Quicktime Pro For Mac

Hey all New Mac user. First time poster. My name is Ben. I am 27, was born and raised a Mac user (left for PC at Mac System 8.6) and am now back with a new Mac Mini (fully upgraded to 2g, etc.) I loaded up iTunes with all my music from my old library, and even though I recently purchased Quicktime Pro on my old PC.

Given the features I could make use of on my new Mac, I figured it was well worth it and I paid another $30 to upgrade to Quicktime Pro v.7.1.2 Now a new iTunes is out, and so naturally, I've opted to update my software weekly and I am now looking at the sleek, beautiful new iTunes. Very excited. I must have spent at the very least $500 in the last two years on iTunes, and so I couldn't wait to treat myself to a fresh new movie tonight downloaded straight to my computer. However, this entire feature it seems I am locked out of! It says I can not view these new iTunes movies unless I update to the new Quicktime v7.1.3. But if I update. I am throwing away the $30 I spent to upgrade to Quicktime Pro!

But I don't wanna do that! I make very good use of the features in Quicktime Pro such as video or audio recordings, being able to splice together and edit my favorite video clips into one video, and so forth.

I use it on almost a daily basis! And even though I purchased it only maybe two or three weeks ago.do I really have to pay for it AGAIN if I want to enjoy the new iTunes? Is iTunes not free then? Are the video/audio features of my new Mac not functional unless I pay a fee to 'unlock' them? This seems very unfair and very Un-Mac like, especially as this is my FIRST impression as a new Mac user.

Has anybody else had this problem? Had it fixed by Apple?

I called Apple Care a few dozen times, but their lines seems permanently busy tonight (understandable given their major launches) Ben New York, NY. The only thing a lot of people upgrade to Pro for is fullscreen playback in the Quicktime player, and you can achieve that with a simple Applescript anyhow. I think I've upgraded about 4 times (on Mac and PC), but can't see myself doing so again. It's annoying when you've upgraded to Pro on an older version of Quicktime, then the next version of iTunes, or iMovie, or some other app requires the latest version of Quicktime so either you don't use the latest version of these apps, you pay twice for the same functionality, or you're downgraded. The next time you pay to upgrade to a new OS, you're downgraded from Pro again. This really gets my back up.

I completely agree with the OP, MisterBungee, Apple's wording on their update warning is UNCLEAR It really does look as if you will lose your key if you upgrade from QT 7.1.2 to QT 7.1.3, which is completely false. QT is one of the first things that many mac users upgrade, and even if the've not yet bought a key, they're still presented with this huge wodge of baffling text warning about dire unspecified things and mind-numbing version numbers. It would be so easy to simplify. Just check to see if there's a valid key for v6, and no key for v7, and then only in that situation bring up a short warning. The rest of the time, just say 'enjoy your upgrade!'

I have QT Pro 6.5.3 on my old Power Mac, and have occasionally used its editing and export features. I just got a new iMac, and it appears that the QT world has changed a lot since I last went looking for an upgrade. The QT Player on my iMac is v10.0. When I tried opening an old.mov file to see whether I had a full range of editing and export capabilities, it said I had to open the file with QT 7.

I chose that option and a QT logo briefly appeared in the Dock, then disappeared. Apple's website for QuickTime Pro says to download QT Player 7 and then purchase the registration code.

But the download page for QTP7 says it's for Leopard, and I have Snow Leopard. So what is the appropriate solution these days for someone who wants to use Mac OS X 10.6 to do clipping, rotating, exporting, etc. With QuickTime? And has the file format changed, so I can't edit my existing files with V10.0?

I'm going to keep the Power Mac on my other desk for the foreseeable future, so I guess I can just use that for my movie files, but I'd still like to get the same capabilities on my iMac if possible. I have QT Pro 6.5.3 on my old Power Mac, and have occasionally used its editing and export features.

I just got a new iMac, and it appears that the QT world has changed a lot since I last went looking for an upgrade. The QT Player on my iMac is v10.0. When I tried opening an old.mov file to see whether I had a full range of editing and export capabilities, it said I had to open the file with QT 7. I chose that option and a QT logo briefly appeared in the Dock, then disappeared.

Apple's website for QuickTime Pro says to download QT Player 7 and then purchase the registration code. But the download page for QTP7 says it's for Leopard, and I have Snow Leopard. Click to expand.QuickTime X is a complete reinvention of QuickTime, and it is not feature complete yet. Because of this, Snow Leopard includes both QuickTime X and QuickTime 7, but by default QuickTime Player 7 is not installed. QuickTime X doesn't have editing capabilities but is able to make use of graphics hardware support for playing 'modern' video codecs (e.g. H.264), whereas QuickTime 7 has to use the CPU, but can handle a lot more formats and has editing capabilities. Snow Leopard always has QuickTime Player X in the Applications folder.

