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Cast Away

Cast Away is $8 shareware
trial download
Mac
For Mac OS X only
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Podcast removal scheduler and auto-player for iTunes


Cast Away fills a gap left in iTunes' implementation of Podcasts.

Essential for power podcast subscribers! This app is great... Once you set it up, you can walk away... more testimonials »

Podcast Removal Features:
• Separate podcast removal settings per podcast subscription
• Separate settings for iTunes and iPod for each podcast
• Separate settings for long and short episodes
• Separate over-rides, such as keep latest and keep unheard
• Global megabyte caps for iTunes and iPod
• Can be scheduled daily if not open, or hourly if open
• Works both with iTunes and with 3rd party podcast applications

Podcast Playback Features:
• Automatic new podcast episode playing with queue and last track resume
• Add unplayed podcasts to playback stack
• Flexible control of which new episodes to play and when
• Built-in wake up and sleep timers with fading
• More frequent podcast updating than iTunes allows

Cast Away was reviewed on the Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab Podcast episdoe 38.