Do I have to do anything to replace Adobe Flash Player?

I have received notice that Adobe Flash Player will be discontinued after 2020. Do I have to do anything to replace this?




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Posted on Oct 13, 2020 1:55 PM

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Posted on Nov 11, 2020 9:20 AM

WorldFlyBoy wrote:

I read the EOL above but I am still unclear what I have to do. Is there something that Apple uses to replace Flash Player?

There’s nothing you need to do except follow Adobe’s advice and uninstall Flash ASAP. Flash was replaced by HTML5 (a worldwide internet standard) years ago. HTML5 has been built into macOS for years too. After the first of the year any website or app that still requires Flash will start failing as ALL browsers drop support for it.

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Nov 26, 2020 11:13 AM in response to 5127

Adobe flash player is no longer gonna be supported on our systems. As of Dec., 2020 they are apparently doing away with it bc of the advanced systems. I have no idea what will take its place, but adobe reader will still work.

I hope this helps.


Does anyone know what is gonna take adobe flash players place or do we no longer need a 3rd party app for flash player??


Thanks in advance

Nov 26, 2020 6:53 PM in response to RPearson17

RPearson17 wrote:

lkrupp
do we need adobe acrobat reader? doesn’t it supper some pdf files that Mac won’t? I tried to fill out a form online years ago and it said in order to continue I had to download adobe reader…? so do we need either one? I’m so confused about this, or has Mac updated to where we don’t need them any longer?

Adobe Acrobat Reader will open some PDF files that other work-a-likes can’t. The PDF format has evolved over the years and there are different versions of the format. This is especially true of password protected PDF files. I keep Adobe Acrobat Reader up to date just in case I run into one of these files. However, I have yet to have need of it because Safari and the Preview app do the job.


Remember, Adobe OWNS the PDF format. They developed it and they license it. Adobe can change things whenever they want to.

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