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["KANE BROLIN" <kbrolin65@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is an iTunes question, though it does not involve specifically the iPod or 
any other portable player.  At various times I use either JFW 7 or JFW 8. 

Recently I downgraded from iTunes 7.1, which I had used withBrian's iTunes 7 
interface, to Ver. 6.  I did this thinking that it would facilitate my buying 
music more effectively, since most people say that the innterface for Ver. 6 is 
said to be more stable and reliable.  It also permits me to use JFW 8 with 
iTunes. 

But in changing my version of the core iTunes program, I apparently have 
disabled my access to new podcasts.  After highlighting PODCASTS in my source 
directory, I have an UNSUBSCRIBE button near the bottom of my screen that 
appears whether or not I have anything in my actual Podcasts folder in 
MyDocuments.  Instead of having a REFRESH button, I get just an elipsis.  And, 
if I play an old episode of a Podcast (by double-clicking it from MyDocuments 
so that the program opens in iTunes), I cannot download new episodes even 
though I believe all my iTunes settings are correct.  I can't even seem to 
subscribe to new podcasts or to find them in iTunes' podcast directory, even 
though this has worked for me in the past.  And if I try to unsubscribe to 
something that seems to be an active podcast, I cannot do this because the 
UNSUBSCRIBE button showing at the bottom of my screen does not work. 

Why has this ability to download or update podcasts disappeared?  Anyideas?  
Before doing my downgrade from iTunes 7 to 6, I completely uninstalled iTunes 7 
first.  I made sure the old mTunes library files, too, were deleted from the 
iTunes section of MyMusic. 

-Kane