I was an exclusive Mac user for decades and several years back when I saw Apple going from 'design industry leader' to 'hey, we make the iPhone!', I bailed… the majority of my close designer friends have since done the same… 'Use a Mac until Adobe gets this sorted' may work for lightweight users, but pro users with ridiculous rig requirements (I'm a motion graphics designer and have 4 NVIDIA GPUs on my mobo with PCI-E 3.0 x 16 on all 4 lanes for the Octane CUDA renderer as well as dual CPUs for 48 threads for everything else) that simply won't cut it. 'If your workflow depends on making videos with Creative Cloud, perhaps you would be better off using a Mac until this is sorted out.' Of course, there are probably other Windows programs out there which rely on QuickTime which might be in the same boat… If you know of any, why not leave a comment below?įound this article interesting? Follow Graham Cluley on Twitter or Mastodon to read more of the exclusive content we post. If your workflow depends on making videos with Creative Cloud, perhaps you would be better off using a Mac until this is sorted out. Don’t keep QuickTime for Windows installed and you may not be able to edit your videos any more. In other words: Keep QuickTime for Windows installed and you’re at risk from hacking attacks.

We know how common this format is in many workflows, and we continue to work hard to improve this situation, but have no estimated timeframe for native decode currently.” “Unfortunately, there are some codecs which remain dependent on QuickTime being installed on Windows, most notably Apple ProRes. So, it’s simple right? You should just uninstall QuickTime for Windows.īecause some software remains reliant on QuickTime for Windows.įor instance, Adobe (no stranger to security vulnerabilities itself) has issued an advisory explaining that uninstalling QuickTime for Windows may have negative consequences for some of its Creative Cloud users:

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