Hi Chris,
I'm a little confused about what you are trying to do here. I went to the Cylinder Preservation web site (found with Google), and browsed
their web site. They appear to have tracks stored as mp3 files. Since there is no "right click" on the Mac, I assume you are
trying to bring up a contextual menu (VO-Shift-M), or else you just want to directly download the files to your computer, instead of
playing them in your browser. If you want to download the linked file directly, you can press Option+Return when you are on the link you
want, and you'll automatically force a download without having to find the option to "Save Linked File" in your context menu (or
bring up the context menu at all). In this case, it will go to your default location for Safari Downloads which, if you have not changed
the location in your Safari Preferences, is a folder named "Downloads" under your home directory. Depending on how your Mac is
set up, you might have a "Downloads" folder in your dock, or you can check your Safari Downloads window by pressing
Command-Option-L. If you navigate to the bottom of the window (VO-Fn-Right Arrow on the laptop), and interact with the group (VO-Shift-Down
Arrow), you can monitor the size and progress of the download, and also VO-Space on "Show in Finder" once the Download is
complete to bring up a Finder window with your downloaded file selected. If you want to play the file without necessarily adding it to
your iTunes library, just press space bar to QuickLook the file, and be able to review the title information tags, etc. If you just open
the file, it will automatically be added to iTunes. In case you are not sure where the file has been placed in your iTunes Music library,
you can always navigate to the "Recently Added" smart playlist in your iTunes sources table, and be able to find all tracks that
were added to iTunes in the last 2 weeks (that are not podcast subscriptions) in chronological order.
I don't understand the subject line of "Converting files to iTunes". The mp3
format is one of the standard file formats supported in iTunes, and you are not ripping
the file from a CD or other format, nor are you trying to use a special version of mp3
encoding, such as the LAME encoder, to digitize your tracks. (Even that's possible in
iTunes, incidentally).
Possible things to check: is your mouse cursor on the link you want to download or view the context
menu for (i.e., perform your "right click" in your words)? You can do this with VO-F5.
I hear VoiceOver speak the number of the link (for the performer, title, issue source, and year
listed), followed by the words "clickable". Your results may depend on how your cursor
tracking is set (e.g., you may have to route your mouse cursor to your VoiceOver cursor with
VO-Command-F5), and whether you are navigating the web page in DOM mode or group mode. For a very
few web pages with idiosyncratic HTML encoding, the main Blind Cool Tech web page being the prime
example, you may have to interact with the link before you view it in either the context menu or
use Option+Return to download. Note that you may have an easier time with some of these issues if
you use a Magic TrackPad (or TrackPad Commander) to navigate.
If you want to set up your Downloads folder in the Dock (provided there is one in your setup) to be easily viewable in Finder, you can also do that, and
navigate to that folder to check downloads instead. You'd have to use the context menu (VO-Shift-M) and choose the menu options to display as a
"Folder" instead of a "Stack", and view content as "List" instead of "Fan", "Automatic", or "Grid".
You could also choose to sort the displayed files by "Date Added" instead of "Name" if you wanted to easily find the latest download from
the dock. Each setting change would have to be applied one by one with a separate VO-Shift-M.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On May 19, 2011, at 15:00, Christopher Peppel wrote:
Hi Ricardo and everybody,
What I am trying to do is a right click with the keyboard. It seemed to work
before, but now, nothing happens. These are music files from the cylinder
preservation website. I went to the genious bard today and I don't think they
understood what I was trying to do.
Thanks.
Chris
On May 19, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
Hi,
I'm a little unclear on what you want to do. What are you converting, and what
do you wish to convert it to?
Thanks
Ricardo Walker
[email protected]
Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org
On May 17, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Christopher Peppel wrote:
Hi there,
I was trying to do a right-click to bring up the menu to convert music files to
play in Itunes. It was working, but when I tried to do it the other day,
nothing would happen. If I do Command I, I'm asked if I want to E-Mail the
page which is one of the choices. If there are some files missing for some
reason, and if I run the CD installer, will it replace my whole system or just
add back any possible missing files?
Thanks for any ideas in advance.
Chris
