how do you unblock a plug in

every time i try to watch a video on my mac i get a blank screen with a bar stating "blocked plug in" how do i fix this?

MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Nov 2, 2014 6:40 PM

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Nov 3, 2014 1:32 AM in response to jacox41

After installing Flash Player, reboot your Mac and relaunch Safari, then in Safari Preferences/Security enable ‘Allow Plugins’. If you are running 10.6.8 or later:


When you have installed the latest version of Flash, relaunch Safari and test.

If you're getting a "blocked plug-in" error, then in System Preferences… ▹ Flash Player ▹ Advanced

click Check Now. Quit and relaunch your browser, but check this also:


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5655?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US which also covers ‘blocked plug-in’.

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