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Q >I absolutely hate QuickTime Player X and I need the backward compatibility with older formats. When I download QuickTime 7 the installer says it is too old. What do I do? - Jim, California
A >I share your loathing. In addition to down-and-dirty editing, I use QT7 to view the zillion QuickTime VR panoramas I’ve shot of just about every place I have ever lived or visited.
Insert your Snow Leopard installation disk and run the “Optional Installs” QuickTime 7 package. Afterward, right click on the QuickTime 7 icon, select Show Contents, drill down to Resources/QuickTimePlayerLauncher and toss the launcher resource.
Next, right-click on a .mov file, select Get Info and specify QT7 in the “Open With” popup. Choose “Other”, then navigate to QuickTime 7. After this, click on the “Change All” button to make sure that all movie files open in QT7. If you ever need to open a movie in QuickTime X, you can do it by dragging and dropping it on the QuickTime X application.
Q >Apple does not support Flash on the iPhone, the iPod Touch, or the iPad. Any idea why? - Wally, California
A >I have yet to penetrate the mind of Steve Jobs, but I do know that there are certain issues with overhead and instability (with Flash, at least).
With HTML5 on the way, I am guessing that Apple is employing its damn-the- torpedoes approach; earlier examples of which have included the USB-only MacBooks and Steve Jobs’s proclamation of the death of the DVD.
As for my personal view of Flash, I have been using it since I was a kid and I have absolutely no love for its dated and clunky tools. But to be fair, I think that the popularity of Flash should be enough for it to be supported on Apple’s iDevices.
Q >The hard drive on my MacBook is too small and I need to replace it. Can I do this myself? - Mavon, Nevada
A >Unlike iBooks and other older laptops, this is very easy with a MacBook. You can find a step-by-step video at Other World Computing