{"id":8,"date":"2005-10-08T21:58:10","date_gmt":"2005-10-09T05:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorial\/?p=8"},"modified":"2020-06-25T09:34:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T17:34:22","slug":"undo-quicktime-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/2005\/undo-quicktime-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Undo Quicktime 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the fall of 2005, I first tried to use Quicktime 7 with OS X Panther (10.3). I ran into subtle but serious problems with sound and video apps. I became convinced that Quicktime 7 is strictly for Tiger (10.4) users.<\/p>\n

Apple recognizes that there are issues with QT7 and Panther, and they provide Panther users with a set of uninstall utilities, allowing people who’re unhappy to go back to QT6. The procedure for using them is fairly complicated, and so I pieced this tutorial together after a solid week of investigation, gathering clues from Andy Drabble<\/a>, Ableton<\/a> tech support, and a couple of helpful forums at Mac Observer<\/a> and bannister.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, as Quicktime versions change and files are moved around on Apple’s site, this tutorial has to be rewritten fairly frequently. Here’s the latest version, which I hope will be simpler to use. However, unlike any of the previous incarnations, I have not tested it myself<\/b><\/i>–I don’t have Panther any more. People’s feedback so far has been positive, but use at your own risk. You’ll want to update to Panther 10.3.9<\/b><\/a>, and please remember that it’s not for use with any other OS X version<\/b>. (Just read the comments below–it will almost certainly break a Tiger installation!) So:<\/p>\n

Step 1.<\/b> Here is the original process for getting rid of Quicktime 7.0.1. If you have a version newer than 7.0.1–which you probably do–then skip to the end for instructions on how to downgrade.<\/b> Once you’re ready to go with 7.0.1, download and run the 7.0.1 to 6.5.2 Reinstaller<\/a>. Reboot.<\/p>\n

Step 2.<\/b> Download the original full install of 6.5.2<\/a>. Open it up, but don’t<\/i> run it yet.<\/p>\n

Step 3.<\/b> Download and launch CharlesSoft’s Pacifist<\/a> installer utility. This little lifesaver will clean out the rest of Quicktime 7’s garbage. The normal backup warning applies, though–you’re about to turn a powerful third-party utility loose on the guts of your system.<\/p>\n

Step 4.<\/b> Using Pacifist, open the 6.5.2 installer file.
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Step 5.<\/b> Click “Install.” Each time it asks whether you want to “Replace” or “Update,” say Replace<\/i>.<\/b>
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Step 6.<\/b> Reboot. You’re done! You should have a healthy Quicktime 6.5.2 system again.<\/p>\n

SPECIAL STEPS for Newer Quicktime 7 Users:<\/b> sorry, but you have four extra steps<\/i> ahead of you before you can follow the above procedure. You’ll need to perform the Pacifist trick I just described, so I wanted to explain that first.<\/p>\n

\nExtra Step 1.<\/b> Go to your boot drive, open the Library<\/b>, and find a folder called Receipts<\/b>. Delete anything you find named “Quicktime.” Reboot.<\/p>\n

Extra Step 2.<\/b> Download the original full install of 7.0.2<\/a>. Open it up, but don’t<\/i> run it yet.<\/p>\n

Extra Step 3.<\/b> Using Pacifist, install 7.0.2 using the special process described above in Step 5. Be sure to say Replace<\/b> each times it gives you the option. Reboot and check your Quicktime version. Is it 7.0.2? You may need to do this several times before it “takes.”<\/i><\/p>\n

Extra Step 4.<\/b> Download and run the 7.0.2 to 7.0.1 Reinstaller<\/a>. Reboot.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After the four extra steps are complete, you should have downgraded your newer installation into a working installation of 7.0.1. You can now return to Step 1<\/b> at the beginning of the tutorial and finish the job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the fall of 2005, I first tried to use Quicktime 7 with OS X Panther (10.3). I ran into subtle but serious problems with sound and video apps. I became convinced that Quicktime 7 is strictly for Tiger (10.4) users. Apple recognizes that there are issues with QT7 and Panther, and they provide Panther […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1050,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/1050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}