Alternative to Adobe Flash Player for Macs running Yosemite

Is there a reliable and secure alternative to Adobe Flash Player for Macs running Yosemite? I keep getting websites telling me that I can see a video because my Flash Player needs to be updated. But I haven't wanted to install it as I've heard negative things about it and Macs. Is there an alternative to Flash Player? And if so, what is it and where do I find it?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Dec 31, 2014 2:57 PM

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Dec 31, 2014 3:10 PM in response to antalmo

If you enter www.adobe.com into the address bar of your browser and then follow Adobe's links to FlashPlayer you'll ne fine. Many of the problems people have had with falsh is from clicking on an upgrade pop up or link and getting redirected to a questionable site like softonic where they get an "altered" version of the installer.

Dec 31, 2014 3:21 PM in response to antalmo

To answer your question directly, no there is no secure alternative to Adobe Flash. You must have Adobe Flash installed to view content in that format. And the negative things you ‘heard’ about Macs applies to all versions for all platforms including Windows. Flash is obsolete, riddled with security holes (which is why it is updated so often) and a resource hog but is still used by many, many websites so we still need to have it installed for the most part. Go to Adobe’s website and update from there. The latest version of Flash installs a Preference Panel that allows you to update automatically or manually going forward.

May 2, 2015 4:51 PM in response to antalmo

Being that Flash is very insecure, I've completely removed it from my MacBook Pro. The best alternative is to uninstall Flash from your system and download Google Chrome as it has Flash build into it and you're not vulnerable unless you're browsing in Chrome. If Safari is your main browser, as mine is, then you need to open Safari Preferences, go to Advanced and click the checkbox for 'Show Develop menu in menu bar'. Once you've done this, the Develop menu bar menu shows up and you can click it and choose 'Open Page With' and choose Chrome. It is a bit cumbersome, but it removes the vulnerability when browsing in Safari as many sites are now using HTML5. Hope this help.

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