I have a ton of old radio shows that I put on my iPod, only they always go straight to the music section. The only issue with this is, music tracks don’t hold their place when you’re in the middle of a track and skip to something else. Starting over at the beginning of an hour-and-a-half track and skipping somewhere to the middle not only wastes time, but also puts extra stress on the battery. Fortunately, I found a very simple way to turn those MP3 tracks into podcasts, so now I can stop in the middle of one and return later on in the same place.
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The first thing you do is select all the files you want to convert.
Right-click, and select ‘Get Info’ from the drop-down menu.
If you’ve selected more than one, a prompt may come up asking you if you’re sure you want to edit more than one track at a time. Click ‘Yes’ to continue.
In the window that opens, click the ‘Options’ tab. Look for ‘Media Kind’. It’ll be set to Music, so click it, and in the drop-down menu, select ‘Podcast’, then hit ‘OK’.
That’s all there is to it. Now go to the Podcast section of iTunes and you’ll see your tracks over there. Sync with your iPod and you’re ready to go.
