However, QuickTime does play MP3 and many other
audio formats. So, if iTunes is available, why ever use QuickTime to listen to audio? To listen
to an audio file in iTunes, you have to import the file into your iTunes library, thereby creating
another copy of the file on your Mac. Listen to the file first in QuickTime if you are unsure about
adding it to your iTunes library. Choose File | Open File and browse for the file to hear the audio
before you import it into iTunes.
View Picture Files
The merit of questioning the use of QuickTime doubles in the case of viewing picture files. Your
Mac already has two programs that are more than capable of opening picture files, iPhoto and
Preview, so why use QuickTime? Well, the best reason I can think of is simply because you can.
That??™s the extent of my argument, because frankly the other two applications I mentioned are
much more picture-friendly than QuickTime. If you simply want to open a picture file and give
it a quick look, fine, use QuickTime (if you already have it open). But if you want to do anything
else with it or you??™re already running iPhoto or Preview, don??™t bother.
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