Apple Software Updates: LED Cinema Display iSight, QuickTime 7 for Windows

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Apple yesterday released a pair of software updates targeting users of the company's 24" LED Cinema Display and Windows users of QuickTime 7.

LED Cinema Display iSight Firmware Update 1.0 (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/firmware_hardware/ledcinemadisplayisightfirmwareupdate10.html) addresses and issue with the iSight webcam included on the company's 24" LED Cinema Display.This firmware update corrects an issue with the built-in iSight camera on the LED Cinema Display where the camera may not be recognized by applications.

To complete the firmware update process, please follow the instructions in the updater application (/Applications/Utilities/LED Cinema Display iSight Camera Firmware Update.app). For more information about this update, please see this website (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3957).The update weighs in at 654 KB and requires an Intel-based Mac running OS X 10.5.8 or 10.6.2.

Apple also released QuickTime 7.6.5 (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/quicktime.html), a Windows-only update addressing several bugs.QuickTime 7.6.5 is a Windows-only release that addresses the following issues:
- Applications not reliably loading libraries required by QuickTime at startup
- Incorrect display of QuickTime movies embedded in a webpage using custom scale attributes
- For more information on this update, please visit this website (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3524).

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[Stridder44]

Let me be the first to say Quicktime X is desperately needed on the Windows side, which I'm sure they're working on, but the current version of Quicktime for Windows is laughable at best.

Also, iTunes needs to be completely rewritten for both OS X and Windows. Yes, I know, not an easy task by any means (and something I'm sure they're also working working on) but it needs to be said.

[happydude]

Let me be the first to say Quicktime X is desperately needed on the Windows side, which I'm sure they're working on, but the current version of Quicktime for Windows is laughable at best.

Also, iTunes needs to be completely rewritten for both OS X and Windows. Yes, I know, not an easy task by any means (and something I'm sure they're also working working on) but it needs to be said.

agreed. both itunes and iphoto (in particular, itunes) have become bigger and bigger with more and more features layered on, the programs are getting bogged down under their own weight.

[godrifle]

Thank God for the QT update. That resize bug only rendered Podcast Producer unusable for every Windows user.

[dmsmith]

The previous version would play sound and show a blank/white screen on Windows under IE and Safari. Oddly, Firefox worked just fine.

Now it "just works."

I guess that's what the cryptic comment about custom scaling was about.

Wish they'd just come out and say that they fixed the movie playback in Mobile Me galleries.