Apple gives QuickTime new version number

absolutely no problems here

multiple macs, running 10.4.x and 10.5.x, all updated to the new QT, no problems.

Of course, it's true that I stopped using Stuffit years ago precisely because one or more Stuffit component would cause problems with system updates... <checks records> the last version I paid for was Stuffit 7, and it's up to at least 12 now. I'm still on their mailing list, though.

I never use QT any more

QuickTime Alternative is the way forward

No probs

I've been using 7.6 for months and not had any problems with 3rd party codecs.

@"QuickTime Alternative is the way forward"

That's an ignorant statement because QuickTime Alternative *is* Quicktime, just with some stuff removed from the installer.

Chances are if there's a security problem in the way Quicktime renders media then it's going to affect you even if you're using QTA, and by using QTA you now have to wait longer for a 3rd party to update the hacked installer so you can update.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTime_Alternative

I had the Finder restarts after applying the update

but turning off the Stuffit AVR service (which, as far as I can remember, I've never actually used) brought everything back to normal. Apple's fault, or mine for still running 5-year-old software? The latter, I think.

A recurring strand of these regular "Apple software update breaks everything, brings Sodom and Gommorah down upon our heads" items is that the underlying cause is more often than not found to be the fault of either some buggy third-party code or some unsupported hackery on the part of the user or another piece of software: one case in particular that comes to mind is any haxie relying on Unsanity's APE.

Caveat haxxor...

Mac/Windows

@Size difference

This is most likely because the Mac includes both PPC and x86 versions of the binaries. Other possibilities are that the Mac version includes codecs which aren't licensed under Windows, or that the installer updates other system frameworks to make QuickTime work better. Also, the QTKit Cocoa libraries are only available on the Mac, but other than that functionality is generally the same on both platforms.

@Seperate from iTunes yet?

Since iTunes depends on QuickTime to work... no.