Hi Paul, In addition to Anne's hint, which will work for forcing the download of a linked audio file or PDF file when you are focused on the link, if the file has already started playing or displayed in your browser a quick way to get it to download without going back to the original link is to press Command-L followed by holding down the Option key and pressing Return. The first action highlights the link address in the address bar, which is similar to being focused on the link in a web page, and then applying Option+Return.
This is actually a standard Mac OS X shortcut that you'll read about as using "Option Click", and it works with VoiceOver as Option+Return, because VoiceOver automatically highlights the link selection without doing the "Click" with mouse or trackpad. Incidentally, if you navigate to the podcast links on the main Blind Cool Tech web page there's something odd about the way they're encoded in HTML, so you first have to interact on the show link, then press Option+Return. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jan 25, 2012, at 07:41, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hello Anne, > You're a genius! Yes that did the trick and downloaded the podcast. I will > immediately save that hint on my notational velocity notebook. > Many thanks. > > Paul Hopewell > > On 25 Jan 2012, at 17:20, Anne Robertson wrote: > >> Hello Paul, >> >> Try holding down the Option key and pressing Return. That should download >> the linked file. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >> On 25 Jan 2012, at 17:44, Paul Hopewell wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> There is a rather long podcast I would like to listen to on blind cool >>> tech. If I press the link to that podcast it starts playing on my iMac. >>> However I would much rather download the source file for that podcast and >>> move it to my iPod where I can play at higher speed in a more comfortable >>> environment. >>> So how can I save the file which represents the podcast I am currently >>> listening to? >>> I did try accessing the context menu for the link to the podcast in the >>> hope that this would allow me to download the linked file. But alas there >>> was no such option. I am sure I have done this before a logn time ago but >>> cannot remember how. >>> Many thanks for any tips.... >>> >>> Paul Hopewell <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
