Players and Long Filenames

[J. Landman Gay]

Alex Tweedly wrote:
> Garrett Hylltun wrote:

>> I'd use iTunes, but iTunes is too much for a simple task of just 
>> playing an mp3.  It's great for managing my iPod or managing 
>> playlists.  But ya can't just drop a song and go without iTunes adding 
>> it to the library.
> 
> 
> OK, it's not actually drag-n-drop, but you could just right-click / Open 
> With ... / QT Player
> One extra mouse action (plus you need to hit the space bar to make it 
> play.)
> 
> You might even be able to set the default action for mp3 to be play with 
> QT Player - but that's beyond my level of Mac knowledge ...
> 

It is even easier than that in OS X. Just set your Finder window view to 
"column" and when you select a QT-compatible file, a teeny little 
QuickTime controller appears and you can play the file from right in the 
Finder. You don't even have to open it.

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