Alrighty then, VO shift and M worked like a charm. Finally got the song haha. Thank you thank you! Next step is learning how to make playlists and organize the music the way I want. The website Esther gave me makes it sound really complicated, and thats for itunes seven. Any pointers for me? I think I've mastered the store. Though the two podcasts I tried failed in downloading so that was disappointing haha.
I had given up and walked away. So glad I looked here again. rayna424 wrote: > I'm confused. > > So it's VO shift and M on the price, not VO shift space? > > So to refiew, I search, then interact with songs list, get to where it > says price, and do VO shift M? > > Most other voiceover commands are over my head, as I'm still new, only > doing this since December. So nursery school directions are needed to > explain things to me lol. > > Do you know why albums are so much easier? I've already gotten 3 > because there's a nice easy button that says, buy now. Why don't they > have that for songs? > > Man, learning brail is easier than itunes haha. > > Thanks, > Randi > > Esther wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