QuickTime Player 7 is an optional install, and if present it goes in the Utilities folder. Snow Leopard also has a QuickTime Player Launcher support application which works out whether to use QuickTime Player X or 7 for a particular file. You can download QuickTime Player 7 for Snow Leopard here: (It is also on the install DVD, but if your DVD predates 10.6.3 then you would need to download the later version anyway.) That will get you the ability to play older videos, but in order to do editing with QuickTime Player 7 on any version of Mac OS X, you need QuickTime 7 Pro. Your existing QuickTime 6 Pro registration is not accepted by QuickTime 7, so you will need to buy QT 7 Pro. It is available from the Apple online store for US$29.99. A possible alternative is to use a third party application to do the editing tasks.

MPEG Streamclip is free and can do a fair amount of QuickTime movie editing. I'm using QTP on Snow Leopard. I find it confusing because if I look at info at systems-level it simply says Quicktime Player 7, and is version 7.6.6. When I open the application and read the 'About' panel, it says more or less the same with no explicit mention of 'pro': Quicktime Player 7 Version 7.6.6 (1709) Quicktime (tm) Version 7.6.6 (1783) But there is a tiny grey addition to the bottom left of the 'Q' icon at the top that says pro in italics, which I usually overlook.

If I open the Registration Panel it indeed says Quicktime Pro Registration, has a larger icon with the grey 'Pro' indicated, and at the bottom of the panel clearly say Quicktime 7 Pro. One of the more comprehensive responses to this often confusing range of morphing applications. Click to expand.QuickTime Player is only a small piece of the puzzle. The QuickTime engine behind the player needs the editing support. The QuickTime X engne as implemented in Snow Leopard is for playback only.

Download spotify music to flac software: noteburner spotify music. That is why Apple continued to supply QuickTime 7 for those who needed the editing functionality, and to run applications which need the traditional QuickTime engine. The fundamental problem is that QuickTime 7 is based on very old technology and Apple wants to phase it out. They can't yet, because too many applications depend on it. QuickTime X is one of the steps towards a modern rewrite of the underlying graphics engine.

QuickTime Player X is a simpler video player that uses the QuickTime X engine, which Apple was able to write quickly, rater than having to do major surgery to the existing QuickTime Player (7) to make it work with two different video engines. There are many pieces of the puzzle, and I don't expect Lion to complete the redevelopment, but it will move a lot closer. This interacts with things like Final Cut Pro: version 7 and earlier are based on QuickTime 7, and the full capabilities of QuickTime 7 are only available for 32-bit applications, so Final Cut Pro 7 was not able to be updated to 64-bit. Apple instead wrote Final Cut Pro X, which is based on a new video engine that is able to support 64-bit applications. I haevn't looked into the details enough to get my head around the next stage yet. The fundamental problem is that QuickTime 7 is based on very old technology and Apple wants to phase it out.

They can't yet, because too many applications depend on it. QuickTime X is one of the steps towards a modern rewrite of the underlying graphics engine. QuickTime Player X is a simpler video player that uses the QuickTime X engine, which Apple was able to write quickly, rater than having to do major surgery to the existing QuickTime Player (7) to make it work with two different video engines. Click to expand.Thanks from me too. This discussion reminded me that I have QT7 Pro and really never need it now. But I bought it.

I opened QT7 Player out of curiosity and found most of the menu options were grayed out with a 'PRO' prelude on them. I entered my username and password in 'Registration' with no apparent luck.

My only option was to click on 'buy the pro version'. I checked on the web and an Apple article says to hit 'tab' after entering the info in the 'Registration' fields. I would never have thought of that.

I'd have been much more aggressive earlier if I really needed QT7. I thought my QT7 prefs carried over from Leopard to Snow Leopard.

Maybe I just screwed up. At any rate, I have QT7-Pro functioning now. Thanks from me too. This discussion reminded me that I have QT7 Pro and really never need it now. But I bought it. I opened QT7 Player out of curiosity and found most of the menu options were grayed out with a 'PRO' prelude on them.

I entered my username and password in 'Registration' with no apparent luck. My only option was to click on 'buy the pro version'. I checked on the web and an Apple article says to hit 'tab' after entering the info in the 'Registration' fields. I would never have thought of that.

Quicktime Pro For Mac Free

I'd have been much more aggressive earlier if I really needed QT7. I thought my QT7 prefs carried over from Leopard to Snow Leopard.

Maybe I just screwed up. At any rate, I have QT7-Pro functioning now.