download music through Safari?

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download music through Safari?

If I'm on a web site in Safari and the page has a link to an mp3 file, is it A) possible to download the mp3 file and B) import it into iTunes?

G4, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jul 29, 2010 4:08 AM

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Answer 1

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IdrisSeabright

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Aug 11, 2017 1:04 PM in response to thesuepahfly

thesuepahfly wrote:

Yes you can.

To save an audio file to your hard drive from Safari, right-click the link for the file (not the mp3 player, but the actual link to the file) and choose Download Linked File As from the contextual menu.

Please explain how to right-click on an iPad.

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Aug 11, 2017 12:58 PM in response to kb1951

Yes you can.

To save an audio file to your hard drive from Safari, right-click the link for the file (not the mp3 player, but the actual link to the file) and choose Download Linked File As from the contextual menu.

Another option is to Option + Click the link – this will initiate a direct download of the file.

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Answer 3

Aug 11, 2017 1:04 PM in response to thesuepahfly

thesuepahfly wrote:

Yes you can.

To save an audio file to your hard drive from Safari, right-click the link for the file (not the mp3 player, but the actual link to the file) and choose Download Linked File As from the contextual menu.

Another option is to Option + Click the link – this will initiate a direct download of the file.

1. This is a 7 year old thread that last saw activity a year and a half ago.

2. This is a thread dealing with downloading music on an Ipad. There is no right click on an iPad. There is no click period and as such no contextual menu.

3. There are different ways to accomplish this on an iPad. But as the original question was asked 7 years ago its pointless to go into details.

Next time its better to read the entire thread and understand what it is asking and dealing with.

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Aug 11, 2017 1:21 PM in response to thesuepahfly

thesuepahfly wrote:

The original post was regarding an Mac use case not an iPad. If I hit the wrong "reply" button, so sorry.

No, it was actually about an iPhone. Look at the forum we're in. Something to be aware of. People don't always update (or even include) their equipment information.

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Aug 11, 2017 2:02 PM in response to thesuepahfly

thesuepahfly wrote:

The original post was regarding an Mac use case not an iPad. If I hit the wrong "reply" button, so sorry.

No mention of what device the op was referring to 7 years ago in the first post beyond their tag line. The fact this is in the iPad Forum, and the second reply by the OP specifically asking about an iPad makes it pretty clear.

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lllaass

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Jul 29, 2010 4:29 AM in response to akaMarko

No way that I know of.

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akaMarko Author

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Jul 29, 2010 4:39 AM in response to lllaass

[quote]No way that I know of.[/quote]

Normally in Safari on my computer, if I click on an mp3 file it will open in a new window/tab and play with quicktime plugin. What happens on the iPad? Sorry, I haven't purchased the iPad yet and I'm just researching.

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lllaass

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Jul 29, 2010 4:51 AM in response to akaMarko

I just tried it at the Amazon site. I got a message that aid this device does not support multimiedia downloads.

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Jul 29, 2010 5:35 AM in response to akaMarko

You cannot download files through Safari. It may be possible to do it with some of the other browsers but I've never tried. You might want to search through the App Store for iPad browsers and read the descriptions for further information.

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Answer 10

Jul 29, 2010 5:57 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Some sites use the term download when actually the link to the video or mp3 is a direct link... This mp3 link will play in Safari,
http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/242224/tech5-242224-07-28-2010.mp3
If you wish to download the above audio just copy the URL into GoodReader app (from the app store), it will download the audio to the iPad.

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Answer 11

Jul 29, 2010 12:52 PM in response to David M Brewer

Nice to have confirmation that there is a work around to the fact you can't download using Safari.

Thanks!

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Answer 12

Jul 29, 2010 1:40 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

You can use Safari to download a file. But you need an app on the ipad that supports that file. I placed a mp3 zip file onto my server, zip files will force a download. I plugged in the URL into Safari for the zip file. Safari popped up a window asking me what app to download the zip file too. I picked GoodReader to download the file too. After the zipped file downloaded I had GoodReader unzipped the file and played it. I wanted see if a keynote presentation would download using Safari. So I placed a keynote file onto the server. The keynote open in Safari showing each slide. A tap and hold onto the screen and I was able to download the keynote presentation to the keynote app. So it is quite possible to download files using Safari.

BTW... Amazon uses flash. You need to open Amazon web site by way of Safari mobile to make the sample audio work on the site.

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