quick time won't be any easier to use and creating an ITunes account is a lovely thing to do. You should already have an apple ID because without one, you cannot perform updates and such because it needs your name and password which you will have created when you set up your computer. If you somehow bypassed that step, there is a registration setup file in your home folder you can launch and complete the process with. Believe me, Even when ITunes was not accessible, I found that it was easier to just play stuff in it rather than change all the file types. Don't break what already works. An example of what to change would be .doc files if you have some inaccessible wordprocessor on your mac so that they will be read by text edit and be accessible. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty Rimpau" <mrimpau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "mac voice over list" <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 12:00 AM Subject: [macvoiceover] getting quick time to play .pls files Hi all, I just downloaded a .zip file with my collection of radio stations, from my small site, and when I launched a test .pls file, i-tunes came up, and wanted me to register, and set up, so I told it yes, and then, I told it not to mess with my internet connection, and it took me to the i-tunes store, but I didn't want to create an adccount, so I closed i-tunes, and then the stream started in i-tunes,, but how do you tell the mac to open all .pls files with quick time, because I don't feel like I want to have a library in a store, or be pressured to buy things I don't want to buy, I just want to listen to my streams, so how is this accomplished, telling quick time to play .pls file types, or all the file types it can, and thanks in advance for any assistance. Marty > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >