Disregard question about downloading files from emailed links

2014-05-13 Thread Alex Hall
Never mind. :) I never thought to try the context menu on the Safari player itself. I just did, and lowe and behold a download video option which downloads the file being played. Problem solved. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are

Re: question about downloading files

2013-01-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Problem is that some of the tricks in my bag are so old I've forgotten where I put them. CB On 1/9/13 5:26 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: Yeah, I learned in linux that the bigger your bag of tricks is, the better off you are :-) -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are

Re: question about downloading files

2013-01-10 Thread Maxwell Ivey
all i know is most days i feel like bullwinkle when he used to try to pull a rabbit out of his hat. I need a new hat too. smile take care, max On Jan 10, 2013, at 11:38 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: Problem is that some of the tricks in my bag are so old I've forgotten where I put them. CB

Re: question about downloading files

2013-01-10 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Oh yeah, that is so true! And then I put them in files on my computer and can't remember what files I put them in! But i know they are there somewhere! -- 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)

question about downloading files

2013-01-09 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
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

Re: question about downloading files

2013-01-09 Thread Alex Hall
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

Re: question about downloading files

2013-01-09 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
ah, thank you. 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

Re: question about downloading files

2013-01-09 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
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.

Re: question about downloading files

2013-01-09 Thread Steve Holmes
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

Re: question about downloading files

2013-01-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
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

Re: question about downloading files

2013-01-09 Thread Steve Holmes
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

Re: question about downloading files

2013-01-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
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