Yeah, I learned in linux that the bigger your bag of tricks is, the better off you are :-)
-- 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 4:09 PM, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Cheryl for the detailed instructions. I will have to keep > this in mind and save this message for future reference in case I need > to go that way. Sometimes, web sites will use scripting to offer > stuff for download and then you can't do any of this but to click on > the provided button and the CGI script or whatever will start up a > download. Anyway, it's another trick to keep in the bag for whenever > we need it. > > thanks again. > > On 1/9/13, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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. >> >> > > -- > 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. 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