get it on to my ipod. I believe the intermediate stage is to get it into the iTunes folder in my computer. I`ve done that before, but I can`t do it now. With the iTunes window on my screen, I hit File, Add to Library, browse for My Podcasts, then drag the file across to the left-hand column where there are the headings Library and Playlists. Both Library and Playlists have a sub-heading called Podcasts, so I drag to both. It`s TOTALLY ineffective. If I can`t d that stage, I won`t be able to "sync" the file on to the ipod.

3. I suffered some software damage from some faulty advice on the Lavasoft forum. It`s supposed to have been put right but I had to reload a driver for Motorola Phone Tolls, so maybe the damage has hit iTunes. Besides the difficulty described above, when I go for an iTunes update I get a message saying the server couldn`t be CONNECTED, and I should check that my settings are correct. Of course, I having a clue about doing that.


Help. Simple words please.

Ahem: p Media Centre Edition 2005; HP Pavilion T3640 desktop; 2GB RAM; Pentium D 820 dual core, 2 x 2.8 GHz

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You're going about it the wrong way. You don't manually drop the podcasts into the folder on the ipod. Instead, you just simply download the podcast off of itunes, and then you can sync it to the iPod nano. Once you've downloaded the podcast in iTunes, click on the iPod nano (in itunes) and then you should have a "podcasts" tab. If you go to that it should allow you to choose what you want to sync to it.Are you sure you weren't just searching the itunes music store and not browsing the podcast directory? If you click on podcast on the left hand side of iTunes, then click on "pdocast directory" in the bottom right corner of itunes, you should be able to search for whatever podcast you like.

Otherwise, like you said, adding the podcast via a website works too. Once it's in your iTunes you should be able to click on "subscribe" to keep up to date with the most current ones.