Upgrading Adobe Flash player

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Upgrading Adobe Flash player

my Laptop, PowerBook G4 17" MOdel PowerBook5,9, CPU PowerPC G4 (1.5) Ser.# W8544 *SXO....can not download any ver of Adobe Flash Player. I followed the download instructions to uninstall current ver to download an upgarde. I have found that Adobe FP does not support my current OS X 10.4.11. I followed instructions to Get Flash Player for PowerPC. I start the process by downloading the installer and get to an Adobe page "Archived Flash Player Versions". It list many versions of 10.xxxxx and older achives of 10 and 9. I have spent hours trying to download and can't. I can no longer view any videos and upload videos to my website. Has anyone experienced this.

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PowerBook5,9, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Apr 6, 2011 6:44 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 6, 2011 9:02 AM in response to BD0003

Exactly what happens when you click on the download link?

Try this one: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp10.1.102.64_and_9.0.289.0archive.zip

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**WARNING: DUE TO SECURITY REASONS, PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR COMPUTER'S SERIAL NUMBER ON THESE MESSAGE BOARDS.**

I requested that a HOST remove.

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Answer 2

Klaus1

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Apr 6, 2011 10:12 AM in response to BD0003

You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS. Note that version 10,1,102,64 is the last version available to PPC Mac users*. The latest version, 10.2.152.25 or later, is for Intel Macs only, as Adobe no longer support the PPC platform. Note that the latest Flash Player update only works on YouTube with Safari in 32 bit mode - until YouTube correct this.

* Unhelpfully, if you want the last version for PPC Macs, you need to go here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/142/tn_14266.html and scroll down to 'Archived Versions/Older Archives'. The first one on the list, Flash Player 10.1 is the one you download. More information here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/838/cpsid_83808.html

You should first uninstall any previous version of Flash Player, using the uninstaller from here (make sure you use the correct one!):

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/865/cpsid_86551.html#prob1=uninst,os=m10.6,

and also that you follow the instructions closely, such as closing ALL applications first before installing. You must also carry out a permission repair after installing anything from Adobe.

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BDAqua

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Apr 6, 2011 5:29 PM in response to BD0003

Hi BD0003, and a warm welcome to the forums! 🙂

Download this if you haven't...

http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp10.1.102.64_and_9.0.289.0archive.zip

Once downloaded if it doesn't unzip automatically the double click on that file.

Look for the fp 10.1.102.64_and_9.0.289.0archive folder, open it, look for the Flash Player 10.1.102.64 folder & open and look for 10 1r10264 folder & open it, double click on the flashplayer10 1r102_64_ubmac.dmg file, choose the Install Adobe Flash Player file to install... they don't make it easy! 😟

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Answer 4

Jun 8, 2011 9:00 AM in response to BD0003

Thank you ALL for your help with this one. BDAqua, they certainly DON'T make it easy, and thanks Klaus for the reminder on the permissions. So far so good.

I can understand NOT supporting a technology/product forever (ala Jobs PowerPC), but why not warn clients to NOT automatically upgrade to what is an incompatable update ANYWAY? so that we don't have to spend hours uninstalling and then re-installing this ****** fat buggy product. I purely enjoyed the day that I had NO flash on my computer, it was MUCH faster and smoother and I had flashblockers on before. Let's find a way to make sure that we are not "beholdin" (my first h/t to Sarah Palin) to either Adobe OR Jobs for that matter.

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BDAqua

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Jun 8, 2011 10:28 AM in response to william233

You're welcome William, byw, I'vec had other APPs update themselves or ask to lately... & the update is Intel only! 😟

Thank goodness I have backups & save old Instalers/DMGs.

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