Nice one Esther this works using my I phone and thanks.

Kawal.

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On 4 Aug 2011, at 03:46 AM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Earle,
> 
> I'm not sure that I fully answered your question, since you asked about how I 
> got the link to the embedded mp3 file on Robert's web site, while I described 
> the steps that I took to download the file.  For every file that you 
> download, if you do a Command-I to "Get Info"on that file in Finder, you can 
> navigate past "More Info" to the duration, etc. and then to a field that is 
> "Where from:" The next item gives the source URL of the downloaded file.  So, 
> I used VO-Shift-C to copy the source URL of the downloaded file, and because 
> this was quite long, I went to the bitly web site to paste the address in and 
> create a short link. The full URL of the mp3 file was:
> <http://posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/robertcarter/BoTeS1nOUEpnvb7muPFSGvBGneH1WkSsJpegxAsI4g7IrMTUUCU4mwlgWgPv/Lion_Flashdrive_ANR.mp3>
> 
> So, assuming you can download a file, you can also check what the source URL 
> for that file is.  That feature has been present for a few versions of 
> Safari. Of course, the other way that you can try to find the source of 
> embedded mp3 file is to use the "View Source" option (Command-Option-U) for a 
> web page.  Then you can search near instances of "link" and "mp3".  But 
> that's really messy.
> 
> HTH.  Cheers,
> 
> Esther
> 
> 
>> Hi Earle,
>> 
>> On the web page of Robert's link, I had to interact with the "Audio element 
>> controller toolbar" and then after navigating to the "play" button bring up 
>> the context menu with VO-Shift-M. Choosing "Download Audio" here worked.  
>> Trying to use the download link didn't work for me.  I also tried to View 
>> the web source page and did a search for the linked mp3 file.  I have my 
>> Safari configured with the Click to Flash extension (and I haven't upgraded 
>> to Safari 5.1 yet), if that makes a difference.  I did cc a response to 
>> Robert earlier that the download link didn't seem to be working.
>> 
>> HTH.  Cheers,
>> 
>> Esther 
>> 
>> On Aug 03, 2011, at 03:24 PM, Earle wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Esther. I found your post helpful as well. Just out of curiosity how 
>>> did you get the link to the embedded mp3 file?
>>> 
>>> Earle 
>>> On 2011-08-03, at 4:50 PM, Esther wrote:
>>> 
>>> > Hi Jes,
>>> > 
>>> > I was able to download Robert's podcast. But his link is a shortened link 
>>> > that takes you to the web page in which the file is embedded. I'll give 
>>> > you a shortened link to the actual MP3 file location:
>>> > http://bitly/qVHjjd
>>> > (Note, I don't like posting this way in general, because shortened links 
>>> > can take you to spam or false web sites -- you have to trust that the 
>>> > poster is not diverting you -- but the full download link address is so 
>>> > long that it will almost certainly wrap and break in the mailer).
>>> > 
>>> > If you can't download the track directly (because it starts playing in 
>>> > Safari), press Command+L (to move to the address bar location), followed 
>>> > by Option+Return (to download the file currently playing)
>>> > 
>>> > HTH. Cheers,
>>> > 
>>> > Esther
>>> > 
>>> > On Aug 3, 2011, at 09:24, Jes Smith wrote:
>>> > 
>>> >> The link says download, but it doesn't do anything.
>>> >> 
>>> >> On Aug 3, 2011, at 6:31 AM, Robert Carter wrote:
>>> >> 
>>> >>> Hi,
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> I have just posted a brief podcast explaining how to use VoiceOver to 
>>> >>> create a Lion installation on an eight gig USB flash drive.
>>> >>> http://post.ly/2k9DE
>>> >>> 
>>> >>> Robert Carter
>>> >>> 
>>> > 
>> 
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