Downloading files

Unfortunately when you click on a file link – a rehearsal track for example – what happens depends not only on your browser (Safari, Edge, Chrome, Firefox, etc.) but your settings as well.

Broadly speaking it’ll be that the file either opens or it downloads. You might find that either one suits you better. Personally, I like the file to download; that way if my device is a tablet and I find myself not connected to the internet, then I still have access to the file because it’s on my device.

The download option

So let’s say that you too prefer that a file downloads. And let’s say that that’s indeed what your browser is set up to do for you. One of two things is likely to happen when you click on a file: a) it will be downloaded to a default “Download” folder; or b) a dialogue will pop up asking you where you’d like to store the file.

If it’s a) and it gets downloaded to a default folder then your best option is to find out where that folder is and remember where it is. On Firefox and Chrome for example, there’s a button in the top toolbar that will list your downloads and will show you a little folder button that will take you to the download folder.

If it’s b) and you’re asked where to store the download, and if you are familiar with your operating system (iOS, Windows, Android, etc.) the best thing is to create a specific folder for the choir and choose this folder as your location to save to.

If neither of the above works for you, then you’d best come and ask in person. And if your device is a tablet, bring it with you perhaps.

The file opens there and then

It could be that when you click on a file – a rehearsal track for example – a new tab or window opens with the recording playing there and then. That could work for you; especially if you never find yourself without an internet connection.

But if you’d like more flexibility, then you should look for a download button in this new tab/window. It will typically have a little downward pointing arrow. If you click this and a download does indeed start, then you’ll have the same options as are described in the above option (The download option).

One more possibility

In nearly all browsers you can right-button mouse click (long press on an iPad) on the link and you’ll be presented with some options, one of which is Save As (the exact wording will vary). If you’re familiar with your device’s folders then you can select this option and choose where you’d like to store these files.