Actually, at least sometimes, there is a way. I'm sure there are different ways of doing this but here's what I did. I discovered this when I was having trouble getting files to download from Christianbook.com and nothing else, not even the context menu or option enter or assigning a key combination to right click, worked.
1. I went into System Preferences > trackpad. in the first tab, point and click, I checked "secondary click" and I chose "click in bottom right corner". You can also choose "click in left bottom corner" or "click with two fingers". Now when I'm having trouble downloading something, I first make sure my mouse is on the link I want to download; I do this by having my voiceover cursor on the link and then doing cmd-option-ctrl-f5 (with fn if necessary) to move the mouse to the link and then doing vo-f5 (with fn if necessary, depending on the function keys checkbox in Keyboard in System Preferences) to make sure the mouse really did move (sometimes it doesn't). Then I try pressing the bottom right corner of the trackpad. If successful, this brings up a context menu but it has more items usually than just the context menu you get with vo-shift-m would have. One of those items is "save linked file as ...". This brings up the "save" dialog you are wanting. Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Jan 9, 2013, at 3:24 PM, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: > One thing I've been wondering with this method is if there is any way > to alter the name of the file to download before it is downloaded. In > other words, like in other browsers, you get a "Save as" dialog > presented. I have never seen any way to do this on the Mac. I have to > rename the file after it is found in my Downloads folder. I can work > with it that way I guess, but it would be nice to be able to change > the name before it comes down the pipe. > > Any ideas? > > On 1/9/13, Chris Bruinenberg <cbrui...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Alex. >> Thank you, it worked. >> >> On Jan 9, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Try option-enter. If I recall correctly, this will force Safari to >>> download the linked file instead of opening it. >>> On Jan 9, 2013, at 1:47 PM, Chris Bruinenberg <cbrui...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all. >>>> Is there a way to download audio files with safari? >>>> I have tried to move the mouse to the download link and clicking and >>>> right clicking to pull up a menu. >>>> I however, do not see any option that says save file as. >>>> Am i missing any steps? >>>> THanks. >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> mehg...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
