I have an iMac with OS X 10.10.3 and Safari 8.0.6.
Safari fails to play Flash video clips on some websites such as space.com - just an endless spinning button/circle.
Firefox does play those video clips without any problems.
I removed ~Library:Preferences:com.apple.safari.plist, restarted the iMac and Safari. It didn't fix the issue so, I put it back.
Can anybody help me please?
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), Safari 8.0.6
1. System Preferences > Flash Player > Advanced > Delete All
Press the "Delete All" button under “Browsing Data and Settings”.
Install Adobe Flash Player.
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Download it first.
The next step is important.
Click Safari in the menubar and select “Quit Safari”.
Follow the prompts and install it.
Restart computer. Relaunch Safari.
2. Allow Plug-ins
Safari > Preferences > Security
Internet Plug-ins > "Allow plug-ins"
Enable it.
3. Safari > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data:
Press the “ Remove All Website Data” button.
1. System Preferences > Flash Player > Advanced > Delete All
Press the "Delete All" button under “Browsing Data and Settings”.
Install Adobe Flash Player.
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Download it first.
The next step is important.
Click Safari in the menubar and select “Quit Safari”.
Follow the prompts and install it.
Restart computer. Relaunch Safari.
2. Allow Plug-ins
Safari > Preferences > Security
Internet Plug-ins > "Allow plug-ins"
Enable it.
3. Safari > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data:
Press the “ Remove All Website Data” button.
Hi Dominic,
1. I did delete and reinstall the Flash Player.
2. "Allow plug-ins" was already enabled.
3. I didn't remove all website data because I needed some of the data.
but, what I forgot to mention in my first post was that I also had ClickToFlash.
It turned out to be misconfigured. I changed these:
ticked ClickToFlash > General > Load Flash if HTML5 conversion fails
ticked ClickToFlash > General > Use HTML5 media fallback
un-ticked ClickToFlash > Media Player > Default media player > HTML5 > Load media player automatically
ticked ClickToFlash > Media Player > Default media player > HTML5 > Show preview image
selected ClickToFlash > Media Player > Nonnative formats policy > Use only as a last resort (instead of "Never use as default")
ticked ClickToFlash > Media Player > Initial behavior > Instant autoplay
ticked ClickToFlash > Media Player > Source Selector > include media sources
ticked ClickToFlash > Media Player > Source Selector > Include Flash
By reinstalling the Flash Player and changing some ClickToFlash settings, I fixed playing flash videos on the sites I couldn't before.
Many thanks for your help.
Safari 8.0.6 fails to play flash video on some sites.
