Preview Quartz Composer (.qtz) files in Safari |
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I was hunting for a very specific screensaver the other day online, and was thrilled to find a direct link to the Quartz Composer (.qtz) file in question. So I clicked on the URL in Safari, expecting it to start downloading, and was pleasantly surprised when Safari began rendering the screensaver from directly within the active Safari window. Nice one!
Additional investigation revealed that any .qtz file on your computer will render in Safari via the drag and drop method. Right-clicking on the active window in Safari brings up an option to "Save Composition," which allows you to download the .qtz file to a location of your choice.
Some additional notes:
I have Developer Tools installed, and haven't tested this without Developer Tools installed.
Not tested in 10.4.x (Tiger)
Quartz Composer files are pretty darn small and they load and render very quickly. They are easily created with Developer Tools and can access all kinds of syste...
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