gregory l.

Q: How do I change the default video player from Quicktime to VLC?

Quicktime is pretty useless for a large category of video files. It's a waste of time to have to specify each time which application that I would like to use to open a video file (I understand how to do that, but I am trying to avoid having to do it each time.)

iMac, iOS 4.3.2, i3 processor

Posted on May 15, 2016 6:38 PM

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Q: How do I change the default video player from Quicktime to VLC?

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  • by Rysz,Solvedanswer

    Rysz Rysz May 15, 2016 6:50 PM in response to gregory l.
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    May 15, 2016 6:50 PM in response to gregory l.

    Right-click on the file, select Get Info. Towards the bottom of the resulting window is the Open With spectin. Select the player you want to use, then check the box to make it a default for all file of this type. You'll need to repeat this for each file type.