Play audio in Finder?

In OS 10.4, I could play an audio file in a column view Finder window. In 10.5, I only get some goofy generic icon. What happened? How can I get OS 10.5 to play audio files in the Finder window like 10.4 did? If there is no preference setting that will enable this, maybe someone knows of a plug-in that will restore this useful feature to the more "advanced" Leopard.

several, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Apr 15, 2010 7:44 PM

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Apr 17, 2010 8:35 AM in response to Moof666

That opens a huge dark window much larger than the slim QuickTime window that opens if I double-click, so it is much less interesting to me than playing in the already open Finder window. Also, some file types that I could play in the 10.4 Finder (and can now play fine in the 10.5 QuickTime Player) do not play in QuickLook.

Back to my question: Does anyone know how to enable the Finder to play sound files instead of Quicklook?

Apr 17, 2010 9:29 AM in response to Moof666

That opens a huge dark window much larger than the slim QuickTime window

So make it smaller. Click drag the bottom right corner.
so it is much less interesting to me than playing in the already open Finder window.

Select the item then in the last column with the info for that item, click the icon. I you move teh mouse over the icon, you should see a Play button (right pointing triangle).
Or as stated, much easier, press the Space bar.
QuickLook is designed so you can easily see what an item is without opening an application.
It displays just about anything. Emails, movies, text docs, pdfs, etc.
A Finder window will not let you read any text or see a movie to see specifically what the file is.
Back to my question: Does anyone know how to enable the Finder to play sound files instead of Quicklook?

After you select the item, click the icon in the last column.

May 31, 2010 6:26 PM in response to Chris CA

"A Finder window will not let you *read any text or **see a movie to see specifically what the file is."

* A Finder window in Tiger lets me read the text. That's one fault of Leopard; the Finder views are reduced in favor of QuickLook.
** Do you mean see a still frame? I don't find that useful at all. The title of the movie tells me more than a still frame of the MGM lion.

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