I need to cut an mpeg-4 file into multiple files but I only have QuickTime 7 Player on El Capitan. I cannot find how to purchase QuickTime 7 Pro but I see posts that QuickTime X is included in El Capitan, which would allow me to cut mpeg files similar as QQ 7 Pro. However I cannot find QT X either, even using Spotlight. Please give me a hint as to where QuickTime X on El Capitan. Thank you.
Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
From talking to Apple, the issue is that for QuickTime Player the "Pro" functions have not been made compatible with OS X 10.11 "El Capitan", and the QuickTime team has not decided yet when they will release a compatible version. So it's either purchase notably more expensive apps such as Final Cut, or downgrade to earlier versions of OS X, or use a third-party app, or just be SOL. I'll probably try to find a decent 3rd party video editor that isn't an investment - Any recommendations?
Strange, both QT X (v10.4) and QT 7 Pro (v7.6.6) system embedded structure still work fine for me under El Capitan. The main difference between the two is that the older QT 7 Pro player trim routines are "frame accurate" whereas the newer QT X routines are not. As to purchasing a "Pro" key or buying FCP, why bother? Since the QT 7 structures still work, it would be easier/cheaper to download the free MPEG Streamclip player/editor and use it for making "frame accurate" trims the same as if you were using a "Pro" keyed version of the QT 7 player. (I.e., MPEG Streamclip accesses most of the same routines—other than track, layer, and mask compositing) used by QT 7 Pro but without requiring a key to unlock the edit/export features.)
It still seems that the new version of Quicktime does not have the editing functions that Quicktime 7 pro had. I had Pro at one time and after a period of time I was requested to pay again - I didn't - why pay twice - but now I want those functions and when trying to buy the pro upgrade I get sent to a general info page with no option to purchase the Pro version - come on Apple!
I doubt the QT X player editing features will ever support the masking and/or compositing multitrack/layer features of QT 7 Pro. If your copy of QT 7 Pro is requesting you repurchase a registration key, then your app has somehow become "deregistered" and you should simply re-enter the registration key and name under which you originally purchased the key from Apple. As to Apple's removal of the option to purchase a QT 7 Pro registration key, I suspect this is an effort by Apple to pre-position itself for the final demise of the QT 7 Player GUI and removal of the current "classic" QT 7 structure embed from the MacOS operating system sometime in the "relatively near" OS upgrade future. When QT X was originally released pundits estimated the replacement of QT 7 by QT X would take roughly a decade. We are now 7 and one half years into that prediction. Based on previous "pre-positioning" actions by Apple in relation to software upgrade releases, I'd estimate QT 7 will likely "be history" in one of the next 2 major MacOS releases.
Thanks everyone for responding. This application naming is confusing. I have QT Player (version 10.4) in my Applications folder but it doesn't allow for video editing. I also have QT Player 7 (version 7.6.6) in my Utilities folder, which doesn't allow for editing but has "Pro" in some of the menu choices. When I select 'Cut' and click on 'Buy Now' it takes me to a help page (Where to get answers about QuickTime 7 or QuickTime 7 Pro - Apple Support) that doesn't lead to purchasing QT Pro. But cannot find QT X anywhere. I appreciate your help on this - Thanks.
Quicktime Player is v.10.4. You need to download Quicktime 7 separately…
The new QT Player does offer some editing functions, perhaps these suffice: How to use QuickTime Player - Apple Support
I will try and explain. What you are calling "Quicktime X" is the Quicktime Player in your Applications folder. Hence the 10.4 version number. Quicktime 7 was the version before "X" and allowed editing with a "Pro" key. The key was automatic if you had certain Apple apps installed such as Final Cut Studio. You could also purchase a MPEG-2 component which would give you a key. I don't think the add-on is still available and I don't know which apps would give you the "Pro" key now. You'd have to ask Apple.
Thanks again for your responses. The basic editing functions I'm looking for are only available when "Pro" is enabled, which is disabled for me and it doesn't appear that the keys are purchasable. I didn't want to use iMovie (if I don't have to) or purchase Final Cut (just for this purpose I have). I'll take 'dialabrain's advice and contact Apple directly. I'll post back what they say ..
From talking to Apple, the issue is that for QuickTime Player the "Pro" functions have not been made compatible with OS X 10.11 "El Capitan", and the QuickTime team has not decided yet when they will release a compatible version. So it's either purchase notably more expensive apps such as Final Cut, or downgrade to earlier versions of OS X, or use a third-party app, or just be SOL. I'll probably try to find a decent 3rd party video editor that isn't an investment - Any recommendations?
Apple Care acknowledged the link provided to those looking for QuickTime "Pro" is not helpful since it just takes you to a page that instructs on how to use it, not where to locate it, nor does it offer any information that it's incompatible with El Capitan.
Thanks Esquared - I didn't fully explore the use of Quicktime Player in my Applications folder since I was focused on using the later version of Quicktime Player 7 in my Utilities folder. I see now the editing functions that you mentioned when running the older QT Player in Applications. That looks to be what I need, so I'm thrilled. I guess I shoulda paid more attention to your response :-).
It still seems that the new version of Quicktime does not have the editing functions that Quicktime 7 pro had. I had Pro at one time and after a period of time I was requested to pay again - I didn't - why pay twice - but now I want those functions and when trying to buy the pro upgrade I get sent to a general info page with no option to purchase the Pro version - come on Apple!
Quicktime X is located in Launchpad - - Other
It should be in your Applications folder (it is in mine).
He already has Quicktime 7.
No he said he has Quicktime 7. He has them backwards. I would know, I have it. The Quicktime Player included with El Capitan is 10.4 and as everyone has already mentioned, it's in /Applications.
In the off chance he actually installed Quicktime 7, it would be in the Utilities folder.
Where is QuickTime X? (I only have QuickTime 7 Player)
