How to Adjust the Scaling in QuickTime

"QuickTime" is a media player developed by Apple.

Apple's "QuickTime" media player is available for both the Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems. "QuickTime" enables the playback of video files and streams in the .MOV "QuickTime" movie format, as well as other common formats like .AVI and .MP4. While watching a video, you can change the scaling of the playback. You might want to change the scale so that you can still see and use other windows on your screen, or so that your display shows only your video.

Instructions

1. Launch "QuickTime." Click "File." Click "Open File." Navigate to the video you wish to watch. Select the video file. Click "Open." Or, if "QuickTime" is your default player, double-click on the video file to open it automatically in "QuickTime."

2. Click "View."

3. Click on your preferred scaling. Your options include "Half Size," where this is half the size of the default window, "Normal Size," where the window returns to its normal size, "Double Size," where the video becomes twice as large, "Fit to Screen," where the "QuickTime" window expands so that the top of he window touches the top of your screen and the bottom of the window touches the top of your taskbar or the bottom of the screen. You can also select "Full Screen" to make the video take up your entire screen.

Tips & Warnings

• Press the "Esc" key to exit out of full-screen display.

References

• Apple Support: Mac 101: "QuickTime" Player
• Apple Support: Media Format Supported by "QuickTime" Player in Mac OS X v10.6