OK here is how to do what he want, which is to tell tehy OS to always open playlists (.pls) files in the quicktime player, or any other compatible program for that matter.
1. navigate to any playlist file. 2. Open the file info window for that file with Command-I3 Navigate to the "Open With" section of that window. You may need to open the disclosure triangle. 4. from the popup menu select the QuickTIme Player or other program you wish.
5. Click the "Change All" button.From now on when you open a playlist (.pls) file the QuickTime player will open rather than iTunes. You can always switch this back by repeating the steps above at any time but selecting iTunes.
Greg Kearney Curtin University Centre for Accessible Technology www.cucat.org On Oct 6, 2008, at 6:21 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
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 homefolder 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 breakwhat already works. An example of what to change would be .doc files if you have someinaccessible wordprocessor on your mac so that they will be read by textedit 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 anadccount, 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. MartyClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage 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/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage 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
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