Quicktime Easter Egg - "Upgrade to Pro Version" Movie

1. Open Notepad.
2. Write "hiho" (whitout quotes!).
3. Save that with .mov extension.
4. Enjoy!

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Contributed By: HappyBoy on 07-24-1999
Reviewed By: Webmaster
Special Requirements: Quick Time 3 (not Pro version)
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Sotl_Fan writes:
What do you mean with save? You can't save files with NotePad... You mean I highlight the text, then drag it to the finder and to rename the text clipping with .mov at the end? That doesn't work either. Please explain what to do after writing "hiho".
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Spamboy writes:
Uhh dude, He means: Write hiho in notepad and save it as whatever.mov . Is that hard????
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Sotl_Fan writes:
Duh on myself. I thought he meant Macintosh's Notepad. He's obviously refering to some Windows software.
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Tech Support writes:
Yeah. Even though I have to use Windows, I have a program that lets me run Mac software. You're right, you could never save files with the Mac Note Pad. Try SimpleText. He meant the Windows version.
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Cody writes:
It does work on the Mac! go to stickies, type in "hiho", go to export text under the file menu, save it as "whatever.mov", find and open "whatever.mov" and you get the QT pro movie. I did this with Quicktime 5 Beta 3.
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northpaw writes:
It works on all non-pro versions.
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neoamp writes:
In a Windows application, you can actually save your documents or files in another extension when you select file->save by just renaming the extension. It's like when you're downloading files from the net (i.e. mp3) when saved as another extension on the net. Upon saving just add in the file extension. So what he/she meant was that type hiho in notepad then save as a file name with the extension .mov Not that hard, right?
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computergeek writes:
whoopy doo, if you don't upgrade your quicktime you get that message anyway. and yes you can save files with note pad. if people can't figure that simple thing out, then don't use computers.
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TechHeads writes:
Surely, it works with everybody elses version, but, it doesn't work in version 6.5.1. Please could somebody help me?
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i was here writes:
bah! all i get is the sample movie! although, i was playing it before i tried this....
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