FYI. Flash player universal binary now available.

Thanks for the info; now I can natively avoid all those horrible flash sites! lol

Although, technically speaking, it isn't a universal binary. 🙂

Talked about it here and here too.

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It appears to be in two
versions; one strictly PPC and the other UB. I a
little confused, why would the UB not be a UB?

If I recall correctly, the "other" version calls itself an Intel binary, not a universal binary. Although, the downloaded file called itself a UB for some reason.

I think someone at Adobe just doesn't know the difference between an Intel Binary and a Universal Binary.

See the TechNote by Adobe:

Troubleshooting Adobe Flash Player for Intel-based Macs. And some more really helpful discussions about Safari crashes and several other issues can be found on MacFixIt.

Hope this will help those who are a little bit confused about it.

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When I downloaded it said
Universal binary and was more than twice the size of
the PPC version.

Me too David; however, I'm pretty sure the original download link said it was an Intel version.

Hope this will help those who are a little bit
confused about it.

Thank Antonio, we're not really having any technical issues, we're just a bit confused that it calls itself a Universal Binary, yet it doesn't appear to be.

I wonder if it actually is a UB, but they are just providing a link to a separate PowerPC one too. As the PowerPC file is smaller, it would certainly save them some bandwidth costs.

Has anyone tried installing the "Intel" download on a PowerPC Mac? 🙂

Wow, now I'm a bit confused...

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My version says UB Intel and works fine so far.

Antonio, I think we may have a communication breakdown here. lol.

An Intel Binary is for Intel processors only.

A PowerPC Binary is for PowerPC processors only.

A Universal Binary is for both.

Adobe offer an Intel download and a PowerPC download, which would lead one to believe that one is for Intel processors only and one is for PowerPC processors.

However, the Intel download has "UB" in its filename, which would suggest it is a Universal Binary after all, not an Intel binary as the website states.

A Universal Binary and an Intel Binary will run the same on an Intel machine, I was just wondering which one it actually was.

Marty, thanks for the clarification.

I downloaded it from Version Tracker and it made no distinction between an Intel Macs version and PPCs one. I got my 4 Mb file named "Adobe Flash Player UB.dmg" and simply installed it.

So, the plot thickens! lol

I guess the "Intel" Binary Adobe are offering is a Universal Binary after all, and they're just trying to save some bandwidth costs by offering a smaller separate PowerPC Binary for the majority of Mac users.