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    Movies in iPhoto

    Your statement that QT 7 is an application is borne out by the fact that, when I double click the .avi file in iPhoto 08, QT 7 launches, i.e. the file opens in the standard QT window and the QT menu bar replaces the iPhoto menu bar. In answer to your question, it is not important to me that it...
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    Movies in iPhoto

    Thanks, DeltaMac, the penny dropped when you asked if I had both QuickTime 7 & 10 installed. I trashed QuickTime 10, opened iPhoto, double clicked on the .avi file and it opened in Quicktime 7 as it should. It is interesting to note (for me anyway) that whereas QuickTime 7 is installed as a...
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    Movies in iPhoto

    Possibly my original posting did not make it clear enough that I have no problem opening the .avi file by any of the procedures outlined by DeltaMac. I have been relying on David Pogue's "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual" for guidance since I acquired my first Mac. In it he states that after...
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    Movies in iPhoto

    I have up to date versions of Perian and Flip4Mac installed already but still the .avi file will not open by double clicking. Jayess
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    Movies in iPhoto

    I am using iPhoto 08 on an iMac, Snow Leopard. I have imported a movie shot from my camera (.avi file) which is supposed to open in QuickTime Player by double clicking - but it doesn't. The only way I can open it is to go to the file in Finder and select "open with QuickTime". Can anyone tell me...
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