Since upgrading adobe flash. I cant watch videos on Youtube etc.
I just get the message "plug-in failure"
Ive tried uninstalling and re-installing.
Ive tried the adobe uninstaller.
Nothing works.
Ideas anyone?
Thanks
Jeff
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), 2ghz I7 4GB
Give Firefox a try - if only to eliminate Safari as the 'problem'. It should take no more than 15 minutes to download, install and test.
Clinton
Turns out i do have chrome installed - and it works!
Chrome doesn't use the Flash plug-in to render video - I would still try Firefox (which does use the plug-in).
Clinton
1. From the menu bar select
▹ System Preferences… ▹ Flash Player ▹ Advanced
and click Check Now. Quit and relaunch your browser.
2. Triple-click the line below to select it:
from the contextual menu. A folder should open. Delete the following item, or anything with a similar name, if present:
Flash Player (failing).plugin
You may be prompted for your login password.
3. Re-download and reinstall Flash. Download it from this page:
4. Select
5. Select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions
from the Safari menu bar. If any extensions are installed, disable them.
Guys Im having the same issues as the OP... 10.8.4 with latest version of Flash player (11.8.800.94) installed.
Tried uninstalling, reinstalling to no avail. I also tried everything that was previously listed... no dice.
I have bene using Macs since OS9 and have never experienced anything like this. Chrome works, Safai and Firefox do not. No matter if it's a Youtube video or any video that uses flash (such as my local news site.)
Anything else? Thanks.
If there are any older versions of the flashplayer.plugin installed in your /Library/Internet Plug ins/ folder, Safari will automatically block flashplayer from working even if you have the updated version. Make sure you only have one version of Flash Player.plugin installed here. If there is an older version, delete it. Also make sure to check ~/Library/Internet Plug Ins.
I was just searching through /Library directory and found the following .txt file :
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/fpconflicts
Opened this and the only thing listed was "Safari" - date created matches the date I updated Flash to newest version...
My flash DOES work in Safari btw. No real clue if this is relevant, quite coincidential.
Hi all,
Still no luck. I don't have the fpconflicts file either. I'm wondering if there's something wrong with my safari?.
I dont think its feasible to uninstall safari & re-install.
I dont want to restore my macbook either, Ive got a lot of stuff on it & its in constant use.
I do have a time machine though. If i do have to re-install from a back up, will the error come back?
Id much prefer to re-install safari if possible?
It's not clear whether you took the steps I suggested in my last message.
The only way to correctly reinstall Safari is to reinstall ML. You will not lose any of your files or data. Boot into recovery mode (cmd + R) at startup, and reinstall Mountain Lion. This will JUST reinstall the OS and keep all of your data untouched.
I took all th steps you suggested. Still not able to watch Youtube videos (or any that use flash.) I am thinking I have a virus...
Anything else that I can do?
I have the same file. Not sure what this means, either. Should I delete this file?
No. Never delete files just because if you don't know what purpose they serve. I left mine as it was.
Did you try the suggestion of testing with Firefox?
What I would do is uninstall Flash (again, I know), download firefox, and then use firefox browser to install the flash plug in.
Test Firefox first, and Safari subsequently
I did. Firefox now just crashes completely if you try going to youtube... without even trying to play a video. It flat out crashes and asks if I want to submit a report. I have lost hours trying to figure this out. Have no idea what is causing this issue... thanks for your help thus far.
I had the same problem as OP. Occured since most recent Flash update. Managed to find an archived Flash player from before the most recent update on adobe website and my problem has been fixed!
I'm running a Macbook 4,1, OSX 10.7.5, Safari 6.0.4
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