This configuration is done with the QuickTime pane of the System Preferences utility. You'll need to do some basic configuration of QuickTime to customize it for your system. If you haven't upgraded to QuickTime Pro, the material beyond basic viewing of QuickTime movies won't work for you.
You will move onto the registration Web site.Ĭall Apple at 1-88 to order the upgrade by phone.įrom this point forward, I assume that you have upgraded to QuickTime Pro. Open the System Preferences utility, open the QuickTime pane, click Registration, and then click Register Online. Then, click Registration and finally the Register Online button. Open the QuickTime Player application, and select QuickTime Player, Preferences, Registration.
There are several ways to obtain your QuickTime Pro registration code:
That code unlocks the additional features of QuickTime Pro.
Upgrading to QuickTime Pro does not require any additional software installation all you need is a registration code. But even the brief list here should be enough to help you see that it is a worthwhile upgrade. In fact, QuickTime Pro's benefits are too numerous to list in detail. You can also use QuickTime Pro to save QuickTime movies you find on the Web to your Mac. For example, you can use QuickTime Pro to save QuickTime and other content in various formats for use in your projects. The Pro upgrade helps you in all digital lifestyle areas, not just QuickTime movies. With all the additional capability that it brings to your system, it is a very worthwhile investment. Because you are serious about using a Mac (if you weren't, I assume you wouldn't have purchased this book), I suggest that you upgrade to QuickTime Pro. Media conversion aside, Final Cut Pro X version 10.4.6 brings several relatively minor bug fixes and improved reliability when sharing videos directly to YouTube.Before you start watching and editing movies, you need to do some configuration of QuickTime so you get the best results on your system. In that case, the user would need to convert it using QuickTime Player or Compressor. Instead, users will need to open the project in Motion, after which point a message will appear warning if any incompatible media is present. There's an exception for Motion projects, however, with Apple warning that Final Cut Pro won't detect incompatible media files in these projects.
Existing clips in the library are then relinked to the converted files. Copies of the converted content are created in Apple ProRes format and stored in the library's media storage location. Users can immediately convert these files by clicking 'Convert' in the window. In version 10.4.6, Final Cut Pro users who open a library or import content will see a window listing any incompatible media files the software found. The newly released Final Cut Pro X 10.4.6 simplifies this requirement by detecting and converting these files into a format that will remain compatible with macOS in the future. In a note about this potential issue on its website, Apple warns users to convert their incompatible media files before upgrading to the next major macOS version after Mojave. Though legacy media files remain compatible with macOS Mojave, updating a Mac system beyond Mojave in the future could prove problematic for filmmakers who have content in older formats.
Last year, Apple began warning its users that older video formats and codecs relying on QuickTime 7 would no longer be supported by future macOS releases due to the 64-bit transition.
Apple has pushed out Final Cut Pro X update (version 10.4.6), that adds the ability to automatically detect and convert any legacy media files that will not be compatible with future versions of macOS, as well as numerous bug fixes and improved features.