How do I get flash player on iPad.

If you've read all the posts in this 'uber' long thread, you're still asking the question of the wrong people. I don't mean us users, but you seem to be directing your question to Apple, when you should direct your question to Adobe. They are the ones who for whatever reason, have not yet been able to deliver a reliable way to view Flash on iOS devices. And before you comment that all the other tablet manufacturers have delivered, you might want to spend some time on their user forums, for fun, of course. They are littered with threads about Flash crashing their devices. It's not stable and that's unfortunate, but it's not Apple's fault either. I agree with the posts where the best advice is to lean on the sites which require Flash. We should put pressure on them to deliver content in a more stable, modern way, like HTML5.

Again, you've somewhat got it wrong. Apple didn't make other manufacturers not make AirPrint enable printers. It's up to other manufacturers to make them. HP, saw an opportunity and they jumped on it. Good for them. Clearly other companies (Canon, Lexmark, Kodac, etc.) didn't.

The print technology is not Apple's. They can only allow what they can allow based on who owns the tech. But you can pretty much print on any printer that you want if you teach yourself how. Is your Kodak printer connected to your Mac by USB? If so here is how to do it.

1. Download and install AirPrint Activator; http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/35969/airprint-activator

2. Turn AirPrint on

3. Connect your iPad to your Mac using Bluetooth

4. Print from your iPad over BT to your Mac's USB connected printer.

The fact is Adobe has try creating Flash for iOS but it is deem unstable. At this point, I dont know if Apple or Adobe has given up on it. However, the fact is Apple is not opposed to having Flash on the device. Otherwise, they would not have approved 3rd party developer apps that is capable of running Flash on this device through servers vs natively. Photon Flash Browser Player for iPad is a great way to run Flash on the device without jailbreaking it.

I wasn't asking you to give me flash. If you could I doubt you would be spending so much time on message boards arguing about what's better and yelling at people. I'm angry and frustrated. I don't want a different tablet. I've played with them and they're crap. And my whole life is Mac. I don't want to deal any compatabiliy issues. Everything is the same.

Sorry to upset you so much with my post that was more of just a rant/vent/cathartic release to people that I thought would understand my problem.

And both parties have given up. I vaguely remembered this and a quick google search confirmed it. In 2010 Steve Jobs pretty much declared Flash dead. Adobe got ****** and said that they were going to stop all work to bring Flash to iPhones or iPads. So there goes my dream to have a stable Flash player to be able to view my classes.

Here is my post:

"We are not Apple, just Apple users and as such can't 'give you flash', but that doesn't help you. Until Adobe publish a version of Flash that runs on an iPad Apple can't give it to anyone, and even if Adobe do make it available Apple will still have to approve it (neither has happened yet)

If you must have flash then your only recourse is a different tablet, sorry 😟"

And you think I am yelling?

Good bye.

Thank you for your help. I will check it out. I had searched online first but most that I found required jail breaking which I refuse to do with any of my devices. The other suggestions that I found were dead links or didn't work.

I will contact Adobe and Apple directly, by actual witten letter which seems to get noticed more, about my unhappiness. Perhaps there should be a thread to start a letter campaign although they still wouldn't give a ****. Thanks again.

emma kate wrote:

As soon as iPods came out I had one and same as the iPhone and the first iPad. I don't mind not being able to view Flash on my iPhone and it did get on my nerves with the iPad 1. But now I'm getting really ****** off.

A bit of a clue there: did you not notice they all run the same operating system?

Hi Emma Kate! First off, Ol Stevie boy doesn't want flash on his products. Now the good news. Skyfire browser (free) converts flash so you can watch stuff. Also......... M.I.C.gadget has a device you might be interested in. it's their 3 in 1 camera kit. It plugs into the ipad port and has a micro sd slot, a regular sd slot and a usb plug for your camera etc and it works fine! It costs around $28 and it even works on my iphone gotta order it online at their store

P.S right now (1:30PM CT) their server is down so you may have to wait awhile

BluRay is a dying format. Who needs expensive HD on a disc when you can get online HD that's cheaper?

And Thunderbolt is better than USB 3.0.

