{"id":154,"date":"2016-07-29T11:33:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T15:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/?p=154"},"modified":"2016-07-29T11:33:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T15:33:19","slug":"apple-inc-ends-support-for-quicktime-7-for-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/2016\/07\/29\/apple-inc-ends-support-for-quicktime-7-for-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple, Inc. Ends Support for QuickTime 7 for Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>QuickTime 7 for Windows is no longer supported by Apple. According to Apple, &#8220;New versions of Windows since 2009 have included support for the key media formats, such as H.264 and AAC, that QuickTime 7 enabled. All current Windows web browsers support video without the need for browser plug-ins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the interest of reducing the security risks and vulnerabilities presented by executing or installing unsupported, legacy software, IT Services will be removing QuickTime 7 for Windows from all University owned Windows computers. Removal will begin on Monday, May 23, 2016. Additionally, the execution and re-installation of QuickTime 7 for Windows will be blocked.<\/p>\n<p>Questions and concerns about the end of support for QuickTime 7 for Windows should be directed to the <a href=\"mailto:techsupport@scranton.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Technology Support Center<\/a> at (570) 941-4357 or the Information Security Office at (570) 941-6344.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QuickTime 7 for Windows is no longer supported by Apple. According to Apple, &#8220;New versions of Windows since 2009 have included support for the key media formats, such as H.264 and AAC, that QuickTime 7 enabled. All current Windows web browsers support video without the need for browser plug-ins.&#8221; In the interest of reducing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}