Open QuickTime Player's Info window at launch

Feb 03, '06 06:49:00AM

Contributed by: bortek

Do you like to use QuickTime Player's Movie Info window (Window: Show Movie Info, or just Command-I) open all the time? Would you like it to actually open on launch of the player, and not just at your command? To have the Info open when you laucnh the player, you have to modify the value key QTPMovieInfoShowPanel in com.apple.quicktimeplayer.plist (in your user's Library/Preferences folder). Quit QuickTime Player before doing any editing,.

If you're using the Developer Tools, just double-click this file and change the value for the key from No to Yes. Save the file and quit PropertyList Editor.

If you're editing via the command line or your favorite text editor, you need to first convert the preferences file to XML format in Terminal:

$ cd ~/Library/Preferences
$ plutil -convert xml1 com.apple.quicktimeplayer.plist
Edit the file, changing the QTPMovieInfoShowPanel key to look like this:
<key>QTPMovieInfoShowPanel</key>
<true/>
After editing, you can convert the plist file back to binary format:
$ plutil -convert binary1 com.apple.quicktimeplayer.plist
Now launch QuickTime Player, and revel in the always-visible Info window.

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