Prevent automatic downloading of podcasts and purchased episodes

I'm trying to help a Mac owner configure her iTunes so that it doesn't automatically try to download her podcasts and purchased TV episodes. We're running very tight on a bandwidth quota and would like to download these things manually if possible. I know how to do this in iTunes for Windows, but she can't seem to find the same settings in the Mac version. Thoughts or help?
Thanks all.
Scott

Hello, Arkaroola,
To better assist you with this, are the attachments Inline attachments (images in the body of the message) or attached documents?
Attached documents do not automatically download , but inline attachments can, you can stop images from automatically download by completing the following:
In the BlackBerry Hub, tap > Settings > Display and Actions.
Change Download Images Automatically.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks.
-HB
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