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Flash Player hogging CPU

I am using Safari (v. 9.0.1 (11601.2.7.2)) and Flash Player Plugin (v. 19.0.0.226). I am attempting to watch a streamed TV programme from a local channel's On Demand service, and my Flash Player plugin is running at up to 100% of CPU, 500+ threads and over 3GB of memory. Needless to say, the video is very disjointed.


I saw there was a suggestion to a previous similar problem of doing the following:

"From the menu bar, select

 ▹ System Preferences… ▹ Flash Player Advanced Delete All...

In the sheet that opens, check the box marked

Delete All Site Data and Settings

then click Delete Data. Close the preference pane. Test."

I have tried this but it didn't make any difference in my case.

I am using my iMac with latest update of El Capitan iOS.

Can anyone please suggest a solution?

Many thanks......Scotty

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Oct 24, 2015 1:45 AM

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Posted on Oct 25, 2015 2:00 AM

1. Uninstall Adobe Flash Player:

Make sure that step 2.9 is not skipped.


http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html


2. Reinstall Adobe Flash Player.

https://get3.adobe.com/flashplayer/update/osx/


3. Allow Plug-ins


Safari > Preferences > Security

Internet Plug-ins > "Allow plug-ins"

Enable it.


If this doesn't help, disable all extensions and test.

Safari > Preferences > Extensions

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Oct 25, 2015 2:00 AM in response to Scotty M

1. Uninstall Adobe Flash Player:

Make sure that step 2.9 is not skipped.


http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html


2. Reinstall Adobe Flash Player.

https://get3.adobe.com/flashplayer/update/osx/


3. Allow Plug-ins


Safari > Preferences > Security

Internet Plug-ins > "Allow plug-ins"

Enable it.


If this doesn't help, disable all extensions and test.

Safari > Preferences > Extensions

Oct 25, 2015 2:04 AM in response to dominic23

Dom,


thanks for the advice. I followed your recommendations to the letter and all seems to have improved dramatically. When watching the same streamed video, I dropped Flash Player's CPU usage to between 30 and 40%. All seems to be playing far better now.


Thanks again. Great to have guys like you willing to share your expertise.


Cheers....Scotty

Flash Player hogging CPU

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