7. Enjoy Media
Within an amazingly short amount of time, the bulk of our personal media has gone digital. Although plenty of people still shoot film and buy albums on vinyl, I would guess that most of us now capture images with digital cameras and buy music online or on CDs (which are then converted to MP3 files for listening to on the computer or a portable player).
Apple has long been a champion of digital media—the iTunes Store is arguably saving the music business—so it’s no surprise that Mac OS X handles these media requirements. A large reason for that is QuickTime X, the core technology that handles video and audio in Mac OS X. This chapter covers importing digital media to your Mac, as well as using QuickTime Player as a built-in, catch-all ...
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