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Saving Movies from the Internet

With QuickTime Player, you can save (download) a movie viewed in your web browser to your hard disk. (The movie must be authored to allow for saving.) If it's a streaming movie, QuickTime Player saves a small "reference movie" that points to the stream.

To save an Internet movie on your hard disk:

  1. When the movie finishes loading (when the entire progress bar is filled with gray), click the down arrow in the playback controls.
  2. Choose "Save as QuickTime Movie."

    If this command is not available, the movie is authored so that it cannot be saved.