It won't. you need to uncheck the song from yoru playlist inthe devices thing and it will be in your library but not be on yoru phone. I do this all the time wiht podcasts and stuff. On Nov 26, 2011, at 9:01 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Yeah, Sarah, but as I said, there are some things I don't want to have on my > IPhone. I can't delete them off the IPhone, as they're not going into my > transfers playlist which I have set to sync with my IPhone, and if I > highlight the IPhone in the source list, then make sure it's expanded, then > go down both to the music and the transfers device playlist, not to be > confused with the actual transfers playlist locally in my library on the mac, > I can't seem to get the track to delete. I can obviously kill it from my > library in a whole, but that totally defeats the purpose. what I want is to > download the already purchased track/tracks back to my library, but not have > it wind up on my device in the long run, yet still remain in the library. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 11:56 AM > Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Downloading already purchased Songs > > > I would just download them via your phone and then transfer purchaces to yoru > library. it's slow but it does work as that's how a friend of mien did it. > > and I was able to download repurchaced content fine, but that was about a > month ago. have not tried it since. > > Take care. > On Nov 26, 2011, at 8:54 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > >> Unfortunately, no other windows were opened that I could get to with either >> vo+F2 F2, nor with command+accent/grave. >> >> I did file a bug report with a senior advisor, and he actually got a lab >> machine and turned VO on, and had me walk him through it. He, too, had the >> same problem. We went to the remote adminstration site they offer, and I >> had him visually look at my screen. He confirmed that the mouse was oddly >> enough doing exactly as voiceover was reporting. >> >> Talk about weird! Anyway, he's gonna write up a report and send it to >> engineering. >> >> Please keep the replies coming though. If anyone knows anything or a way >> around this, I'd still be very interested in knowing. I wanna get Match >> eventually, but for right now, it's just not an option that I have in my >> budget unless someone wants to kindly send me a belated BD gift of $30 this >> seeing my BED was on Thanksgiving. the big 3? o! LOL! NO, I'm just >> kidding, I'd not make yall do that, LOL! >> >> Anyway, thanks for any help... heheheheh. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Panarese" <jpanarese@xxxxxx> >> To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 11:18 AM >> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Downloading already purchased Songs >> >> >> I'm not sitting at your computer, so I have no idea what can be happening >> from a technical standpoint. However, I have had this happen from time to >> time where it doesn't seem like I am able to move the specific pointers >> around. Usually, I find that there is a window open in background that is >> somehow creating this problem. >> >> Also, to be honest, I had little luck re-downloading previously purchased >> songs and such until I did subscribe to iTunes match. I needed to do so a >> few times prior to that, and it was always a bit of a task. >> >> I wish I could be of more help to you, other than to say to try seeing if >> you have any open windows with the Window chooser menu. Also, see if you >> can download individual songs again one by one. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >> >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 26, 2011, at 4:26 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >> >>> Let me start by saying that I am not an ICloud user as of yet. I >>> definitely plan to be eventually once I get some money, but anyway, that's >>> totally aside the point... >>> >>> Basically, I'm using ITunes 10.5.1 with Snowleopard, although I had a >>> friend who very thoroughly tested this on Lion, and had the exact same >>> results. >>> >>> What the deal is, is that I am trying to redownload some tracks from ITunes >>> which I've already purchased in the past. What's really really weird >>> however, is that I seem to be having major! focus issues. Here are the >>> steps I'm taking. >>> >>> 1. Press vo+D to focus myself on the dock. >>> >>> 2. press i t to reach ITunes. >>> >>> 3. Press return to launch ITunes. Note: disregard steps 1-3 if ITunes is >>> already running. >>> >>> 4. Once in ITunes, press command+Shift+H to go to the store home page. >>> >>> 5. Press vo+U to open my web rotor, then make sure I'm on the links >>> section, which 9 times out of 10, I am. >>> >>> 6. type p u r to land myself on the purchased link. Then vo+space twice >>> to click it. >>> >>> 7. Vo+right arrow to find the name of the artist whom I'm wanting to >>> download tracks from. >>> >>> 8. once on the name of the artist, vo+command+F5 to route my mouse pointer >>> to the vo cursor. (I have it said to follow, but just to be on the safe >>> side... >>> >>> 9. vo+shift+space to literally mouse click the item. >>> >>> 10. I'm on a macbook, so, fn+vo+right arrow... (vo+end...) then start vo >>> left arrowing to move up the page until I find the download all button. >>> >>> 11. Vo+Space on the button, and boom! >>> >>> In theory, that works, but here is the problem I'm running into: >>> >>> For some? reason, voiceover's not correctly focusing 90% of the time. It >>> seems like it happens when an artist isn't on the first page, thus meaning >>> from a visial perspective, now I don't have the vision to definitely >>> confirm this, but based on some tests I ran, which I'll cover here in justa >>> second, I'd say my theory would be extremely likely. It seems like! if! >>> the screen has to scroll to visually reveal more artists, then the problem >>> occurs. Otherwise, it doesn't. If I have to go way down in my list of >>> artists, then! try to route the mouse, and