mac osx issue with media in leopard
I’ve been really enjoying the subtle differences in the Mac OSX Leopard upgrade – very nice!
But, I ran into a small hitch last Sunday when I discovered that I suddenly couldn’t play video clips in my Keynote presentations. As a quick sidenote, I’ve been using Keynote for a while now instead of Powerpoint, and it is waaaay nicer to use. But, obviously video suddenly dying was a rather annoying problem.
I dug around the internet and discovered that the issue had to do with a Quicktime update that came down the pike, as well as the Perian utility which allows you to play wma files. Simple solution was apparently to delete Quicktime and reinstall it from download, but that didn’t seem to fix it for me. I then uninstalled Perian, and that did the trick. I’m all good to play my videos.
Not being in the Mac world for very long, I guess I’m figuring out how Apple handles big OS updates and the issues that arise. What seems to happen is a steady stream of updates from major software vendors to get their stuff into compliance, so there’s been lots of updates lately.