QuickTime Player

QuickTime is a video and audio technology developed by Apple Computer, Inc. It is widely used for digital movies as well as streaming audio and video available via the Internet. QuickTime Player is an application you can use to view QuickTime movies and streaming Internet content.

✓ Tips

  • There are two versions of QuickTime Player: the standard version, which is included with Mac OS X, and the Pro version, which enables you to edit and save QuickTime files. You can learn about QuickTime Pro on Apple’s QuickTime Web site, www.apple.com/quicktime/.

  • Internet access is covered in Chapter 13.

  • I explain how to set QuickTime preferences in Chapter 21.

To launch QuickTime Player

Click the QuickTime Player icon in the Dock (Figure 2

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