I thought you just did command-shift-b to buy? CB
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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
