QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. First made in 1991, the latest Mac version, QuickTime X, is currently available on Mac OS X Snow Leopard and newer.

QuickTime is a popular multimedia player. QuickTime is a popular multimedia player. Developed by Apple, it can handle a wide range of picture, video, audio, and panoramic image formats.

QuickTime Player is a specifically developed to handle media files. It supports numerous formats of video files as well as audio files, images, virtual reality movies and more.