Change the default location of audio files on the computer desktop

[schwine1]

When I open an audio file (.mp3, .wav, .flac, etc) on the computer desktop with my preferred default software (QuickTime Player, version 10.5), the audio file always opens on the top left corner of the computer screen.
Is there a way to change the default location as to where the audio files open on the computer desktop with QuickTime Player?

Thanks for any tips.

 

[BrianBaughn]

I'm almost certain it can't be set in the QuickTime Player app and I don't know of any tricks, such as a "defaults write" Terminal command, to make that happen.

You might be able to work with the AppleScript discussed on this page to move the window with a keyboard shortcut:

Is there a way to exactly position a window?

I have a Quicktime window, and I would like to have it positioned at exactly (533,118). I have (painfully) achieved this using the Macbook's screenshot functionality (because it shows the coordinat...

apple.stackexchange.com

 

[Fishrrman]

My GUESS is that "this is the way Quicktime works"... and you're not going to be able to change it.

 

[bogdanw]

Some preinstalled apps can be moved and remember the last position. QuickTimePlayer is not one of them.
Compare QuickTimePlayer with Calculator, that has NSWindow Frame Calc_Main_Window
defaults read com.apple.calculator
defaults read com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX
Rectangle can be used to quickly move windows https://rectangleapp.com
IINA can be used to play music files https://iina.io

 

[Kandrew]

Are you sure that QuickTime Player doesn't behave properly? I just tried it because I thought that it did. Here's how I tested it.

• I opened it. It opened its window at a certain location. I moved the window (with multiple tabs open) to a new location further up the screen. I quit the application.
• I opened QuickTime Player again and it opened at the new location. I repeated the above steps but moved the window to the side, not up/down.
• Again, I opened QuickTime Player and again it opened at the new location. This time I left the location the same but I resized the window. I still have the same multiple tabs open. And I quit. To be clear, I used ⌘+Q each time to Quit QuickTime Player.
• I opened QuickTime Player again. It opened at the correct location with the resized window.

The only possibility I haven't covered, as far as I can see, is moving the window and resizing it in the same step. But given that all of the other scenarios have worked for me, I can't see any reason why that one would be any different.

I'm running macOS 13.0.1 on a 2021 MacBook Pro with an Apple M1 Pro chip and 16GB Ram.
QuickTime Player is version 10.5 (1148.4.1).

If there's anything else that you think that I should have covered but haven't, please ask me.

 

[gilby101]

Are you sure that QuickTime Player doesn't behave properly? I just tried it because I thought that it did. Here's how I tested it.

I did your tests. macOS 13.1 on 2019 iMac, QuickTime Player 10.5 (1150.4.1).

Movies behave as you say (and uses tabs). Audio always opens at top left (and does not use tabs) just as @wasser says.

 

[Kandrew]

I did your tests. macOS 13.1 on 2019 iMac, QuickTime Player 10.5 (1150.4.1).

Movies behave as you say (and uses tabs). Audio always opens at top left (and does not use tabs) just as @wasser says.

Thank you for pointing that out to me. I would never have guessed.

Just as a silly experiment, I opened about 10 audio files together wondering if the little windows would open on top of each other or stagger. Thankfully, I think, they staggered downwards and to the right.

I wonder if QuickTime Player has always behaved this way. And what of its predecessors?

Again, thanks for pointing it out to me, @gilby101 - and I'm sorry if I gave anyone, especially @wasser false hope.

 

[schwine1]

I now use IINA software for audio and video programs.