OneClick Mac
Media Manager software allows you to download a book, play it on your computer, and transfer to a supported device. Media Manager takes care of all audiobook format worries for you, so it is not necessary to consider whether an audiobook is MP3 or WMA format before checking it out.
Compatible: OS X 10.6.6 or later only, and can only transfer to Apple mobile devices. Note: there is now a mobile app for Apple devices.
Current Version: 1.3 released June 1, 2012 (just bug fixes).
Video Tutorials:
Written Instructions:
- Getting Started
- Software Overview
- Recommended Settings
- Download & Transfer a Book
- Deleting Books from the Device
Getting Started
1. Install the Media Manager for Mac software. Two options:
a. A download link for Media Manager can be obtained from this page on the OneClickdigital website.
b. Open your App Store, and search for "oneclickdigital." This will bring up the OneClickdigital Media Manager. The icon looks like this:
2. Finish installing OneClickdigital Media Manager as normal.
3. Open the Media Manager.
4. A "Select Region" box may pop up over the login screen. Select North America to proceed.
5. Log in with the same username and password you use on the OneClickdigital website.
Forgot your username or password? See the help file on this. Do not have a username or password? Learn how to register here.
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Software Overview
This image shows the first version of Mac Media Manager. It will be updated as options in the Media Manager change. All updates so far have been stability updates, and did not add or change features on the Media Manager.
1. Main controls for listening to a book.
2. Status area. This area shows your progress if you are downloading or playing a book, etc. When this image was taken, a book had been playing for 8 seconds, thus the message.
3. Volume control.
4. Refresh button. Use this to instigate Media Manager to restart playing the book you are listening to, or to check your online account for any new books to check out (when not playing a book).
5. Chapters listing. Use this to jump ahead to a specific chapter in the book.
6. Scroll bar, to view all of the books you have checked out.
7. Media Manager version number. If you need to report a problem to the company or the State Library, support will need to know what version of Media Manager for Mac you are running. Sometimes, the only error is that you missed an update!
Checked Out Items--each book has an expiration date, Play Title, Download/Transfer (plug in your device first), and a Return Now feature. Early return is encouraged. Returning a book on Media Manager is almost instantly synced to your online account. At this time Mac Media Manager does not have a Renew feature, you will need to visit your online account to renew a book.
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Recommended Settings
Since the Mac Media Manager came out later, many Mac users have been using the manual download process. Here is how to optimally set your preferences.
Settings on the Website
1. Go to our OneClickdigital site and log in: http://statelibraryofks.oneclickdigital.com
2. Click on "My Account."
3. Choose the tab "Preferences."
4. Under "Generic Preferences" make sure this setting is correct:
a. Default Device = Apple Device Mac Media Manager cannot transfer to a non-Apple MP3 player.
5. For "OneClickdigital Media Manager Preferences" your settings should be:
a. ...use as default player = Yes.
b. Automatically download/resume = No or Ask. We prefer No. This will make sure your book is only downloading when you want it to, and it is unlikely to download multiple times.
Setting in iTunes
You must also make sure to change one setting in your iTunes for Media Manager to communicate fully with your device. Video on setting this option.
1. With iTunes open, plug in your Apple device.
2. Click on your device's name on the left side navigation under "Devices."
3. Device summary should now be seen. Scroll down to "Options."
4. Click the box in front of "manually manage music and videos" to turn this option on.
NOTE: some patrons have reported this setting is turned back off every time they upgrade their iTunes, so be sure to re-check this setting if you suddenly experience transfer issues.
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Download & Transfer a Book
Checkout and Download a Book
Checkout screenshots were done in Firefox. Firefox or Safari work best with OneClickdigital's website.
1. When you have selected something to check out, select the number of days for checkout and then click the "checkout now" button. 
2. The browser's download message appears. Choose to "Open" the book with "OneClickdigital Media Manager." Files from OneClick will always be .ocdf format, so you may choose to do this automatically in the future. 
3. OneClickdigital Media Manager should open. Log in if you have not already done so (with the same username and password as the website).
4. Media Manager should now be displaying your book under the heading "Checked Out."
Note: if your book does not show in Media Manager immediately, click the "Refresh" button (shown with red arrow) to induce the Media Manager to find the book information. Chrome users, you may have to do this with every checkout. 
5. The book's information should now be shown in the Media Manager. The audio files have not yet downloaded to the computer yet. To do so:
a. Click "Play Title" next to the book. The introduction to the book will download quickly, then the book will begin playing. The rest of the download will occur while listening to the book, you do not have to monitor this.
b. Click the "Downoad/Transfer Button. This will cause the "Downloading" popup to open and show the progress of the download. Note: if you do not have your iPod plugged into the computer, Media Manager will give an error once it is ready to transfer the files to a device, but the files for the book will now be downloaded on your computer.
Transfer a Book
1. Plug your iPod, iPad, or iPhone into the computer.
2. Click the Download/Transfer button associated with the book you wish to transfer.
3. If the book had not already downloaded to your computer, it will do so now (as above). As soon as the download is complete, the transfer will begin. At that time, iTunes may initialize in the background, but you will not have to use it directly (Media Manager is using iTunes to transfer the book quickly).
4. When complete, Media Manager will show this confirmation:
5. Disconnect your device. The book has been transferred as a Playlist into the Music folder.
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Deleting a Book from the Device
Once you are finished with a book, use the Media Manager to return it so someone else can check the book out. Do not return a book until you are finished with it on the device.
Remove the book from the device by:
- Plug your device into the computer.
- Open iTunes.
- Look to where your device is listed on the left-side navigation of iTunes.
- The book should be listed under your device as a Playlist. Click on the playlist for that book, and delete it.
Not sure how to do this? This video shows how to do this on a Sansa Clip (Windows only), and then on an iPod. While the video was made on a Windows computer, the process in iTunes is the same.
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