YouTube won't work on Safari

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YouTube won't work on Safari

Okay, so here's the story. Two days ago, YouTube videos stopped working on Safari. The page loads, but no video appears, it's just a black box. YouTube still works on Chrome and Firefox, just not on Safari.

I've done everything I can think of to fix the problem, but nothing has worked.

I have:
- reset cookies
- reset cache
- reset flash cookies
- reinstalled Safari
- reinstalled Flash Player
- cursed at computer lots

I have no idea where to go next. Any ideas?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Feb 18, 2011 8:44 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 18, 2011 8:53 AM in response to FidgetingFinch

Okay, so as soon as I posted this I saw another thread talking about YouTube problems. I changed the settings so that Safari opens in 32-bit mode, and now everything works.

😀

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Answer 2

rookaren

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Feb 20, 2011 8:02 PM in response to FidgetingFinch

OK. I'm an new to the world of Apple. How exactly would I go about changing my settings to 32-bit mode? Thanks.

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Answer 3

Feb 20, 2011 8:18 PM in response to FidgetingFinch

Yep. I did what I read about somewhere else.
I went to Applications>Safari>Get Info>Enable 32-bit mode. Quit Safari. Opened Safari. Bingo. Works again. I have Click-To-Flash set to 'off'.
I don't know if this is a temporary solution or what.

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Answer 4

Ba6aLeE

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Feb 24, 2011 2:29 PM in response to FidgetingFinch

Thanks, it's really helped 😉

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Answer 5

GoKayak

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Feb 24, 2011 8:13 PM in response to FidgetingFinch

Something that is working for me...

Unhide the Develop menu, then change the User Agent to something other than Safari 5.0.3--MAC. I set mine to Safari 5.0.3--Windows and the videos play correctly.

To unhide the Develop Menu:
Preferences/Advanced/Check the Box to Show Develop Menu in the Menu Bar

Once that's done, select Develop/User Agent and make selection

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Answer 6

aotway

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Mar 17, 2011 5:28 AM in response to FidgetingFinch

Hi,
I couldnt get youtube to work on safari or firefox, tried a few things i saw here no luck.

I just downloaded the adobe flash player, and now i can view youtube in both!

Bit bloody pathetic if you ask me! come on apple, this is the sort of thing that is supposed to happen on a pc!

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Answer 7

leighh

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Mar 17, 2011 7:58 AM in response to FidgetingFinch

FidgetingFinch,

Where are the flash cookies or locally shared objects stored? And how did you delete them?

Just curious and would like to know.

Thanks.

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Answer 8

May 10, 2011 12:07 AM in response to FidgetingFinch

I disabled an extension in Safari Preferences called "A Cleaner Youtube". It was intended to make the UI for youtube be less cluttered. Once I disabled it, back came youtube.

I have found that extension updates are often way behind the browser update. I haven't seen warnings for these in Safari when I've updated.

Incidentally, I don't recall installing that add-on.

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