QuickTime

How to extract audio from video on Mac with built-in tools

Whether you need the soundtrack for a project or want to enjoy music without visuals, extracting audio from video on a Mac is easy with built-in tools.

Andrew Orr | 6 months ago

How to pause a QuickTime Player recording, and other hidden options

When recording using QuickTime Player on a Mac, it's often useful to be able to pause the recording, but the control for that is not obvious. We'll show you how to reveal and use it.

Charles Martin | 9 months ago

The best video converter apps for Mac

If you want to send a video to someone, chances are you'll want to convert it or shrink its size. Here are the best options for changing the video into something more manageable.

Malcolm Owen | 2 years ago

The best video playback apps for Mac

There are countless apps for playing back video on your Mac but only a very few that are worth your time. Here are the best options for playing multiple formats.

William Gallagher | 2 years ago

How to record a video of the iPhone 11 screen

Whichever iPhone you've got, there are two ways to record a video of what's on the screen, whether it's when you want to preserve a memory or to create a tutorial for someone.

William Gallagher | 4 years ago

How to take screen recordings on Mac, iOS and Apple TV

Apple has provided ways to record videos of your Mac, iOS, and Apple TV screens, but it doesn't make it easy to figure out how to do it. Here's how to get it done.

William Gallagher | 5 years ago

'Star Wars' set the stage for Apple's streaming video service two decades ago

As we wait for Apple to announce its new streaming video service, AppleInsider takes a look back to when it was the company's QuickTime software that brought "Star Wars" to the web audience — and forever changed how we watched video online.

William Gallagher | 5 years ago

Tip: Record your iPad's screen on your Mac with QuickTime Player

While iOS 11 introduced a built-in screen recorder that allows users to quickly capture video of their iPhone or iPad's display, it is worth remembering that it is also possible to make a similar recording by connecting it to a Mac. AppleInsider explains the process of screen capturing an iOS device through macOS' QuickTime Player.

Malcolm Owen | 6 years ago

How to record your whole macOS screen, or a portion of it, with QuickTime Player

Apple has included an incredibly easy to use screen recorder with macOS High Sierra, contained inside the QuickTime Player utility. AppleInsider shows you how to use it.

Mike Wuerthele | 7 years ago

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Safari 10 will prefer HTML5, require manual activations of plugins like Flash & Java

Continuing Apple's deprication of third-party plugins, Safari 10 — bundled with macOS Sierra — will by default require users to manually activate Flash, Java, Silverlight, or QuickTime to use one of them on a website.

Roger Fingas | 8 years ago

Apple confirms QuickTime for Windows at end of life

After an 11-year run, QuickTime for Windows is no more. Apple has confirmed it will no longer issue updates or patch security holes for the PC version of its multimedia software, meaning those who continue to use the software do so at their own risk .

AppleInsider Staff | 8 years ago

Apple to deprecate QuickTime for Windows after discovery of two flaws

Software security firm Trend Micro on Thursday announced the discovery of two new flaws in QuickTime for Windows, adding that Apple has plans to deprecate support for the software.

AppleInsider Staff | 8 years ago

iPhone Patent Wars: Xerox PARC & the Apple, Inc. Macintosh: innovator, duplicator & litigator

Understanding Apple's intent to patent every valuable aspect of the intellectual property that went into creating iPhone in 2007 requires a look at what happened a quarter of a century earlier in the development of Apple's Macintosh.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 11 years ago

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Apple software update brings QuickTime for Windows to 7.7.4

Apple on Wednesday pushed out a new version of QuickTime 7 for Windows users, bringing improved security features.

Kevin Bostic | 11 years ago

MPEG releases H.265 draft, promises twice the video quality by 2013

The Motion Pictures Expert Group has issued a new video standards draft that promises to deliver twice the video quality at the same size, or alternatively, identical video quality at half the data rate as today's MPEG-4 H.264 standard.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 12 years ago

Quicktime for Windows update brings host of security fixes

Apple on Tuesday released Quicktime 7.7.2 for Windows PCs to fix a total of 17 security vulnerabilities, most of which don't affect Mac users as patches were included in OS X software updates.

AppleInsider Staff | 12 years ago

Apple issues EFI Firmware, iPhoto, QuickTime updates

Apple on Wednesday issued EFI Firmware updates for its Thunderbolt-equipped iMac, Mac Mini, Macbook Pro and Macbook Air computers, as well as minor updates to QuickTime for Windows and iPhoto.

AppleInsider Staff | 13 years ago

Apple issues Quicktime 7.7 for Windows, Leopard and updates printer drivers

Apple on Wednesday issued QuickTime 7.7 for Windows and Mac OS X Leopard, as well as a batch of driver updates for printers and scanners from Samsung, HP and Brother.

AppleInsider Staff | 13 years ago

Apple updates QuickTime; MobileMe improvements coming next year

Apple issued a routine security update to its QuickTime media player for Windows and Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8 Tuesday. Meanwhile, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs has reportedly promised significant improvements to MobileMe in 2011 in an email to a customer.

Josh Ong | 14 years ago

Adobe Flash contributes largest number of security patches in Apple's Mac OS X 10.6.5

Apple has detailed the security issues patched by Mac OS X 10.6.5 and the corresponding Security Update 2010-007 for Mac OS X 10.5, indicating that more than half of the security vulnerabilities in Mac OS X actually affect the Adobe Flash plugin and X11.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 14 years ago