"If you've read all the posts in this 'uber' long thread, you're still asking the question of the wrong people. I don't mean us users, but you seem to be directing your question to Apple, when you should direct your question to Adobe. They are the ones who for whatever reason, have not yet been able to deliver a reliable way to view Flash on iOS devices. And before you comment that all the other tablet manufacturers have delivered, you might want to spend some time on their user forums, for fun, of course. They are littered with threads about Flash crashing their devices. It's not stable and that's unfortunate, but it's not Apple's fault either. I agree with the posts where the best advice is to lean on the sites which require Flash. We should put pressure on them to deliver content in a more stable, modern way, like HTML5."

Thank you, Apple would never support Flash unless Adobe cleaned it up.

Mac OS 9000 wrote:

BluRay is a dying format. Who needs expensive HD on a disc when you can get online HD that's cheaper?

Cheaper is not necessarily better. If I want to watch 1080p on my 50" plasma with 6.1 sound or whatever, can you point me to an online HD source that will do it please?

Yu seem to have missed the point about limited internet speeds and download capping. Not I but, some people like box sets the pressed discs last longer any you'll burn at home. Some people have old PCs and Blu Ray players that they should throw away right?

Blu is not going anywhere soon I don't believe, not least until the internet infrastructure is in place.

And Thunderbolt is better than USB 3.0.

Again, if the masses don't have it it's a moot point. Remember - Apple who may be selling computers hand over fist right now is a very small part of the PC market. That means unless PC vendors also use the same connector then take up isn't going to be lightning fast.

My sister has TB on her MacBook, at present guess how useful that is to her? Then take a guess at how useful the far inferior USB2.0 is to her right now. guess how many TB peripherals she can use then please do a similar calculation for USB, (even use USB3 if it helps make TB figures look good).

OS9000 has hit the nail on the head here.

The question was... "how can I get flash player on an iPad?"

The answer will never come from apple. Adobe makes flash player. It's like asking your pregnant cat why it hasn't given birth to a turtle!

If you want flash on an iPad, you have to make a flash player that works on iOS. Every developer on the planet decides which platform he will make his app work on.

What's next... Get mad at the highway department because your boat won't go on pavement!? Morons!

gumsie wrote:

Mac OS 9000 wrote:

BluRay is a dying format. Who needs expensive HD on a disc when you can get online HD that's cheaper?

Cheaper is not necessarily better. If I want to watch 1080p on my 50" plasma with 6.1 sound or whatever, can you point me to an online HD source that will do it please?

Yu seem to have missed the point about limited internet speeds and download capping. Not I but, some people like box sets the pressed discs last longer any you'll burn at home. Some people have old PCs and Blu Ray players that they should throw away right?

Blu is not going anywhere soon I don't believe, not least until the internet infrastructure is in place.

Again, if the masses don't have it it's a moot point. Remember - Apple who may be selling computers hand over fist right now is a very small part of the PC market. That means unless PC vendors also use the same connector then take up isn't going to be lightning fast.

My sister has TB on her MacBook, at present guess how useful that is to her? Then take a guess at how useful the far inferior USB2.0 is to her right now. guess how many TB peripherals she can use then please do a similar calculation for USB, (even use USB3 if it helps make TB figures look good).

BluRay uses lossy H.264 compression. We tested it on our home theater, and it was far inferior to a Feroudja DVD player w/ 1080p upscaler. Plus, Netflix has 1080p HD for the (few) instant download movies. We are able to watch it instantly as we can download faster than real time, but for others, they may have to wait. Still, it's faster to wait for an HD download than it is to buy a Blu Ray disc.

Anyway, the future is not discs, it's internet downloads. An HP installation CD has been stuck in my iMac for months, and it doesn't matter.

I'm just saying, Thunderbolt is a better connection than USB 3.0, and Apple uses it because of that. Even if less people use it, it is a better cable. The video industry chose FireWire over USB 2.0 anyway.

And if your sister connects too many USB devices, it will bog her computer up like how mine is. I have 11 USB devices connected to my Mac, and it slows it down a lot because USB relies on system resources.