[macvoiceover] Re: forcing Safari to download instead of playing a file
- From: Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:55:51 -0600
Okay, I tried this on a dropbox mp3 file and it worked. i'm also sending you a
link to an article that gives this and other ideas.
Now this is going to sound similar to the onption-enter suggestion but it's
slightly different.
1. Let the file start playing.
2. Do cmd-l which puts you in the address bar and selects the contents of the
current address.
3. Hold down the option key.
4. Press enter/return while still holding down the option key. You don't have
to hold it down for long but you have to still be holding down the option key
when you press enter/return and it certainly won't hurt if you keep the option
key down a second or two more.
5. Go to Downloads and hopefully your file will be there.
Here's where I got this idea.
http://www.macworld.com/article/2009999/directly-downloading-dropbox-files.html
--
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 12, 2013, at 9:58 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh dropbox!
>
> I seem to remember that sometimes you can tab while listening and you find a
> download link. Try that. There are a couple of things I can dig up but I'm
> going to have to find a dropbox link to practice on here. Keep trying; will
> get back to you if i find what i'm looking for; it definitely is doable. I
> almost asked you if this was a dropbox file; I should have done so!
>
> --
> 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 12, 2013, at 9:33 PM, Mark Baxter <markbaxter38@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Cheryl. Well, my track pad is nonfunctional, so it can't be used to fix
>> this. I've tried mouse clicking (VO shift space, routing Mouse to VO) and
>> that doesn't do anything. It's an MP3 file that's put in a Dropbox folder.
>> Safari just automatically starts playing it instead of downloading it. I've
>> tried replacing the "5" signs in the file name with spaces, that doesn't
>> work.
>>
>>
>> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter
>> • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969
>> • MSN: BurningHawk1969@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> • My home page:
>> • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
>>
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