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Can not get flash to run in safari...

im a new mac owner, but i cant get flash to run in safari, youtube always tells me to install flash 10, which i have done numerous times...i can get it to work in firefox and opera, but not safari...any advice??

macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 21, 2010 8:45 PM

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Dec 21, 2010 9:08 PM in response to rxdude94

Hi,

Repair permissions after installing software.



Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done.

If you see any warnings re: SUID messages, they can be safely ignored, information here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US


Try Safari after you restart your Mac.





Carolyn 🙂

Dec 31, 2010 6:04 AM in response to rxdude94

Download Flash here: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/4783/adobe-flash-player

Restart your Mac holding the Shift key until you see a progress bar, then let go of the Shift key. This starts you up in Safe Mode which runs automatic diagnostics. After starting up in Safe Mode, manually throw away flash by navigating here:

Hard Drive/Library/Internet Plugins/Flash Player.plugin

Take the Flash Player.plugin file and throw it away. Now go to the flash player download installer you downloaded before restarting and install flash again. Restart normally and see how it goes.

Dec 31, 2010 7:01 AM in response to iBookmaster

worth mentioning that the link provided above is for the preview or beta version of Flash 10.2.x rather than Adobe's current 10.1.x which can be found at http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash

I'd certainly try a beta if Flash persistently crashed after all the usual fixes, but best to get it running first.

Sometimes... it seems from the reports here that a second Flash in Home /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ can cause problems.

Can not get flash to run in safari...

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