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.