I've also got the proper MC version in parentheses next to each QT version above.

Help! By mistake i hit update and now have version 7.5 quciktime!!

- it crashes my avid everytime- found out it is not compatible with media composer 2.8 and tiger 10.4.10

now i have tried to delete it  by using  AppDelete and reinstall 7.2 but it says i have a higher qt and won't install.

one tech said that's mac for you- you have to wipe your computer and reinstall your operating softare to get rid of 7.5.5

please tell me there is an easier Way!!!!

Hi,

There are removal programs out there but the absolute easiest way to back-rev your QT is to do an archive and install of your OS then upgrade only as far as you want. Usually takes about 20 minutes.

Probably a silly question but - does downloading Quicktime Pro screw everything up?

You don't download qt pro, you just get a license key to enter, unlocking the pro features in the version you have installed.

So no, it doesn't.

Thank you for this lovely clear answer

S

Updated 6/4/09

Added 7.6 and 7.6.2 (not approved yet!)

Thanks to janusz as always!

Please update us when as you go with 7.6.2.  I wasn't paying attention and updated to this QT version yesterday on my 2.8 Mac Pro.  I'll try to do the same as soon as I export something.

Apparently yes, thanks for sharing that really appreciate.

are u going to update MC 3.1.3 to work with os x 10.5.8 & QT version 7.6.4?  i have been waiting for months for you to support them, so i can update my system.  are u going to support these updates for earlier versions of media composer?  or are we stuck upgrading our MC software to 3.5x or above in order to update our OS & QT?

Not sure who you are asking this question. This is first and foremost a user forum, not an ask-Avid-forum.

As a long time Avid user and owner, it has been my experience that legacy software is not tested in new environments. An Avid system is an Avid system. If you need to update OS or QT versions for other applications, you will need to run MC on its own partition, on the recommended OS & QT. Newer versions of the application will only be qualified for more or less current versions of OS and QT.

That is not a guarantee that it won't happen, just my observation over the past decades.

i was hoping to get an answer out of avid, but you pretty much answered my question.  i keep my system at work at the qualified QT & OS requirements to run avid, however i do some editing from my personal laptop, when i am on the road.  i want to update itunes, which means i need to update safari, which means i need to update the OS, which is why i posed the question to avid.  

i was hoping they were planning on qualifying the most recent QT & OS.  i am a long time customer of avid, so i am aware they offer don't qualify legacy systems for new updates, and i am aware they love to bone their loyal customers like myself, who upgrade to 3.x from 2.8 TWO DAYS!!!!! before 3.5 was released to the public.  they did not make us aware of this when we bought the upgrade, and they were more then happy to tell us we are screwed, and we have to pay for the update to 3.5, if we wanted it.  it is upsetting that avid was not cooperative with us over the upgrade issue, but it would be nice if they would keep the "legacy" systems up to date with current OS & QT releases.  i will take avid over FCP any day.  i am a strong supporter of the avid software to anyone i talk to, however, avid does have a tendency to mistreat their loyal customers.  even those of us who have been with them since their inception and have not crossed over to FCP like many other editors in our industry.  at least FCP is product that does support new OS/QT updates. 

Redcar:

Please keep in mind that with a handful of exceptions, users who participate on this Forum are NOT Avid employees. And those who are Avid employees will be easily identified by the Avid logo banner in their user ID. The person at Avid most qualified to address your concerns is Marianna Montague, Avid's customer advocate. I suggest you make contact with her. From prior experience I can tell you she will do everything possible to assist you.

Redcar...

I just responded to your email.... :)

Marianna

This thread is soley intended to help users find those elusive old versions of QuickTime.  No more... no less.