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Apple Posts QuickTime 7.3 and iTunes 7.5, Mac and Windows
by , 3:05 PM EST, November 5th, 2007
Apple posted two new updates on Monday, QuickTime 7.3 and iTunes 7.5. Both implement minor changes for iPhone support, QuickTime 7.3 adddresses security issues and iTunes 7.5 introduces a new game, Phase, for some iPods. The updates apply to both Mac OS X and Windows.
"iTunes 7.5 features the ability to activate iPhone wherever service is offered and support for Phase, a new interactive music game designed exclusively for iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod (fifth generation). This release also includes bug fixes to improve stability and performance," according to the installer.
"QuickTime 7.3 addresses critical security issues and delivers:
- Support for iTunes 7.5
- Updated support for creating iPhone-compatible web content
- Updated JavaScript support in the QuickTime Web Plug-in
- Numerous bug fixes
This release is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users," also according to the installer. There is also a version for Tiger users. While both have been posted for Intel Macs, only the QuickTime 7.3 update has so far appeared for PPC on this reporter's 10.4 system.
In addition, both updates for QuickTime 7.3 and iTunes 7.5 also apply to Windows.
The related QuickTime security issues are are addressed in support article # 61798.
The updates are currently available in System Preferences -> Software Update or can be downloaded directly from the above links.
Observer Comments
OK I took both updates. Can anyone tell me why now when I go to about a third of the web sites in Safari I get a !$%!!@&* popup to buy 3ivx? It didn't do that before I took the upgrades. There's no place to click "No Thanks". I can't seem to get rid of the D@mn thing.
And yes I do have Block Popup Windows checked in Safari.
Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:11 pm Subject: Pop-ups
Quotegeoduck wrote:
OK I took both updates. Can anyone tell me why now when I go to about a third of the web sites in Safari I get a !$%!!@&* popup to buy 3ivx? It didn't do that before I took the upgrades. There's no place to click "No Thanks". I can't seem to get rid of the D@mn thing.
And yes I do have Block Popup Windows checked in Safari.
Did Java get turned on, if you had it off?
Pop-ups, and pop-unders, could be considered "disruptive technology."
Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:51 pm Subject: Fixed a problem I was having...
QuoteAnonymous wrote:
Open the main Library folder and go to the QuickTime folder. All you should have there is Flip4Mac, Perian, and AppleIntermediateCodec.
And I think we have a winner. I went to the folder and in there were two things for 3ivx. Since ripping them out I have not seen the popups. After I posted I got to thinking that I might have picked up this little 'infection' somewhere along the way and they only became active when I rebooted.
Anyway QT and iT are updated and no problems so far.
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