I seem to remember that while I was struggling to transit from Windows to Mac - and one of those steps was buying books from Audible.com - I had chosen an option somewhere to have my audible books automatically downloaded into iTunes. I am not being much help - sorry - as I can't remember how it happened. But if your books go into downloads, try the following: find them in your download folder, open them with command+down arrow, and normally iTunes will put them in the right place in its source table. I think you may need to go into iTunes preferences by pressing a shortcut key command + comma and see whether there are any options you would like to choose for audiobooks. Once you've made changes in the preferences of any application, close the preferences windows with command+w.
Good luck. Mac is indeed great although it takes some getting used to. Simon On 22 Mar 2011, at 22:00, Denise Avant wrote: > hi simon, > ok, i will save this message for future reference. i also noticed that a book > i had bought and downloaded from audible went to to downloads instead of > itunes. i guess i thought that was an automatic one. > > On Mar 22, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > >> In my experience, when applications are downloaded onto a mac computer, they >> usually are placed by default in the download folder in your home folder. >> The extension on the file that's just been downloaded is usually dmg. >> sometimes, you will see in your finder a folder related to the downloaded >> application that appears automatically in your finder. Open it and you will >> find there a file with the extension, .app. This is normally the application >> file which you need to copy to clipboard. There also often is in the same >> folder the "application alias", which is really in truth the shortcut to >> your application folder and is there for your convenience. You can open it >> in the normal way and paste your application from the clipboard. You would >> achieve the same result by opening your application folder by pressing the >> shortcut key combination in the finder control+shift+a. Paste your >> application in either way, and you are done. >> >> There is also another type of files downlaoded, which have the extension >> .pkg. They too will be found in your downloads folder. OPen them with >> command+down arrow which will cause the inherent installation application to >> launch. This is more like your Windows experience. In this case, you will >> need to follow the instructions as they appear. Only rarely do you download >> an application which automatically launches its installer. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Simon >> On 22 Mar 2011, at 20:58, Denise Avant wrote: >> >>> hi all, >>> i have had some difficulty in downloading and installing programs. for >>> example, i just downloaded the acapella english voices. the folder went to >>> the downloads folder on my mac. i highlighted the folder and opened it, so >>> the install would start. i'm not sure if it did or not. earlier today, i >>> had a similar experience where a program was suppose to install, but >>> instead simply downloaded and i had to again go into the downloads folder. >>> i'm trying to understand how the mac behaves with programs that need to be >>> installed if they are not apple programs. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
