7 thoughts on “ How to change video playback speed in QuickTime X ” MaX February 16, 2016 at 11:13 am. What is QuickTime X. I cannot find it in the latest Mac OS X 10.11.3 (15D21) El Capitan. How to edit videos on the latest QuickTime Player 10.4? It was possible in older QuickTime Player 7.7. Jul 26, 2014  Mac OS 10.1 (VLC Player 0.7.0), 10.2 (VLC Player 0.8.4a), 10.3 (VLC Player 0.8.6i), 10.4 (VLC Player 0.9.10), 10.5, 10.6 (Current).

How to use QuickTime Player

Use QuickTime Player (version 10) to play, record, edit, and share audio and video files. You can find it in the Applications folder on your Mac.

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QuickTime Player help

In QuickTime Player, you can play video or audio files. QuickTime Player uses onscreen controls similar to a CD or DVD player.

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Devices and Mac OS X version

VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any 64bit Intel-based Mac. Previous devices are supported by older releases.
Note that the first generation of Intel-based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported. Please use version 2.0.10 linked below.

Web browser plugin for Mac OS X

Support for NPAPI plugins was removed from all modern web browsers, so VLC's plugin is no longer maintained. The last version is 3.0.4 and can be found here. It will not receive any further updates.

Older versions of Mac OS X and VLC media player

We provide older releases for users who wish to deploy our software on legacy releases of Mac OS X. You can find recommendations for the respective operating system version below. Note that support ended for all releases listed below and hence they won't receive any further updates.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Use VLC 2.2.8. Get it here.


Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Use VLC 2.0.10. Get it for PowerPC or 32bit Intel.


Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later is required

Use VLC 0.9.10. Get it for PowerPC or Intel.


Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is requiredThe gospel according to mac torrent.

Use VLC 0.8.6i. Get it for PowerPC.


Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar

Use VLC 0.8.4a. Get it for PowerPC.


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Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah and 10.1 Puma

Use VLC 0.7.0. Get it for PowerPC.