Why doesn't Flash Player work on OS X 10.7.5?

SCSilverfox wrote:

I just want to add that I have CS4 and I think there is a Flash of some kind in that program. I don't know if it would cause a problem and I don't know if it is safe to delete it. And I can't imagine why FlashPlayer would play some video for me but not other videos of other sites if the CS4 were a problem. But thought it would be worth mentioning.

I tried your problematic websites and had no difficulty with them. Since I have CS4 installed too, it doesn't seem to be the problem.

SCSilverfox wrote:

"Block pop-up windows" has always been off, but I have GlimmerBlocker installed. Is that a problem?

Is GlimmerBlocker turned on? Increasingly, the business model of websites it to capture your information via cookies and/or present advertising, and the correct operation of the website may be contingent upon you letting them do either or both. I use Ghostery, which blocks tracking cookies, and I've found some websites simply won't work unless I temporarily allow the website to set at least some cookies, which I turn on, one by one. Very likely, it's the same for advertising.

Plug-in version 11.5.502.146 is installed. I can do ever thing on the fox web site with 10.7.5 and taht older flash version. now the videos do not play if you click on a link on the main home page. but if you move to the page if the list of videos they play from there.

live tv takes awhile to get started. very slow compared to other sites I vist. there faq says flash 11.2 is all taht is required.

it appears to be more a usability issue with this web site, compared to others.

having exact same problem.. its the OS software for sure. never had this problem until i upgraded, and have done everything i could think of, and suggestions offered by others as well. just wanna watch a video. thanks apple!

Excellent. Found out what the problem was. Job done well.

This feedback is very helpful. Now I can post the link to this post by you.

Appreciate it.

Best

Great, SCSilverfox!

Thanks for posting your solution as it will help other users.

Thanks for the star. 🙂

SCSilverfox-

Thank you thank you thank you!

And thank you to everyone else who contributed to this thread.. I learned a lot from all of your suggestions here.

My issue was this: CWTV website videos had worked fine up until a couple of months ago.. that is, up until I had updated Flash Player v.11 to v.12. After that, I could not view videos on CWTV anymore. I hadn't changed any of the FP settings from the previous version of FP. YouTube and Hula.com videos worked just fine after updating to FP12, so I had taken this as confirmation that FP settings were still good.. and as I'd set them in FP11.

(I had even tried uninstalling FP12 so that I could reinstall FP11, but instead, got an error message upon re-installation of FP11.. I can only presume that one cannot go back to a prior FP version once a newer version of FP has been installed..?).

I do, however, want to add to your gold-key instructions.. just in case it may help someone else. I had to to access my Flash Player Global Settings differently than you had outlined here. If I Control-Click (Right-Click) on the black video screen and select "Global Settings," my Computer's 'System Preferences' window of FP displays, which does not have the options to set: 1. allow third-party Flash content to store data on your computer or 2. to set the storage amount allowed (which were both dno in making things right again).

For me to get to the Flash Player Global Settings, I had to access it through Adobe/Macromedia's website: [http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_man ager07.html]

(Note: The Settings Manager that displays in your browser window is the actual Settings Manager for your Computer's Flash Player program. Also, I'm not sure how often Adobe updates their Settings Manager weblink, but it works for now for FP12). So, from the Settings Manager via Adobe's website, I was able to change both of those settings so that CWTV now works.. Yay!

Again, thank you, SCSilverfox, for detailing your path.. and mine.. to success.

Cheers.

SCSilverfox (september 25, 2013), This was exactly what I needed. Hours of time wasted and this was the solution to watching shows online. I could not watch cbs.com on Firefox, Opera, Safari...I knew it had to be a global issue. Like Seksy1, I had to open the macromedia website. I got to that site by right clicking the black screen, which pulled up the flashplayer settings, which I had been changing to no avail. In the upper right corner, there is a blue question mark. I clicked on that, which brought up the macromedia site where the Settings Manager that displays your actual settings for your computer shows up. I followed SCSilverfox's instructions for the Settings Manager. Now I am watching cbs shows again. Thank you so very much! I cannot tell you how many websites I read to try to fix this. Thank you, thank you, thank you SCSilverfox!