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Do you have quicktime on your dock?

ero87

ero87

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Kindof a silly question, but I always notice Quicktime on people's docks... WHY?! I can't think of a single reason to open quicktime on its own. Sure, I use Quicktime often to view movies, but I always open the movie (which opens quicktime).

In conclusion - what's the point of having quicktime on your dock?!
 
I used to remove it, but, now that I use it all of the time to record meetings at work, I put it back. Otherwise, yes, I'd agree that few people need it there.
 
Nope for me. For most it is probably just there because it is the default set of applications on the dock.
 
peterparker said:
Nope for me. For most it is probably just there because it is the default set of applications on the dock.
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That's what I figure, but it drives me crazy that not everyone wants to economize their screen space. Maybe I just need to chill out.

and btw, JSW - I had no idea that quicktime could record movies and audio! that's a pretty sweet feature, MacRumors teaches me something new every day...
 
ero87 said:
and btw, JSW - I had no idea that quicktime could record movies and audio! that's a pretty sweet feature, MacRumors teaches me something new every day...
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It's a Pro option, but very, very handy. I'm now the semi-official meeting archivist at work. I have an iSight in the MBP, but keep a separate iSight and FW cable for use in meetings.
 
i do have QT in my dock. quick conversions...and next to it is VLC in the case that a file does not like QT.🙂
 
I don't put them in the dock, but I do put them at the top of finder windows (alongside Preview, VLC and flipformac). Just because its appropriate/quicker to drop on the right app needed at the time rather than clicking for the assigned file type.

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sam10685 said:
it's a pretty blue icon.
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I agree. Half the icons in my Dock are unused and half the apps I use are not dwelling within my Dock... I'm a sucker for a pretty screen.
 
I have it on my dock because I like it. With all the video codecs I have for quicktime, I never will have to use VLC or mplayer again!
 
Nope, as you can see, it is nowhere to be seen. If I ever play a movie which needs it, I just open the movie itself and let QT launch automatically. Otherwise, I never use it. I don't have QT Pro either.

 
I have it down there so that I can drop files onto it if I don't want to open them in VLC.
 
Sometimes people host a Quicktime movie and don't let you download it. So if I want it, I look at the page's source, find the link to the .mov file. Then I open quicktime, press "control + U" and, paste the link in there. It opens it in a new screen, and I can save it.

I know it's wrong to take videos people don't want me to have, but eh. They're not copyrighted, and I say they weren't really trying if it can be circumvented that easily. And if something has to download onto my computer...I consider it mine.
 
indigoflowAS said:
i do have QT in my dock. quick conversions...and next to it is VLC in the case that a file does not like QT.🙂
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Thats the same with me. Also, as others have mentioned, its a pretty cool icon 😉 😎.
 
indigoflowAS said:
and next to it is VLC in the case that a file does not like QT.🙂
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I used to have them next to each other, but they got in too many fights, so I had to separate them with Preview.
 
mad jew said:
I agree. Half the icons in my Dock are unused and half the apps I use are not dwelling within my Dock... I'm a sucker for a pretty screen.
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favorite icon is the Automator icon and i don't really know how to use automator. (except i did make one successful workflow!) (with 2 actions!)
 
i don't.... i'm spoiled and use spotlight to find apps that aren't on my dock or i'm too lazy to move the mouse...i love command spacebar..
 
This thread has inspired me to remove it. 🙂

Here goes... *holds breath hoping something catastrophic doesn't happen*
 
I have mine in the Dock, so I can drag & drop media files (like MP3s I dont want to copy to iTunes) to play. Some conversions also 🙂

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Mine's in there because I never quit it. I'm not sure if it would stay or go if I closed it. That way movies load pretty much instantaneously. Same thing with leaving iCal, Address Book, iTunes, Safari, MS Word, PS Elements, iPhoto... I just never quit them.
 
I do. Not exactly sure why but I used to use it to record some podcasts... but with iLife 06 not really necessary.
 
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