Adobe Flash is not working in Safari (5.1.7 Snow Leopard)

Whenever my mbp 15" 10.6.8 goes sluggish (which happens from time to time as I never turn it off and re-boot, only sleep it) or things in general don't work as they are supposed to, I start the terminal app and key in a sudo command that I will come to later. This command will clean out your system from a lot of garbage that it does not need. Usually some of it is taken care of automatically by the system itself, but only when the computer is started and/or at 3 o'clock in the morning once a week and once a month. But most people don't have their computers sitting idle at 3am on their desktop - they are most likely sleeping, like their owners.

Important to notice when you do this operation is that you key in the script exactly as written. The reason is as you are giving your computer a sudo command, you are digging around in the inner core of your computer and you don't want to tell it do something that you regret later.

Ok, here it goes - and yes, it solved my Flash not working in Safari problem.

1. Open Terminal, located in the Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities folder.

2. At the Terminal prompt, type the following, exactly as written:

sudo periodic daily weekly monthly

3. Press Return.

4. Type your Admin password when prompted, then press Return.

All three scripts will run in sequence. There is no visual feedback while the scripts execute. You will know they are completed when the Terminal prompt returns.

If you want to know more about maintenance scripts for OSX, go here

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintscripts.html#Anchor-Manually-49575

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FRIDAY 23rd AUGUST, 2013

SAFARI Version 6.0.5 (7536.30.1)

I can confirm that this works:

"Finally figured out solution to same problem on MacBookPro running 10.8.

Safari>Preferences>Security> check 'Enable plug-ins' on.

Flash now working"

This solved the issue for me. I believe my issue was deeper than just a disabled plugin, I had to replace my mach_kernel file when an update to the utility Little Snitch destroyed it. This then meant I had to reinstall Flash and then deleting all previous data as detailed re-enabled it.

Thanks!

my MBP is 10.6.8. When I go to Safari>Preferences>Security> I don't see "Enable plug-ins'" rather I see "Allow all other plugins." Is that OK in the sense it's slightly different wording?

As I look at "Installed Plug-ins" I see "Shockwave Flash 11.9 r900 - from file "Flash Player.plugin". Within that I see MIME Type application/futuresplash alongside the description "FutureSplash Player." Under that I see MIME Type application/x-shockwave-glash and then Schockwave Flash.

i've been trying for a month to load a website named "Lumosity," a set of "brain games" designed to improve cognitive speed, memory, attention, problem-solving and flexibility. I go through the sequence and always end up getting "download the latest version of Flash Player." I've exchanged six emails with Lumosity's Help Desk with no fix forthcoming. I've re-installed Flash perhaps a dozen times. Many of Lumosity's users mention the same problem. Macromedia/Adobe Help sites also receive the same complaint.

I read an earlier post asking the writer what other plug-in's were on his Mac. If that's a useful question, those on my MBP are:

DivX OVS Helper,

DivX Plus Web Player,

Flip4Mac Windows Media Plugin 2.3.8,

Gogle Earth Plug-in,

iPhotoPhotocast,

Java Applet Plug-in,

QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6,

RealPlayer Plugin.plugin,

Silverlight Plug-In,

and WebKit built0in PDF.

As the Agatha Christyie's hero Hercule Poirot often says, "it's a puzzlement!"

I'm asked Lumosity to consult with Apple in hope that they could jointly achieve a solution.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you, Thor

Thanks for your suggestion. Flash Player is now working in all applications and websites with the exception of http:www.lumosity.com. I've exchanged a number of emails with them including two since I posted this question. It looks like all is well except for that one website. Thor

I have tried FOREVER to get my flash player to work on the admin account on my mac with safari (it works fine on guest account). Just figured out the solution for me: I deleted the flash cookies (the entire #SharedObjects folder) located in in~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#SharedObjects. I tried everything else I read everywhere and nothing worked until I tried this.

Finally figured out solution to same problem on MacBookPro running 10.8.

Safari>Preferences>Security> check 'Enable plug-ins' on.

Flash now working.

Select Help ▹ Installed Plug-ins from the Safari menu bar. Besides the following, what plugins are listed?

iPhotoPhotocast

Java

QuickTime

WebKit built-in PDF

What exactly happens when you load a page with Flash content? Whatever it is, does it happen with all Flash pages, or only some? If only some, give an example.

You Tube is not the problem. Just go to cnn.com and try running a video. If you're lucky, the ad will play and that's it.

jkk

Wow John, let meknow how it goes. I'm traveling and will work on it this weekend. Once you have a "Step by Step" process, please send it. Please keep it as "novice" as possible.

Thanks very much.

jkk

Will do. I might not get around to it till next week.

Right when you drag a user's dir via the finder, I think the one thing it does NOT copy is ~/Library (just like when you list your dir in the finder it doesn't show Library).