Quicktime defaults to AirPlay dropdown

Hi jahanzebk1,

Thanks for getting back to us with those details! We appreciate it. Were you able to test it out in a temporary admin account yet? If not, give that a try and reply back here to let us know if the same thing happens there. This link covers the steps needed to Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac.

Best wishes.

Hello jahanzebk1,

Thanks for posting in Apple Support Communities. We're happy to see what we can do to help. As we understand it, you find that pressing Spacebar brings up your AirPlay options when you open an audio file in QuickTime Player. Is that right?

We did some testing and found that the Spacebar seems to be pausing and unpausing playback, so there may be a few things to consider in order to rule out some causes.

Does this happen every single time, or is it intermittent?

If you click Apple menu () > Restart and immediately test it out, does the issue occur?

What format is the audio file in question? Does it happen if you test a few video files also?

Are you using an external display?

You might be able to further narrow this down by testing in a newly-created administrator account: Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. This will tell if you the issue is system-wide or user-specific.

Let us know the answers to the above, and the results of testing in a new user account.

Kind regards.

Hi there jahanzebk1,

Thank you! It sounds like the issue is system-wide rather than user account-specific based on the results. With that in mind, we suggest getting in contact with Apple for next steps by using this link: Contact Apple Support

Take care.

I can confirm. Audio files only.

Bug report time it seems.