Irritated by the automatic playing of ads on the Apple home page? Or how about that stupid little movie on the 300 blurb on the Movie Trailers page?
To stop these things from playing automatically, control-click on the offending movies (or any other QuickTime content), and select Plug-in Settings from the pop-up menu. Go to the Browser tab on the QuickTime preferences panel, and uncheck the 'Play movies automatically' option. You'll now have to click to play any embedded QuickTime content.
[robg adds: You can go directly to the QuickTime Preferences panel, of course; no need to first visit a web page with QuickTime content. And yes, this is a somewhat obvious hint, but it's possible that not everyone knows where to look to disable auto playback.]
To stop these things from playing automatically, control-click on the offending movies (or any other QuickTime content), and select Plug-in Settings from the pop-up menu. Go to the Browser tab on the QuickTime preferences panel, and uncheck the 'Play movies automatically' option. You'll now have to click to play any embedded QuickTime content.
[robg adds: You can go directly to the QuickTime Preferences panel, of course; no need to first visit a web page with QuickTime content. And yes, this is a somewhat obvious hint, but it's possible that not everyone knows where to look to disable auto playback.]
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