Filed under: Multimedia, Software Update, Security
QuickTime 7.6 addresses security issues
QuickTime 7.6 is in the wild. Released today via Software Update and on Apple's support site, the new version "includes changes that increase reliability, improve compatibility and enhance security." It also makes your whites whiter and your brights brighter while helping you avoid embarrassing social situations.
More details via the update page:
Video: Improves single-pass H.264 encoding quality; Increases the playback reliability of Motion JPEG media
Audio: Improves AAC encoding fidelity; Audio tracks from MPEG video files now export consistently
Application Support: Improves compatibility with iChat and Photo Booth
As far as the security updates are concerned, the word from Ryan Naraine at ZDnet is that this patch closes several potentially serious holes that could have been exploited by malicious URLs or custom-payload movie files to execute code on target machines. Four of the seven issues addressed in this update were reported to Apple via the Zero Day Initiative, which encourages responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities by providing cash bounties for the researchers involved.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
![TUAW [Cafepress]](http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/tuaw-cafepress-promo.png)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ChrisM70 said 3:29PM on 1-21-2009
Nice to see some upgrades to QuickTime.
The one upgrade I would like to see is a button added to allow QuickTime video to full screen like every other video player used on the internet.
Reply
Tidal said 3:59PM on 1-21-2009
How about some AC3 passthrough support so I can watch my movies in Frontrow with surround sound?
Reply
moshy said 8:38AM on 1-22-2009
this would be extremely nice! been waiting on this one for ages and it appears like it will be forever... it's the # 1 thing I want added!!
SIP said 4:00PM on 1-21-2009
CMD+F
Reply
chrisM70 said 5:09PM on 1-21-2009
Actually, I was referring to EMBEDDED QuickTime files, like YouTube videos, Vimeo clips, etc., that you find on blogs. I don't know why QT doesn't have this already...
Reply
Ayle said 6:08PM on 1-21-2009
What about finally fixing the black control bar in Windows x64?
Reply
Lando Calrissian said 6:16PM on 1-21-2009
Does it fix the part about it sucking balls all the way through? I know that is unlikely, so I'm going to hold off on installing QuickTime at all.
Reply
Olligarski said 7:43PM on 1-21-2009
Does it make the AAC-encoder sound any better?
Does it add remaining time in the QT-player?
Probably not.
Reply
Kyle Hance said 10:24PM on 1-21-2009
If you're on Tiger, don't install it..... It made Finder go all screwy. It restarts indefinitely.... Luckily my Dock and all the other apps still work just fine so I can warn others and hopefully find a fix..... No matter how many times I restart the problem continues....
Reply
Traci said 12:44AM on 1-22-2009
I am having the exact same problem. Please post what you figure out! Is there a way to go back to the older version?
Traci said 12:46AM on 1-22-2009
I found the answer on another board, and the solution worked for me:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1873700&tstart=0
RichardB said 5:24AM on 1-22-2009
QuickTime 7.6 for Tiger also seems to make Civilization IV unplayable. The application will not launch.
Kyle Hance said 6:04PM on 1-25-2009
Well this isn't the problem for me as I removed anything Stuffit related a while ago (I never liked it....). I discovered that this problem only occurs on my account.... My sister has an account on my mac and she's had no problems... So my fix for me is I'm just starting over with a new account and migrating all my stuff over to a new account. Granted this is extremely in-elegant and a pain in the butt, but it's all I can think of for now and I'm capable of doing it.... And it's working....
Patrick said 7:52AM on 1-26-2009
I wish I had seen your post before I installed. :( Finder keeps crashing here too.
Del said 10:25AM on 1-27-2009
Same here, and I know it might have been a bit over the top but I used Superduper! to restore my OS from my ext HD this morning. I've had a mac for seven years and created my first external bootable backup two weeks ago - now that's timing!
Reply