Remembering the formats that Apple forgot.

Apple’s QuickTake 100 and 150 were pioneering digital cameras, and QuickTime VR was a groundbreaking immersive imaging technology. Apple stopped supporting their formats years ago. Vintage Viewer brings QuickTake photos and QuickTime VR movies back to life on a modern Mac.

See it in action Coming soon · Free
Take a spin: drag within the panorama. Created in 1996, given new life in 2026 with Vintage Viewer. See more examples
QuickTake photosQuickTake 100 and 150 formats
QuickTime VRPanorama and object movies
Built for Modern MacsmacOS 13 or later

What it does

New life for old image formats.

Open and explore images in Apple’s forgotten formats, and save them in formats you can use today.

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Open QuickTake 100 and 150 photos

Open and organize them, add descriptive information, enjoy them — and appreciate how far digital cameras have come.

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Explore QuickTime VR

Navigate supported panorama and object movies created with this immersive imaging technology created by Apple’s Advanced Technology Group.

03

Save and share

Export photos in PNG, TIFF, or JPEG formats, and turn QuickTime VR movies into interactive HTML panoramas that today’s browsers can display.

QuickTime VR formats vary. Some movies can currently be viewed only as recovered frames while support for additional formats is developed.

A look inside

Import, view, organize, share.

Organize your image library with folders and favorites. Create multiple libraries if you like. Add descriptive captions, complete with hyperlinks. View QuickTime VR movies at their original size or fill the window. Export one item or an entire collection.

Vintage Viewer displaying an interactive panorama with pan and zoom controls
Interactive panoramaStep inside a recovered QuickTime VR scene and look around.
Vintage Viewer displaying a panorama with its source image thumbnails
Source imagesSee the original frames behind the panorama.

Screenshots from a development build.

Vintage digital images deserve to survive.

Vintage Viewer is for anyone who wants to collect, share, and celebrate the image formats that Apple forgot.

Coming soon · Free · macOS 13+