the beauty of quicktime in osx is that it's integrated into the operating system frame so it runs beautifully. I've been using it more on this old powerbook than vlc, because vlc sticks. I like mplayer too, for diversity.

thanks for the tip on streamclip, jessica! what a find.

I can't get Quicktime to run all the things VLC does. It's very pretty, but I don't even try anymore, because of the pain of rejection.

I only use VLC when I find something Quicktime won't play -- I just really dislike the interface.

Most of the stuff I torrent didn't play in Quicktime, but it took me stupidly long to switch the default program.

I wish I could type in the time and scoot right there, and I wish it just having a file open wouldn't disable the screen's going dim. Even if it doesn't have focus. Other than that, I don't ask much other than "play anything."

Almost everything I torrent plays in qt, and if it doesn't there's usually something wrong with the avi. Stuff like mkv, flv, that stuff I can't play in there and play in vlc or mplayer. But given the memory limits of my powerbook, it's a better player generally than the other guy.

I use Synergy whenever iTunes is open. Growl and Little Snitch are also indispensible to the way I use my computer.

I don't use Synergy, because I find setting global hotkeys with Quicksilver is by far my favorite way to control iTunes.

Growl is awesome.

Well, I generally use the shuffle feature, so it's easier for me to just click the skip button in the menu bar than do a key combination. But they're both powerful.

Help again!

I put a blank DVD in the drive, pressed ignored when it asked me what I wanted to do, and now there's no icon on the desktop so I can't eject it, and I can't figure out how to burn something.

Being an IT professional who suddenly doesn't have a clue what he's doing is distressing.

Did you press the eject key?

Hit f12, for two seconds.

More OSX keyboard commands: [link]

Unfortunately it seems to be remapped to Dashboard on my mac.