I will try this but I found a solution. Apparently I actually was downloading the files and didn't realize it. When I clicked the link, it automatically sent the file to my downloads folder without telling me. I forgot that safari does that if the downloads window is open. Still getting used to this thing I guess...
Thanks for the suggestion. -Greg On Aug 25, 2010, at 5:55 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hello, > > Have you tried pressing option enter on the link that contains the file you > want? This works often for me. > > hth > On Aug 25, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Greg Aikens wrote: > >> Hello all, >> My school uses the Blackboard platform for accessing course materials such >> as power point slides and course assignments. I can access the site and >> navigate fine, but I cannot figure out how to download the files I need for >> my courses. When I pull up a context menu on the link to try and download >> it, the file being saved is an html document and not the file I want. When I >> just click on the link blackboard pulls up another page which I assume >> displays the content through the web browser. This is an inconvenient way to >> access the files, if I can read them at all. The only kind of file I have >> been able to read this way is a pdf. >> >> Can you guys suggest other methods for getting to the target file? Has >> anyone else used blackboard to access course materials on a mac in the past? >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> -Greg >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
