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Apple Video Player with Single Frame Capability for Beginner

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Markr041 Forum Pro • Posts: 10,078
Quicktime Came Installed on Three of My New Apple Computers and I use it "Widely"
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Chas Tennis wrote:

Maybe you know something about this?

I searched to find if Quicktime was still being widely used and supplied on new or recent Apple computers. I would say that more than half of the finds seem to indicate that Quicktime was no longer that active. Suggest searching and reading the information.

A poster posted a link from Apple that indicated Quicktime was still being used.

These two categories of information - wide usage vs hardly used & on the way out - are very inconsistent. Why is that?

Chas Tennis

It is not very useful for anyone actually considering purchasing a new Apple computer to debate why there is nonsense on the internet.

Here is my personal experience:

On my Apple Air m1, Mac mini m1, and MacBook Pro m1 Quicktime is installed as the default video player. I can send you a signed, notarized picture of it being used on all three if you do not believe me.

You can also go to any Apple store or BestBuy or whatever store near you has these computers on display and verify whether Quicktime is installed.

As to usage, yes, I use Quicktime to play all of my videos, usually 4K HEVC 10bit, sometimes 8K, sometime 5K.

Why do you care how widely it is used? What matters is it is free and works well.

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