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Safari Missing Plug-ins (Flash, Silverlight)

I have an odd problem. Safari has suddenly decided it doesn't have Flash or Silverlight installed, even though it does. Both You Tube (Flash) and Netflix (Silverlight) are reporting that I don't have the proper plugin installed. But I do. Both these sites worked yesterday and I didn't do anything to remove the plugins. What's more, I've even reinstalled both, without luck.

Both Flash and Silverlight work through Firefox and Chrome.

safari->help->internet plugins shows no plugins.
library->internet plug-ins shows flash player.plugin, flashplayer.xpt, and silverlight.plugin
I do have the developer menu visible and DO NOT have javascript or any other function disabled.

The only thing I've done since yesterday is install iLife '11 and the associated updates.

Anyone know a solution to this problem?

Thanks,
Martin

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Jan 4, 2011 7:26 PM

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Jan 5, 2011 4:55 AM in response to andyBall_uk

Thanks for your response, but none of these worked:
Plugins were enabled, toggling off then on didn't help.
Created a new user and logged in. The same problem existed for the new user.
Tried deleting com.apple.safari.plist but I don't have this file in ~/Library/Preferences. I searched the computer and couldn't find that file anywhere.

Last night I ran repair permissions, this morning I tried deleting and reinstalling Safari. All without luck.

Any other thoughts?

Jan 5, 2011 9:31 AM in response to mbarron2896

Hi

I'd try with just Flash or better, quicktime in the plugins folder, say, and wonder why there's no other plugins from the standard install...

any other add-ons you're aware of? - see http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3230 for some ideas of where to look.

the safari plist is likely irrelevant, since it's account-specific. but ~ is short for Home
or just paste that path into safari
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.safari.plist

Safari Missing Plug-ins (Flash, Silverlight)

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