Maybe I’ll try itunes again and I’ll do a system restore to nuke it if I don’t like it
Maybe I’ll try itunes again and I’ll do a system restore to nuke it if I don’t like it
It's going to install QuickTime with the iTunes program, because that's an essential ingredient for ripping of CDs and also for conversion of your music files that you currently have, over to iTunes (you don't have to do that, as it will ask you), and it's for viewing movies and listening to the AAC format (that's not "Apple's format" but an open format that many use for compression, as opposed to MP3 for example).
QuickTime is more or less a "container" program (if you want to put it that way) as it uses many different codecs and you have have several different kinds of codecs operational inside of QuickTime. It's a "package" more than anything else. You can actually add codecs which QuickTime will then use automatically in its operation. I've done that on the Macintosh platform, so it will handle a lot more codecs than QuickTime comes installed automatically by itself. And that's something useful for people to know, too.
And also, when you do an install, it will ask you what formats you want to be used with QuickTime and iTunes. You've got that choice for which ones will automatically go to QuickTime and/or iTunes, when you install.
Also, if I remember correctly, it will install a background program (or two) which checks for updates. Some people get rid of that and just do the updates by their own choice. There are sites that explain how one might take care of that... but they're only tiny background programs anyway, so I don't think they're any big deal as they don't actually take up CPU cycles continuously; they just "sit there" more or less.
Anyway, it's a pretty comprehensive program and some people who don't know exactly what all it does may not be aware of all these things, but it's made to be the media center of your computer (the QuickTime/iTunes combination).
I'm just letting you and others know about it, that's all... :-)
Or try it out on a VM. It's free and easy. Then you don't even need the system restore, just hit "Delete".
Installing potentially troublesome software on your real machines is a thing of the past.