{"id":162254,"date":"2016-04-19T10:12:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T08:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=162254"},"modified":"2016-04-19T10:14:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T08:14:02","slug":"warning-uninstall-apple-quicktime-for-windows-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/162254-warning-uninstall-apple-quicktime-for-windows-now.html","title":{"rendered":"Warning: Uninstall Apple QuickTime for Windows now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has confirmed it will no longer update or support its QuickTime 7 video player for Windows, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/windows-users-its-time-to-dump-apples-quicktime-1461007437?cb=logged0.146459880652843\" target=\"_blank\">The Wall Street Journal reported<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This follows a recent <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us-cert.gov\/ncas\/alerts\/TA16-105A\" target=\"_blank\">warning from the US Department of Homeland Security<\/a><\/strong> to Windows users, advising them to uninstall QuickTime.<\/p>\n<p>Instructions on how to uninstall QuickTime 7 for Windows are available on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT205771\" target=\"_blank\">Apple\u2019s support website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Apple states that the most recent media-related programs for Windows, including iTunes 10.5 or later, no longer use QuickTime to play media formats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese programs either play the media directly or use the media support built into Windows,\u201d said Apple.<\/p>\n<p>When you uninstall QuickTime 7, you also remove the legacy QuickTime 7 web plug-in, if present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemoving legacy browser plug-ins enhances the security of your PC.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More on Apple<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/160982-new-apple-watch-prices-and-styles-in-south-africa.html\"><strong>New Apple Watch prices and styles in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/159860-apple-ios-9-3-users-hit-by-app-crashes.html\"><strong>Apple iOS 9.3 users hit by app crashes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/159195-apple-ipad-pro-9-7-inch-unveiled.html\"><strong>Apple iPad Pro 9.7-inch unveiled<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/159193-apple-iphone-se-the-most-powerful-4-inch-smartphone-ever.html\"><strong>Apple iPhone SE \u2013 the most powerful 4-inch smartphone ever<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has confirmed it is dropping support for QuickTime on Windows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":162260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,16],"tags":[36,605,12057,36714,807],"class_list":["post-162254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","category-software","tag-active","tag-apple","tag-department-of-homeland-security","tag-quicktime","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162266,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162254\/revisions\/162266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}