QuickTime was a breakthrough for Macs. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac July 8, 1991: The first QuickTime beta arrives, making it possible for people to play movies on their Macs for the first time, with ...

The late 1980s and early to mid-1990s were Apple’s weirdest and wildest era. Wedged between the triumph of the original Macintosh and the return of Steve Jobs were a sort of Wilderness Years where the ...

You've probably used the QuickTime Player app to play back a video, but under the hood, it's a surprisingly sophisticated tool. Here's how it started, and how to get the most out of it. If you've ever ...

December 2, 1991: Apple ships its first public version of the QuickTime player, bringing video to Mac users running System 7. Containing codecs for graphics, animation and video, QuickTime confirms ...