Hello Ester.
Thanks for the undocumented shortcuts--they worked like a charm. Of
course, it helps, too, that I have a mouse I can use.
I had to interact first with the table, then I had to be absolutely
certain I was on the correct ... I don't know what to call it. but at
the top of the folder where it gives the name of the podcast and says
expanded or collapsed. Then I used command-left-bracket to expand the
folder. Then, because for some funny reason I am able to have both
cursors tracking each other on the iMac and not the iBook, I was able
to use control and the mousebutton--I guess it was the right one--and
the contextual menu came up. Then (a little egg on face here) I had to
subscribe to the podcast first--I could have sworn I was, but I guess
I wa snot, even though I had the files copied over from the iBook.
*Then* I was able to watch it automagically start downloading the
podcasts. Yay!
I am working on getting my entire music library onto the iMac, and
then sharing it with the iBook, that way I have more space over here
for, say, installing Linux to play with so I have a dual-boot system
and a chance to play around with it again.
Jane
On May 23, 2008, at 12:36 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi Jane,
I think VO-keys-backslash still works, but from memory of someone who
asked this question just after going to Leopard there was something
about
making sure you were interacting in the songs outline that was
slightly
different from what was expected.
You can try the Command-] and Command-[ (that's Command-right bracket
and Command-left bracket) commands to expand and collapse folders,
too.
Those are undocumented shortcuts, and you have to be on the podcast
folder
line for those to work. I've generally found it easier to use
iTunes with my
navigation set to have mouse cursor tracks VoiceOver cursor. Then
those
commands work whether or not I interact with the Songs outline. Of
course,
that setting may be more convenient for a laptop like your iBook
than it is
for your iMac.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
I have tried subscribing to and downloading podcasts on theiMac,
using
the larger keybard with the number pad. However, I can't seem to
expand the folder for the podcasts in iTunes with vo-keys-backslash.
I can't collapse them, either. How do I do this?
Jane
