Originally developed in 1991 as a multimedia technology that accompanied the System 6 operating system, QuickTime has been built in to every version of the Mac’s operating system since.īefore we take another step, let’s a peer a little more carefully into what QuickTime is and isn’t. This bit of media magic is performed by something called QuickTime. As a newish Mac user, you may wonder what allows your computer to display pictures and play music and movies.
