Hi Scott and Rayna, Yes, use VO-Shift-M after selecting the song or songs and choose "Buy or Get Currently Selected Songs" to purchase your song selection. I think the issue is that if you don't route your mouse cursor to the price (VO-Command-F5) before clicking your selection (VO-Shift-Space) you're clicking in some arbitrary location. You can also change your preferences, (Command-comma) to use a shopping cart, as Scott does. These discussion posts were made in the period before the posts on the new list were being archived, so I couldn't just point you to the instructions. Under the Store preferences you can choose the radio button to use a shopping cart instead of buy with one-click (the default). Dismiss the preferences window with Command-W when you're done. The Shopping Cart is another item in the sources table below the selection for the iTunes Store, and allows you to review purchase contents by selecting it, and then examining contents when you tab to its "songs table".
You can practice your purchase on one of the free discovery downloads for the U.S. Store: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=314654865 When you click on the above link, or copy it, paste it into your web browser and press return (Command-C, Command-L, Command-V, return); it will open up iTunes at the iTunes Store page for that song or album. Tab to the Songs outline to view the free track ("Light through the Veins" by Jon Hopkins). If you VO-up arrow from the songs outline you'll be in the HTML area. Interact and read the descriptions. Here's the same song as part of an album. In this link, the actual song is specified within the album, so when you check iTunes your focus should be on the (free) song in that album in the songs table. When you VO-Up arrow to the HTML area you get the album information and the button to purchase the album. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=312718564&id=312718542 Searches for specific tracks in the iTunes Store using the power search, with the pop up button set to "Music", work the same way. If you select an album, the description is in the HTML area. If you stop interacting and VO-down arrow to the songs table, you'll see the individual tracks, and can purchase them one by one. Hope this helps. Cheers, Esther On May 10, 2009, at 1:20 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Yep, you need to do VO-keys+shift+m to bring up the context menu. Once > you click on buy for the track, it's placed in your shopping cart and/ > or if you want an entire album, interact with the iTunes html area and > locate the button for purchasing the entire album. I've got this down > to an art now considering the amount of money I've spent. :) > On May 10, 2009, at 6:44 PM, rayna424 wrote: > >> >> Ok, so I looked at his page to expand on what you said about finding >> the price for a song and then VO shift space. When I do that, it >> opens >> up different commands, with options for store, window, itunes, apple, >> etc. How do I buy a song with this? Maybe its VO space and then >> shift? >> this is confusing. Is there something I'm missing? He didn't mention >> any new window, just to do exactly what you said to purchase. And >> then >> all info stops there haha. What do I do next? Why is purchasing one >> song different from purchasing an album? Albums are so easy. I wish >> songs were. >> >> Thanks,Randi >> >> Esther wrote: >>> Hi Rayna, >>> >>> Look through Tim Kilburn's VoiceOver pages for an overview of iTunes >>> and creating playlists. Here's the link to the iTunes 7 >>> description: >>> >>> http://homepage.mac.com/kilburns/voiceover/itunes7.html >>> >>> You can just Google on "kilburns VoiceOver" to find one of his pages >>> -- usually, his downloads page comes up -- and then use item chooser >>> menu to find the link to home as the starting point. This is for >>> iTunes 7, but is a good overview. Main change in iTunes 8 is added >>> accessibility for the HTML part of the iTunes Store, but the old >>> descriptions work, and are particularly helpful for buying >>> individual >>> songs using the songs table part of the store -- you just route your >>> mouse cursor to the place where you hear the price announced and use >>> VO-Shift-Space to purchase. Read more details on Tim's page. >>> >>> You create playlists either by creating a blank playlist with >>> Command- >>> N, which you then name and add items to, or by selecting an item or >>> group of items in the songs table (or in the iTunes browser if you >>> have that toggled on/off with Command-B -- will allow you to refine >>> your songs table listing by album, artist or genre selection) and >>> using Command-Shift-N to make a new playlist from your selection. >>> Add >>> to playlists either by using the context menu (VO-Shift-M) on >>> selected >>> songs in the songs outline, and "Add to Playlist" by selecting an >>> existing playlist from the list, or copy and paste from your songs >>> outline selections to the playlist in the sources table. >>> >>> Easiest way to search for podcasts is to use the "Search" feature in >>> the iTunes Store. You can bring this up from the menu bar of the >>> "Store" menu option in iTunes (VO-Shift-M to the menu bar, press "s" >>> to go to "Store", arrow down and press "s" to go to "Search" and >>> return), or on any main page in the iTunes Store look for the "Power >>> Search" link with the item chooser or link chooser menu. For >>> details, >>> see this post in the archives: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/ >>> msg40999.html >>> (Searching for content in the newly accessible iTunes Store) >>> >>> You can even bookmark a direct link to the podcast power search >>> page: >>> http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearch? >>> mt=2 >>> >>> Your best bet for detailed instructions is to search the Mail >>> Archives >>> for this list. Here's an old post that covers podcasts in iTunes: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/ >>> msg45414.html >>> (in response to a general request for new user resources, but >>> specific >>> answer about podcasts) >>> >>> It also has some information on how to search the archives. >>> >>> Another old archived post: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/ >>> msg39671.html >>> (Summary: Subscribing to podcasts in iTunes -- just before the >>> iTunes >>> Store became fully accessible, so there are now more options. Also, >>> don't try to use the links in that post to get Mike Arrigo's >>> podcasts, >>> since the episodes from over 9 months ago are no longer on the >>> direct >>> feed.) >>> >>> Here's another post from the archives search: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/ >>> msg45013.html >>> (Miscellaneous Tips for working with iPods and Playlists -- was in >>> response to the issue of making up playlists for the Nano 4G and >>> explains how playlists are ordered in the sources list, how they can >>> be organized in to folders, and how to check total time. Most of >>> the >>> beginning is specific to selecting playlists when you have your Nano >>> connected, so you can skip over this.) >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/ >>> msg35740.html >>> (Re: How do I move ITunes songs to another playlist? -- gives more >>> detailed instructions about using the contextual menu to add songs >>> to >>> playlists). >>> >>> There was also a more recent post last month about smart playlists: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg01294.html >>> (Introduction to Smart Playlists in iTunes (long)) >>> >>> Again, if you learn to use the search feature on the secondary mail >>> list archives for this list you can find all sorts of topics, and >>> even >>> read down the threads. My post of a few days ago in reply gives an >>> example of how to do search: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg02201.html >>> >>> In general, just go to the Mail Archives page for the old list >>> (December 2005 - January 2009) at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/ >>> >>> or the new list (February 2009 - present) at: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/ >>> >>> tab to the search field, put in a few search terms, and press >>> return. >>> There's a gap of nearly a month before archiving was requested for >>> the >>> new list at the Mail Archives, but everything from the last day of >>> February and later should be in the new archives. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> On May 10, 2009, at 8:14 AM, rayna424 wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hello everyone. Mark helped me figure out search, so I have found >>>> and >>>> downloaded some stuff. How though, do you crate a playlist? I >>>> clicked >>>> on create a playlist, and the fields made no sense. I got a bunch >>>> of >>>> classical stuff that I want to put in a folder. Also, is there an >>>> easy >>>> way to get just single song? I searched for a song I wanted and >>>> had to >>>> click around a few links to get to just the song and not the whole >>>> album. I heard how much it was, and my boyfreind saw, buy now, >>>> but I >>>> didn't hear that, and it wasn't a button. Could it just be that it >>>> wasn't available? I'm sure there are podcasts on how to do this >>>> with >>>> Voiceover, or an article or something. How would I search for >>>> podcasts, I mean, what words would I enter? And does anyone know >>>> of a >>>> good article? >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, and iTunes rocks!! I got the 50 most essential pieces of >>>> classical music for eleven bucks!! Sweet! >>>> >>>> Randi >>>> >>>> rayna424 wrote: >>>>> Hi guys, >>>>> >>>>> I haven't used iTunes yet since buying my macbook in December. I >>>>> opened it 2 days ago and it asked some preliminary set up >>>>> questions >>>>> and opens what I assume is the player. I've looked all over it and >>>>> there's no way to access the store to do anything. I think I >>>>> need a >>>>> crash course. One of the questions it asked was if I wanted to >>>>> download an upgrade and I didn't for some reason. Now I don't know >>>>> how >>>>> to tell it to get the upgrade. Could this be the problem? Don't >>>>> know >>>>> what to do with itunes. It doesn't make any sense haha. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Randi >>>>> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
