Filed under: Software Update
QuickTime 7.4.1 update fixes issues
Today, Apple updated QuickTime to version 7.4.1. Apple says that this update fixes security issues and "improves compatibility with third-party applications." They recommend this update to all QuickTime users. Ars Technica is reporting that this update also fixes some AfterEffects rendering issues that cropped up in the last QuickTime update. This update is available for:
You can get the update by opening Software Update (Apple menu > Software Update) or by clicking one of the links above to download the software installer package from Apple's support downloads website.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Jon said 7:05PM on 2-06-2008
Can someone explain why:
(a) Quicktime is updated so often.
(b) The updates are generally huge (> 40MB)
(c) They all require a restart?
These are real questions; I'm not (just) trying to be bitchy.
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tim said 8:24PM on 2-06-2008
@jon -
if i had to guess...
a) its the core of so many apple products, the iphone, itunes, iphoto, etc
b) im sure they are having to patch a lot of legacy code, and again, because there are so many components involved, im sure its more than just a 'quicktime' update, it probably improves upon all the other programs that use it
c) same as above, it such a core product that restarting is the only way to make sure that it is launched properly in all appropriate places.
these are all assumptions, but only an apple dev could give the real answer
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Jon said 9:27PM on 2-06-2008
@tim: Someone else posited that it's for the reasons you mentioned, plus that QT implements all the DRM software, which "needs" to evolve quickly. Thx for the info.
Donna said 10:08PM on 2-06-2008
I updated to Quicktime 7.4.1 now many programs no longer work. Anyone know how I can fix this? Or uninstall Quicktime 7.4.1? Eudora, IE, Fetch, MS Office, Quicken -- all stopped working.
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Tony C said 8:58PM on 2-06-2008
Restart required. Booooo.
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jon said 10:26PM on 2-06-2008
I just (1.5 hours ago) installed this update on my PB G4 12 and Intel Mini, both on Leopard. No probs with the PB but the Mini just hung after I clicked restart. For over an hour I just had my desktop, no menu bar or icons, and an arrow mouse cursor. I finally figured I'd restart as something was amiss (the PB G4 took
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decypher44 said 10:25PM on 2-06-2008
I was hoping that this would fix the problem with viewing mp4 files in QT, but no luck!
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artifex said 10:55AM on 2-07-2008
Why do you want to use QT for that? VLC and MPlayer both handle mp4s. I use QT as little as I can get away with.
Jon in Chicago said 10:29PM on 2-06-2008
I just (1.5 hours ago) installed this update on my PB G4 12 and Intel Mini, both on Leopard. No probs with the PB but the Mini just hung after I clicked restart. For over an hour I just had my desktop, no menu bar or icons, and an arrow mouse cursor. I finally figured I'd restart as something was amiss (the PB G4 took
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Luigi193 said 11:09PM on 2-06-2008
I just (1.5 hours ago) installed this update on my PB G4 12 and Intel Mini, both on Leopard. No probs with the PB but the Mini just hung after I clicked restart. For over an hour I just had my desktop, no menu bar or icons, and an arrow mouse cursor. I finally figured I'd restart as something was amiss (the PB G4 took
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Marc Jaffe said 1:03AM on 2-07-2008
i rebooted and it took me to the welcome page as though i was booting for the first time and registering. the new update can not come any sooner, the version of Leopard is very buggy, i had to boot off another drive and i am backing up my backup. then i have to see what happens when i register.
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Nigel Hall said 1:19AM on 2-07-2008
Anyone else have login problems after applying the QT upgrade? I entered my password three times and got shaken off each time. I was then shown the password hint and I very carefully entered my password again, and it took. I use my password 10s of times daily to get at stuff in keychain and I never mistype it. Seems weird that a QT upgrade could cause this.
I also noticed that, after relaunch, SpamSeive behaved as if I'd only just downloaded it. I got the OS prompt asking if I really wanted to run a program downloaded from the internet.
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Martin Massel said 2:50AM on 2-07-2008
It still didnt fix my itunes video problem. I installed it and had to roll it back again. :(
Marky said 4:58AM on 2-07-2008
Does anyone know if this Quicktime update breaks the Constant Bit Rate importing with iTunes again? Given the last update fixed it I am nervous about installing another.
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Quine said 5:16AM on 2-07-2008
quicktime sucks. they need to replace its functionality with some new spiffy thing thats awesome. its definitely one of my least favorite apple things.
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larry said 5:19AM on 2-07-2008
loginwindow crashed into darwin after quicktime install. i can start finder and dock from terminal then but haven't made it really work.
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2shae said 5:49AM on 2-07-2008
I'm pretty sure I've lost my Safari plugins (adblock and Inquisition) since this update.
Unable to install them again as well.
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hagar said 6:51AM on 2-07-2008
I hoped it would fix the front row subtitle issue but no luck. Playing movies with external SRT subtitles in front row (using Perian 1.0 or 1.1) does not work. Hopefully OS X 10.5.2 brings a solution, as it makes front row completely useless for me now.
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conigs said 9:13AM on 2-07-2008
I just want to know when the gamma shift issue with Core Image/Video will be fixed. It is extremely annoying to have h264 files continuously show up lighter and less saturated than their original.
Even more annoying is that if I increase/decrease the volume or brightness and that little bezel comes up over the video, it briefly looks like normal until the bezel disappears again.
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miteybites said 9:56AM on 2-07-2008
sent me to a looping Setup Assistant window... :-(
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