MacBook Pro and Quicktime, 2019

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MacBook Pro and Quicktime, 2019

I want to use inflight programs like Southwest Airlines' free wifi in Safari to access their media files. I can't because the Quicktime player has to be installed on my MacBook Pro. I can't find it to install it. When I open it in Applications, I find it lives only in iCloud. What? I've tried downloading a copy but it goes into iCloud instead of on my laptop. Did we get rid of Quicktime? Is there a different universal media player?

Suggestions, please. I see this question has been asked before and never answered.

Posted on Aug 14, 2019 5:46 PM

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QuickTimeKirk

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Aug 15, 2019 5:25 AM in response to AnnieHound

The app is locations folder. You've got yours set to open QuickTime files found in iCloud.

System preferences >iCloud> iCloud Drive>Options

I disabled QuickTime Player in the list of iCloud data that appears. By doing this, QuickTime Player in my applications folder became "normal" again, and launched correctly on the desktop.

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AnnieHound Author

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Aug 15, 2019 5:35 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

That seems to have done it, Kirk--thank you! I tried that initially, but I think I needed to restart to make it work. Thanks so much!

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AnnieHound Author

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Aug 15, 2019 5:20 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

Thanks, but... Again, on my laptop, the Quicktime in the Applications folder does not play. When I open it, it takes me to iCloud. It appears to be only an alias, not an accessible application. It is taking up 12.8 mg somewhere, though.

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Aug 15, 2019 4:22 AM in response to AnnieHound

QuickTime Player is found in the Applications folder.

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MacBook Pro and Quicktime, 2019

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