Adobe Flash Player Mac Firefox



In this step-by-step guide, learn how to uninstall or remove Adobe Flash Player from your Mac computer, and delete any additional related files.

Adobe Flash Player is described as 'is freeware software for using content created on the Adobe Flash platform' and is a well-known app in the Web Browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Adobe Flash Player for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Firefox, Self-Hosted solutions and Google Chrome. Flash Player collects some data in order to track installations and provide updates. Additionally, it may store, or allow third parties to store, certain information on your computer in a local data file known as a local shared object in order to provide customized features. Adobe Flash Player for Mac OSX (Intel - Firefox, Safari, Opera) v11.5.502.110 (Latest stable version) 15 Nov 2012 Adobe Flash Player for Mac OSX (Intel - Firefox, Safari, Opera) v11.4.402.265 06 Sep 2012.

These instructions are NOT applicable to Flash Player included with Google Chrome. Visit the Flash Player Help page for instructions on enabling (or disabling) Flash Player in various browsers.

If you use Windows, see Uninstall Flash Player | Windows.

If your Flash Player installation was not successful, use the following solution to reinstall.

Oct 21, 2020 Head to Preferences Websites Plugins Adobe Flash Player. Tick the Adobe Flash player entry to enable Flash player on Safari. Users with macOS X 10.10 can head to Preferences Security. Enable JavaScript and tick Allow Plug-ins. After that, click on Plug-in settings and select Adobe Flash Player. Every time I update Firefox I lose Flash capabillity. I have updated to Firefox 3.6.13 and Flash 10,1,102,64 (Mac OS X 10.6.4). I can view Flash content localy - 3223625.

  1. Click the Apple icon and choose About This Mac.

    The Mac OS version appears in the About This Mac dialog.


2. Run the uninstaller applicable to your Mac OS version

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  • Run the uninstaller on Mac OS X 10.4 and later, including macOS

Note:

Beginning with Flash Player 11.5, uninstalling the Flash Player resets the AutoUpdateDisable and SilentAutoUpdateEnable settings in mms.cfg to their default values:

  • AutoUpdateDisable=0
  • SilentAutoUpdateEnable=0

If you are running the Flash Player uninstaller as part of your deployment process, redeploy any custom changes to either AutoUpdateDisable or SilentAutoUpdateEnable.

Run the uninstaller on Mac OS X 10.4 and later, including macOS

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  1. Download the Adobe Flash Player uninstaller:

    • Mac OS X, version 10.6 and later: uninstall_flash_player_osx.dmg
    • Mac OS X, version 10.4 and 10.5: uninstall_flash_player_osx.dmg

    The uninstaller is downloaded to the Downloads folder of your browser by default.

  2. In Safari, choose Window > Downloads.

    If you are using Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), click the Downloads icon displayed on the browser.

  3. To open the uninstaller, double-click it in the Downloads window.

    Note: If the Flash Player installer window does not appear, choose Go > Desktop in the Finder. Scroll down to the Devices section and click Uninstall Flash Player.

  4. To run the uninstaller, double-click the Uninstaller icon in the window. If you see a message asking if you want to open the uninstaller file, click Open.

  5. Bookmark or print this page so that you can use the rest of these instructions after you close your browser.
  6. To close all browsers, either click the browser name in the Uninstaller dialog, or close each browser manually and then click Retry.

    Note: Do not click Quit in the Uninstaller window. It stops the uninstallation process.

  7. After you close the browsers, the uninstaller continues automatically until the uninstallation is complete. When you see the message notifying you that the uninstallation succeeded, click Done.

  8. Delete the following directories:

    • <home directory>/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player
    • <home directory>/Library/Caches/Adobe/Flash Player
  1. Download the Adobe Flash Player uninstaller:

    • Mac OS X, version 10.3 and earlier: uninstall_flash_player_osx_10.2.dmg (1.3 MB) (updated 05/27/08)
  2. Choose Window > Downloads to view the downloaded uninstaller.

  3. Save the uninstaller file in a convenient location.

  4. To open the uninstaller, double-click it in the Downloads window.

  5. To run the uninstaller, double-click the Uninstaller icon in the window. If requested, enter your computer user name and password and click OK.

  6. Bookmark or print this page so that you can use the rest of these instructions after you close your browser. Close all browsers and other applications that use Flash Player, including instant messaging applications, SWF files, and projectors (EXE files that play SWF files). Otherwise, the uninstaller cannot finish (even though it appears to finish).

    Once the uninstaller finishes, the window closes automatically.

You can verify that uninstallation is complete by following these steps:

  1. Open your browser and check the status of Flash Player.

A high performance client runtime which makes it possible for you to enjoy all kinds of media

Adobe Flash Player or Shockwave Flash is a piece of software that provides support for multimedia playback. Whether it's audio, video or gaming related, chances are that Flash Player is needed.

The player uses AMF, XML, JSON, SWF, MP3, FLV, PNG, JPEG and GIF formats. It supports vector and raster graphics making it ideal for any kind of content, as it also capable of streaming over HTTP, RTMP and TCP protocols. Adobe Flash Player is compatible with all of the widely used Internet browsers out today, such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer. Once a great client runtime to have for additional performance has now become a necessity for the great majority of Internet users.

Once installed, it doesn't use up a great deal of resources on your computer although that is debatable for systems that have a low-end hardware configuration. Additionally, Adobe Flash Player is built to be backwards-compatible, meaning that it works with all operating systems, new and old.

System requirements

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  • OS: Windows XP/NT/2003/Vista/7
  • CPU: Intel PentiumII 450MHz/ AMD Athlon 600MHz or faster
  • RAM: 128 MB

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