Early Snow Leopard builds reportedly prompted the user to install QuickTime 7 and automatically proceeded with the installation when attempting to open a file supported only by QuickTime 7. It has been revealed that Snow Leopard build 10A394 now allows the full installation of QuickTime 7 in the same way, enabling Pro features that are currently available only for purchase.

Allegedly, the QuickTime 7 functionality was reported as incomplete in earlier builds, according to a piece over at MacRumors, but the latest Snow Leopard build shows a more complete version. The media player, however, should not be mistaken for QuickTime X, Apple’s latest version of the player. It is touted by Apple as being a major enhancement of Mac OS X 10.6, with its elegant interface, fading controls, video editing and great sharing options. QuickTime X boasts what is now considered Pro-level functionality. In Snow Leopard, Apple will be delivering the full set of features that today’s QuickTime Pro offers, and more, free of charge.

Softpedia readers may also remember that the latest Snow Leopard seed, weighing in at 700MB, was provided to developers via Software Update and activates the much-hyped Dock Exposé feature.

The ability to activate Exposé from the Dock was noted as a huge feature during Apple’s keynote address at WWDC this year. Snow Leopard users will be able to click and hold an application icon in the Dock, and all open windows in the application they selected will "unshuffle" so they can quickly change to another window. To move to the next application in the Dock and show the windows for that application, users simply press the TAB key while in Exposé. "Minimized windows appear as smaller icons below the other windows. And windows are spring-loaded, so you can drag and drop items between windows," Apple explains.

A video of the QuickTime 7 automatic installation process on Snow Leopard is available below.