Re: I can't download anything all of a sudden

2011-10-04 Thread David Eagle
Thank a lot for that tip. On 04/10/2011, Shen wrote: > Hi, > I've had the same problems too. I never had this issue with Snow Leopard, so > this is definitely a VoiceOver and Lion thing. > Here is my workaround. You can try this too. > If you don't get the correct menu when pressing VO-Shift-M, t

Re: I can't download anything all of a sudden

2011-10-03 Thread Shen
Hi, I've had the same problems too. I never had this issue with Snow Leopard, so this is definitely a VoiceOver and Lion thing. Here is my workaround. You can try this too. If you don't get the correct menu when pressing VO-Shift-M, then first put the mouse on the link by pressing VO-CMD-F5. Next

Re: I can't download anything all of a sudden

2011-10-03 Thread David Eagle
Hi Esther. Thank you so much for that very thorough reply. I am always humbled by the generosity of people on the list, especially after my massive rants. Your option return trick worked a treat. Very strange; I don't know why it didn't recognise the link as a download link, - weirdly the first dow

Re: I can't download anything all of a sudden

2011-10-03 Thread Esther
Hello David, First of all, I'm not sure from your description what is going on, but one way to force the download of linked content such as mp3 files or PDF files when you are focused on the link is to press Option+Enter. (A Mac purist would call this key combination Option+"Return", which is

Re: I can't download anything all of a sudden

2011-10-03 Thread David Eagle
This is ridiculous. And now the first download link on the page works but the rest don't. It works on windows fine. It makes no sense.. On 03/10/2011, David Eagle wrote: > Thanks but sadly not. The stupid thing about this is it only does it > on one website. There's nothing wrong with the site th

Re: I can't download anything all of a sudden

2011-10-03 Thread David Eagle
Thanks but sadly not. The stupid thing about this is it only does it on one website. There's nothing wrong with the site though because it is a BbC podcasts page and the links are definitely active because they play when you click on them. . None of the links work when I voiceOver shift M them. If

Re: I can't download anything all of a sudden

2011-10-02 Thread Ed Worrell
I too have had this problem. What I did to get around this was do VO shift M, if it doesn't work the first time. Press esc, and do it again and that seems to fix the issue, not sure why. It seems to work though. hth ED -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group

I can't download anything all of a sudden

2011-10-02 Thread David Eagle
It seems as if my relationship with the Mac is one really good experience followed by one really annoying one. Ive just had a really successful time subscribing to podcasts in iTunes. I ten went to download a file from the BBC website. I press VO key shift M like I would usually do to get to the li