Need to keep Quicktime for your video post?

If you are on PC and have Quicktime installed you've probably already heard about the security advice to remove due to existing vulnerabilities and abandonment from Apple.

Unfortunately if you follow that advice you're going to have issues with many video apps. Premiere, After Effects, Nuke, and Resolve all have dependencies on Quicktime to varying extent so removing it altogether is a problem. Nuke for example won't even start.

The solution is to remove it and reinstall it with a custom installation and choose the 'Essentials' option. This will install all the codecs and services you require to play and encode .mov files in your software but without the apparent risks of the web or desktop player. It's probably a good idea to use your firewall to deny it web access too.

Will only take a second leaving you plenty of time to moan about apple, adobe and the weather.