Hi, I tried the suggestions in this message for forcing an mp3 to download and found on my system that the only one that works is to press and hold option and pressing enter while sitting on the link. This works like a charm.
Thanks Esther. Robert Carter On Jul 23, 2009, at 10:25 PM, Esther wrote: > > Hi James, > > You asked: > >> Is there a way to configure things so that when you click on a link >> on >> a page such as blindcooltech.com or serotalk.com as examples that >> have >> links that are http://www and have an mp3 file at the end of the link >> so that it will download the mp3 instead of just launching into >> quicktime or whatever it is that just streams and plays it at that >> point? > > You can force any linked file to download in Safari instead of being > displayed (in the case of PDF files) or played (in the case of MP3 > files) by having your mouse cursor routed to the link and issuing an > Option-Click. If you're on a link, use VO-Command-F5 to route your > mouse cursor to your VoiceOver cursor, if you don't have the box for > "Mouse cursor tracks VoiceOver cursor" checked in your VoiceOver > Utility Navigation settings. Then, press the option key and click > with either the trackpad (on a laptop) or by pressing a mouse button > (with an attached mouse). If you have a numeric keypad with > Leopard's NumPad Commander turned on, you can do the click by > pressing the "5" key on the numeric keypad while pressing the option > key. If you want to force a download after clicking a linked mp3 or > PDF file that loaded into the Safari browser, press Command-L to go > to the Address bar, then press option followed by the enter (or > carriage return) key. That action effectively issues an Option- > Click to download these linked files that loaded into the browser. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
