How prevent Quicktime from blacking out my second screen in full-screen mode?

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How prevent Quicktime from blacking out my second screen in full-screen mode?

This problem occurs when you have a second monitor.

In OS X Lion when I play a movie in Quicktime and select the "full-screen" mode, then Quicktime blacks out both of my screens to play the movie in full-screen mode. The OS 10.6 version of Quicktime allowed me to have a full-screen movie running in Quicktime while also working in other applications on my second screen.

Anyone know how I can change this hidden Quicktime preference to allow me to use full-screen mode AND work in other application on my second screen?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), Quicktime Issues

Posted on Jul 22, 2011 8:41 AM

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neogamma

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Jul 22, 2011 10:35 PM in response to dbroncos

Same here. New Quicktime behaviour is annoying to say the least. Jumping from Leopard to Snow Leopard proved to be a hassle-free experience, jumping from Snow Leopard to Lion is proving to be a pain I don't seem to need. Specially now that I've discovered Air Drop just works with newer machines.

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Jul 25, 2011 7:31 AM in response to dbroncos

Same here also, the new behaviour is costing a lot of time. I use it to play tutorials full screen on one monitor and follow in the program on the other monitor. I is already annoying that everytime I start a new chapter I have to close quicktime open the new chapter and then move quicktime to my other screen, because it always opens on my iMac monitor, but now I also have to manualy rezise the window. I hope Apple is gonna change this soon.

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