Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-13 Thread Kimberly thurman
Oops, I meant VO shift M not VO shift down arrow. Sorry! On May 12, 2010, at 3:57 PM, annelie robledo wrote: > Once you have installed the application. Open it and select what type of > files you want unarchivor to open.I personally selected all. Then go to the > finder and find the file you wa

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-13 Thread Kimberly thurman
I just tried this myself. When on the file in the downloads folder, press VO shift down arrow, choose open with and unarchiver should be there. I was then prompted for my Book Share password and it opened right up. Just as a side note, does anybody know hich one of the files in a downloaded B

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread annelie robledo
Happy to help. On May 12, 2010, at 4:32 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > Thanks, Annelie! I finally got it to work. Here is what was happening. I > would place focus on the zip file. I would press vo shift m, down arrow to > the "open with" submenu, and when I would press down arrow to get to my > c

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread Richard Ring
Thanks, Annelie! I finally got it to work. Here is what was happening. I would place focus on the zip file. I would press vo shift m, down arrow to the "open with" submenu, and when I would press down arrow to get to my choices, I heard "closing menu". But I pressed right arrow, and got into

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread annelie robledo
On my mac when I go to the finder and put my cursor on the file I want to open I do vo-shift-m go to open with. For what ever reason the unarchivor is listed twice once as as default and a second time in in this menu I use the second instance and it worked. It asks me for my password I typed it

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread Richard Ring
When I vo shift m, I indeed get an open with sub menu. When I press return on that item, however, I hear menu closed. I set the unarchiver to open all files, so what else can I try? Thanks. On May 12, 2010, at 2:53 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > on the bookshare file, hit vo-shift-M and highlight

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread marie Howarth
on the bookshare file, hit vo-shift-M and highlight open with and select the archiver. I'm assuming. On 12 May 2010, at 20:36, Richard Ring wrote: > Ok, I have downloaded this software. However, for the life of me, I can't > figure out how to use it to extract a file. This can't be that hard,

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread annelie robledo
Once you have installed the application. Open it and select what type of files you want unarchivor to open.I personally selected all. Then go to the finder and find the file you want to open once your cursor is on it do vo-shift-m. Here I believe you will see open with and unarchivor will be the

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread Richard Ring
Ok, I have downloaded this software. However, for the life of me, I can't figure out how to use it to extract a file. This can't be that hard, and I know it's me at fault. But if one of you kind people could assist, I would be extremely greatful. On May 12, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Dónal Fitzpatric

Re: Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi there, I've been using the Unarchiver. This link might help: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/theunarchiver.html Cheers Dónal On 12 May 2010, at 18:28, Richard Ring wrote: > Hello: > While on my lunch break, I downloaded a book from Bookshare using the Mac. I >

Bookshare books and the Mac

2010-05-12 Thread Richard Ring
Hello: While on my lunch break, I downloaded a book from Bookshare using the Mac. I received a message say that decompression failed. The reason is that Bookshare files are password procted. My question is, how do I enter the password using the Mac? There seems to be no control that will all