This is relatively old news, but it’s worth reporting that Apple’s recent update to QuickTime added a much-requested feature. With version 7.2 you can now play video in full-screen mode without paying for QuickTime Pro. This is a really handy update for those of us who are using videostreaming services such as United Streaming.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the VLC media player, but for garden variety QuickTime it’s more convenient to use QuickTime with United Streaming. (One of my techs had some trouble getting VLC to work with United Streaming last spring when we were test driving the service.) The free QuickTime still doesn’t have the file conversion and recording features of QT Pro, but that won’t be a big issue for most of the teachers in my district.