Recent iTunes upgrade.

Question

Recently the iTunes upgraded itself, which took away one feature I liked, but that's another rant. The question I have here is when you download podcasts you can add them to your playlists, however over time when you download new podcasts it doesn't automatically add to those playlists. Is there a way to do that?
In the playlist I can sort it alphabetically, but I can't
sort it by release date if I want unless I delete the playlist and re-add. Is there an easier way?
Thanx.
me.

Answer 1

You can make a smart playlist, that will update
itself.
Ok, how?
You can sort an existing playlist by clicking on the
column heading. For example clicking on the words
"Release Date". Click on "Name" changes the sort to
name. Some columns when you click on them will sort
in different ways. For example Album, when clicked
on can become "Album by Artist".
Right, the playlists can be sorted by the following:
Time
Last Played
Artist
You then right-click and bring up the following:
Album
Album Artist
Beats Per Minute
Bit Rate
Category
Comment
Composer
Date Added
Date Modified
Description
Disc Number
Epidose ID
Equilizer
Genre
Grouping
Kind
Last Skipped
My Rating
Play Count
Sample Rate
Season
Show
Size
Skip Count
Track Number
Year
However it doesn't have a column for "Release Date", which tends to allow it to sort by the original order it was downloaded. That's what I'm hoping for, otherwise I have to delete the Playlist name and re-add it.
If a particular column heading you want is not
visible, right click on one of the column headings
that is there, and you will get a list of possible
column headings.
Which feature are you missing?
I'm hoping for "Release Date".
meagain.