[OogaBooga]

Wow. I think either I found a really nifty bug or today is my lucky day.

This morning I was updating the videos on my website, and when I opened the first one and clicked the File menu, all the Pro options were there, available for use. Since the movie file was actually an exported movie from iMovie, I thought maybe Apple gave you the Pro options for movies you created.

So I download the "Tom Cruise Kills Oprah" video. Low and Behold™, I have all the Pro options for that too.

I never bought QuickTime Pro, never did anything with QuickTime, and all of a sudden I can rearrange movies, open image sequences, save image sequences, etc.

Has anyone else experienced this?

[Jacke]

Open your Quicktime preferences and see if you have anything under 'Registration'.

[OogaBooga]

WOW. You guys won't believe this:




I checked my credit card balance and everything - not charged anywhere.

Thanks Apple!

EDIT: Ok, I think I know what the deal is. A friend's machine died, and I let him borrow my PowerBook for a week. He needed it to finish a project he had for a client. I still have my PowerMac so I didn't care.

When I got it back, it seemed as though he had installed Final Cut Studio on it, because I found traces of Compressor and such. It also seems that QuickTime Pro automatically got registered and stayed that way.


...Bummer... I thought I found a very interesting bug, but it seems to be perfectly explainable. I'm not exactly sure of any way to Unregister it, so I guess it'll stay until the next time I do a reformat.

[ghporter]

At least we all know that QuickTime doesn't magically upgrade itself to Pro...or at least it didn't in your case. Say thanks to your friend.

[ManOfSteal]

[Titanium Man]

My first guess was it had something to do with Final Cut Pro. That your friend borrowed it should have been a clue that it happened while it was out of your possession.

[OogaBooga]

I didn't really use QuickTime until today, a week after I got my PB back.