click, it's wanting to then >>> click the apple menu up in the menu bar instead of clicking where I need it >>> to. >>> >>> Now for the tests I ran to try trouble shooting this. >>> >>> First of all, I wanted to see for real, where the mouse actually was >>> landing. I thus routed the mouse as normal, then hit vo+F5. Sure enough! >>> Apple menu is under the mouse. I tried actually sliding my finger around >>> on the track pad to move it away from the apple menu, then rerouting, but I >>> got identically the same thing. I then thought, well, hmm, it only seems >>> to be doing this with certain artists. What if I try with an artist more >>> near the top of the list... >>> >>> I tried this theory. Sure enough! I routed the mouse, did my vo+F5, and >>> observed that I landed correctly on the artist, and when doing >>> vo+shift+space, it clicked, and all was perfect! I then tried again >>> scrolling way down my list, and doing the same thing. It landed me again >>> on the Apple Menu. That's why I say, I almost wonder if somehow, for some >>> bizarre reason, though I can't for the life a me imagine why, the screen's >>> not scrolling visually along with the voiceover cursor, thus, when I try >>> routing the mouse, it can't as there is nothing to route to! Does that make >>> any sense? Hope so. >>> >>> So next thing I did is I tried hitting vo+shift+F3 to disable cursor >>> tracking. I then proceeded to try the same thing all over again, but had >>> the same result. >>> >>> Finally, I tried while in the html content area and whilst interacting, >>> obviously, to vo+twist clockwize on the trackpad to turn on trackpad >>> commander. I then tried to 3 finger flick up, to see if maybe I could >>> somehow scroll the screen that way. It did! say page 2 of 2, at that >>> point. the really! strange thing was that now, get a loada! this! the >>> Voiceover cursor was still! on the same place. Even though I'd scrolled, >>> apparently, the voiceover cursor remained right where it was. still >>> though, just? outta chance, I did the same thing by routing the mouse, then >>> trying to click. Absolutely no good. It still brought the Apple Menu up. >>> I did reopen ITunes, and also did restart the mac, and I did also restart >>> Voiceover. Absolutely nothing worked. >>> >>> This is not a matter of my Voiceover settings in the voiceover utility >>> being set wrong, as a friend of mine on Lion with totally different >>> voiceover settings than myself tried the exact same thing, and had >>> identically the same behavior. So not only is it that, but it's not even >>> an OS specific issue, as I'm on 10.6, he's on 10.7 Lion. >>> >>> I've not yet reported this to >>> >>> accessibility@xxxxxxxxx >>> >>> but I definitely am going to, provided no one here knows a work around, or >>> knows any way to deal with this. >>> >>> I could use my IPhone and just do it that way, then sync to my mac, but the >>> issue there is I don't want all these downloads on my phone. >>> >>> You say, well then, just delete it off the music device playlist in your >>> sources list. Well, that's all good n all, but, when I interact with the >>> sources list, then vo+back slash to expand my IPhone, then vo+down arrow to >>> the music playlist, I then stop interacting, vo+left arrow once to the >>> search box, type in, say... oh, I dono... we'll just say... Rockstar by >>> Nickleback, so I type Rockstar. Then I vo+right arrow to the table. I do >>> see it, but the check box is dimmed, for one thing in the second I think it >>> is, collumn. If I hit the delete key, nothing happens, and if I >>> vo+shift+space, the context menu doesn't have a remove option. Yeah, I do >>> sync my music with a specific playlist which I call Transfers, instead of >>> my whole library, as I have too much to sync everything. even going to the >>> transfers playlist on the IPhone... in there, I don't even see the songs I >>> search for, and oddly, if I go to the actual artist playlist on the macbook >>> in ITunes itself, even though the song's in my library after synking my >>> IPhone, it's not in the local transfers playlist. So the only thing to do >>> is delete it from my library, which defeats the whole entire purpose. >>> >>> I'm having even worse luck in windows, with jaws 12, as that thing gives me >>> the virtual pc cursor, but past that, I can't tab around, nor do insert+F7 >>> for my link's list, nor arrow around. If I do, I just hear blank, blank, >>> blank. It's like f, you, too! LOL! I'll blank blank blank you! in a >>> minute! >>> >>> So yeah... does anyone! have any? un! Godly! idea? >>> >>> Please do not write back telling me, well, I add things with command+o to >>> get an open dialog then just do it that way. Realize... I'm not trying to >>> import a song on my drive that I've already got. If that is what you >>> think, then you're totally confused. I'm not wanting to import things on >>> my drive. that's not even close! to what I'm doing. I am trying again in >>> the actual? ITunes store! to download music which has been lost in a hard >>> disk crash, that I did not get the chance to first back up before >>> reinstalling the OS. I want to redownload things not in my library nor on >>> my drive which I already purchased. I again am not an ITunes Max member, >>> and I don't back my stuff up to ICloud either. >>> >>> Thanks for any and all help. >>> >>> Chris. >>> ************ >>> >>> >>> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >>> >>> >>> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >>> their list subscription is: >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >>> >>> The list archive is located at >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >>> >>> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >>> >>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >> >> ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >> their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >> their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. 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