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Just wanted to share this. Someone tweaked the last hack so that now it shows up as 11.5. I've tried it and it works.
http://scriptogr.am/nordkril/post/adobe-flash-11.5-for-powerpc
Dual 800mhz PowerMac G4 / Powerbook G4 1.33mhz / BW G4 500mhz, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Mac Pro 2.66 dual core/ G5 dual 2.0
Thanks for posting - a useful hint! 🙂
Can't speak for Tiger but it works for Leopard.
But it does not solve a problem where a website, such as the BBC, not only requires the latest version of Flash Player, but still only works with Intel Macs.
For users of PPC Macs there is this workaround:
I cannot watch flash videos on the BBC website or on BBC iPlayer, although all other flash videos (YouTube for example) are fine.
For reasons that passeth all understanding, they work with the PPC version of Firefox, called TenFourFoxG5.app, once you have anabled plug-ins, as it does not natively support Flash.
You can download TenFourFoxG5 from here:
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
Now for the interesting bit: TenFourFox, like Firefox, does not support most plug-ins. Unless you are prone to headaches (in which case don't) you can read about that here:
http://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/wiki/PluginsNoLongerSupported
But there is a workaround!
Open TenFourFox and type in the address bar: about:config (no spaces) and click return. This gives you a warning that it might harm the application. Ignore that and click on 'I'll be careful, I promise' and you get the config file that you can edit - with great care.
Look/search (scroll down) for: tenfourfox.plugins.enabled
Set it to true. (Double click it to toggle it)
Now close TenFourFox, open it again, and Flash will now work, as it now uses the plug-ins that Safari has stored.
I am using Flash 11.5.502.55 in TenFourFox and it works just fine, including the BBC news site and iPlayer.
Thanks guys, managed to get ipleyer working on my iMac g4, the tv obviously isn't great but the radio works fine and that's what i wanted it for. Cheers
Don't know what took me so long to find this, but sure glad I did. (I have a Power Mac G5 that is now supplemented by a 2012 Mac Mini, yes, that's how I regard the relationship. 🙂 ) I still prefer to do social network stuff on the G5, but today I was running into the Flash wall with every video I tried to play. This hack did the trick. Hope it will keep working through a few more updates at least. Thanks to everyone who perseveres with the wonderful PPC Macs.
Thank you very much Klaus. Am trying to help my husband on his beautiful G4 PowerMac (it's year 2015). When I saw you had joined in to help, I've been reading your very good advice for years and you NEVER fail to help. Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words Cheryle! Glad to have helped! 🙂
Flash 11.5 hack for PowerPC
