Tip Stash: Clear Your iTunes Downloads To Speed Up Browsing

One of the cooler features in Firmware 2.2 is Over The Air Podcast downloading makin it easier to get your daily fix of The Onion, TWiT and other obscure, niche Video Podcasts. It’s only made easier since the iTunes App on the iPhone now allows you to queue up downloads but if your bits be bigger than 83,886,080 (10 Megabytes) then you’ll be forced to download your content off WiFi. Common sense would then say “Since my iPhone is restricting me to WiFi for this download, it would be irrational for iTunes to continue again over the Cellular network.”

However, the download doesn’t actually continue. The mobile iTunes Store continues the download only to be met with a denial. You’ve surely seen the pop up saying “This item is too big to download” within the App but it rarely shows up outside. This is the cause of a few network slowdowns so be sure to remember that if you leave a WiFi connection and have a download running in the queue, be sure to pause it and it will prevent a lot of headache.