"Quick Time"

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 7 Mar 2015 9:33 am

I don't use iTunes, or iPad, or "i" anything,,,or Apple,,,,do I really need Quicktime installed on my windows XP system? Does it help with youtube videos?

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 7 Mar 2015 9:49 am

To my knowledge, Quicktime has nothing to do with YouTube. Normally, the videos are either Flash or more recently, HTML5 video. There may be some Quicktime videos there, but I have never seen one. I have Quicktime on my computers, but I can't ever remember using it. It sucks compared to other media players.

Dave Potter · Post by **Dave Potter** » 7 Mar 2015 9:59 am

Win XP media player may not play .mov files, but the one in Windows 7 does, so I don't have Quicktime installed.

Years ago, I lost interest in Quicktime due to the fact that it's bloatware, and it's very invasive and intrusive in your system. It's hard to get rid of as well. When I still needed to be able to play .mov files occasionally, I moved to Quicktime Alternative, a much less intrusive application that plays Quicktime videos, but doesn't try to take over the computer like Quicktime does. Nowadays, all that's just a dim memory, and I seldom even encounter .mov videos anyway.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 7 Mar 2015 10:13 am

I don't see many .mov files either. If I do, I either lose interest in watching it, or if I can download it, I use video conversion software to convert it into something my other media players will play.

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 8 Mar 2015 6:47 am

So,,,,I guess I'm good to remove,,,(or try?) it from my computer???

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 8 Mar 2015 8:24 am

Sonny Jenkins wrote:So,,,,I guess I'm good to remove,,,(or try?) it from my computer???

Lop off its head! Yes, you can safely uninstall Quicktime, via Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. This will also uninstall the Quicktime automatic updater, saving you a few CPU cycles now and then.

If you ever come across a resource that requires Quicktime to view it, your browser will let you know.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 8 Mar 2015 8:24 am

Take it all off if you don't use it. Unfortunately, I need iTunes to interface with my iPad. I removed all Apple crap from my laptop, but lft it on my desktop.