Access QuickTime in Mac OS X Yosemite From Launchpad vs Finder

2 Methods:

From Launchpad

From Finder

You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to access the QuickTime Player from the Launchpad when using Mac OS X Yosemite.

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   To get started, we're going to need to open the Dock, which is located at the bottom of the screen on any new Mac

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   It may be hidden, so just moving the mouse cursor to the bottom of the screen should reveal it.

   

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   On the screen in this example, there is a black "Q" with a blue inner circle

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   This is the icon for the QuickTime Player. It's there because the system is currently open, and we're recording a screen capture.

   

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   What we want to do is go to the Launchpad, which is a silver and gray circle with a black rocket ship inside of it

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   Click the mouse or press the mouse touchpad on the icon one time.

   

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   This will open the Launchpad, which is an area where our most commonly accessed icons and applications reside

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   On our demonstration computer, the "QuickTime Player" is at the top left

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   However, there may be quite a few applications and icons listed in the launchpad.

   

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   Therefore, to save time, we can move to the top of the screen where we'll see a white magnifying glass next to the word "Search"

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   Click there one time by tapping the touchpad or by clicking with the mouse

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   Now, we can type in something to "Search", so let's begin typing Quicktime

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   The "QuickTime Player" has appeared after just typing in "quick".

   

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   Then we can click on the application to open or launch it

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    We may also click on the "x" in the white circle on the right side of the "Search" box to close the search field

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    Then click anywhere in the launchpad area that is not on an icon to go back to the main screen of the Mac

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    This concludes our tutorial on accessing QuickTime using the Launchpad function on the Mac OS X Yosemite

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    For additional help, or if you have questions, comments or suggestions, please let us know in the area provided below the tutorial.

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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to access QuickTime from the Finder when using your Mac running OS X Yosemite.

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   To begin we need to scroll down to the bottom of the screen to open the dock

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   On the doc, we're going to be looking for the "Finder" icon, which is a blue and white smiley face

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   It's labeled "Finder", which can be seen when our cursor hovers over the icon.

   

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   Once it is found, give it a single click by pressing the touchpad on the Mac or pressing the left mouse button

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   One tap will open the Finder.

   

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   As we can see, we are currently in the "Applications" section, which is indicated on the left side

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   Not all Macs are configured exactly in the same way, so this screen could look a bit different when it opens.

   

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   We could be in another area, such as "Desktop", for example

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   If we are not in the "Applications" area, simply click on "Applications" one time

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   If we are in the "Applications" area, we should be able to see the "QuickTime Player" icon among the other icons on the right side

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   It is a black "Q" with inside colored in blue.

   

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   In the event that there are quite a few applications, or we simply don't have time to look for QuickTime, or we can't find the icon, we use the "Search" box at the top right-hand side of the window

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   This box has a black magnifying glass next to the word "Search".

   

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   Tap the touchpad or click the mouse one time to place our cursor and begin typing in the box

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    Now, begin typing in "QuickTime", and the icons that match will appear in main part of the window

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    The "QuickTime Player" should come up soon after we begin typing

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    We can then click on the "QuickTime Player" icon to launch the program if desired

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    We can also close the search area by clicking on the white "x" on the right in the search box

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    Once we've one this we'll be back in the "Applications" window, and we can close that by pressing on the black "x" in the red circle at the top left-hand corner

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    This will take us back to our desktop.

    

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    This concludes our tutorial on accessing QuickTime through the Finder area of your Mac running OS X Yosemite

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    If you have any additional questions, comments or suggestions, please leave them in the area provided below, and a member of our team will make sure to get back to you.

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