You need to set up the folder alert system on your download folder in
Finder.
You can probably find this yourself by investigating by bringing up the
context menu on your downloads folder in Finder. I did do a podcast on
this last year but I will have to look for it if it is not on Apple Vis.
There are some downsides to using folder alerts but on balance I think
the benefits outweigh the problems.
The main problem is that
1. The folder alert will come up as soon as the download starts as it
recognise that a temporary download file has been placed in your
download folder.
2. The folder alert dialogue will come up again when the download is
completed.
This means that you will get two notifications for each download.
The other problem is that the window that comes up offrering you the
ottion to look at the new file in your downloads folder is not
automatically announced by Voiceover though if you have some sight it is
apparently very visible.
However even though I have no useful sight I do not find this a problem
in use.
1. When the download starts you will expect the download alert to come
up. Using any Voiceover reading key will read the dialogue and reveal
what it is.
I then get on with something else. As soon as my Voiceover reading is
interrupted in whatever I am doing I will realise that almost certainly
it is the folder alert notice telling me that a file has arrived in the
download folder. Again naviggating with voiceover will read the dialogue
perfectly well.
If you do nothing the folder alert notice will go away of its own accord
after a few seconds.
David Griffith
On 20/02/2016 18:12, Daniel Chavez wrote:
Good day list,
I was wondering how can you have Safari perform an action when a download
completes? (e.g., play a sound, or at least pop-up a, download complete,
dialog.)
I use to remember how to do it but i never wrote the instructions down.
Thanks for any help that can be provided.
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