I always use the option enter method. It works best for me and has never failed me.
Peggy Fleischer peggyfleisc...@bellsouth.net Jude 1:24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, 1:25 To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen. On Jul 24, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Robert Carter wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
