Did QuickTime X take you by surprise? Still need Pro-features in QT? Here’s my fix which sorts out all my QT problems on SL (OS X 10.6).

First thing I did was to install QuickTime Player 7 from optional installs on the SL CD. Then I can always open with QT 7. For most uses this is all you need.

But to get more freedom on (old fashioned) web tv sites like nrk.no, I also had to make QT 7 the default player, for real. Also for Flip4mac in web browsers. Only changing the applications’ filenames will fix that. Type or paste the following lines of code into a Terminal window:

cd /Applications
sudo mv QuickTime\ Player.app QuickTime\ Player\ X.app
sudo ln -s Utilities/QuickTime\ Player\ 7.app QuickTime\ Player.app
exit

QuickTime Player X then becomes QuickTime Player X (not just QuickTime Player), and QuickTime Player 7 becomes QuickTime Player (in addition to still being QuickTime Player 7).

If you need QT X to be the default player in Finder just Get Info, change the Open with, and Change all.