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Try to open flash player 10.3.183.20 on my Mac powerbook G4 15 it show it downloaded but when I click to open "you can't open the application Flash Player Debugger because it is not supported on this architecture and download is a lot of symbols

I am trying to open flash player 10.3.183.20 on my Mac powerbook G4 15 Window has all symbols and says This program cannot be run in DOS mode

Also get this message You can't open the application because it is not supported on this architecture. I do not know what to do next

PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jul 8, 2012 8:32 AM

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Jul 8, 2012 10:46 AM in response to bichonBJ

Hello,


The problem you having is due to the processor architecture. You're PowerBook is running a PowerPC processor and the Flash player 10.3 requires you to have an Intel processor.


System requirements for Flash 10.3 is:


Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (Intel), Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Intel),

Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) (Intel),

Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) (Intel)


All MacBook Pro's and iMac from 2006 have the Intel processors. Sadly the PowerBooks don't, which means you can't install this version of Flash on your PowerBook.


The most up-to-date version I believe you can install is: 10.1


Hope this helps.

Jul 8, 2012 11:06 AM in response to Knucklesmac

After installing Adobe Flash Player 10.1.102.64 (http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp_10.1.102. 64_and_9.0.289.0_archive.zip), download and install the hack so you can also view Flash 11 content.


In my post from January:

sdfox7 wrote:


The latest "supported" version of Flash Player for PowerPC is 10.1.102.64.http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp_10.1.102. 64_and_9.0.289.0_archive.zip, then execute the file inside the zip titled "flashplayer10_1r102_64_ub_mac.dmg.


However, TexasMacMan discovered a hack (http://www.steelbin.com/FPforFBPPC.zip) that allows PowerPC to use a Flash Player "masquerading" as Flash Player 11. Facebook videos require Flash 11 and will not play at all with Flash 10. If you want to view Facebook videos you MUST use the hacked version!


Read this thread to get an in-depth explanation of how the hack works:


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3599648?tstart=0


You MUST install this hack in order to view videos on FaceBook, Hulu, etc!

Try to open flash player 10.3.183.20 on my Mac powerbook G4 15 it show it downloaded but when I click to open "you can't open the application Flash Player Debugger because it is not supported on this architecture and download is a lot of symbols

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