Adobe Flash Player For Mac Issues

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  1. Adobe recommends that Flash Player users on Mac update to version 21.0.0.213 through the update mechanism within the software when prompted, or by visiting the Adobe Flash Player Download Center.
  2. To find the latest version of Adobe Flash Player for your operating system (OS) and browser, go to Flash Player Help. Check out the information on common Flash Player problems.
  1. Adobe Flash Player For Mac Issues
  2. Adobe Flash Player Update For Mac

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Adobe Flash Player For Mac Issues

Debug Downloads

Developers can download updated Flash Players for use with Flash from this page.

Updates by version:

Get the latest version

Download the most recent version of Adobe Flash Player.

Get older versions

  • Download older versions of Adobe Flash Player.

Your rights to use any Flash player, projector, standalone player, plug-in, runtime or ActiveX control provided to you below, shall be solely as set forth in the following link, http://www.adobe.com/go/flashplayer_usage. Unless and except as provided therein, you shall have no rights to use or distribute such software.

The files contained on this page are for Flash developers only. All other users should download Flash Player from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer.

If you encounter problems installing Flash Player, please visit our Windows or Mac installation help pages or our installation forum for assistance.

Adobe Flash Player 32 (Win, Mac & Linux) debugger (aka debug player or content debuggers) and standalone (aka projectors) players for Flex and Flash developers.

08/13/2019 – Updated debugger and standalone versions of Flash Player. These versions contain fixes for critical vulnerabilities identified in Security Bulletin APSB 19-30. The latest versions are 32.0.0.238 (Win, Mac & Linux). All users are encouraged to update to these latest versions.

Windows

Note: Release builds of Flash Player for Windows 8.1 are a part of the Windows 8.1 update

Note: Users of Windows 8.0 should upgrade to Windows 8.1 or Windows 10

Uninstalling the Windows 8.1/8.1 ActiveX debuger: please note the KB number in the installer filename after downloading the installer file. To uninstall the debugger, go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Installed Updates. Look for the entry with the KB number the same as in the installer file and uninstall that update.

Macintosh

Linux

Note: Flash CS4 users must rename and save flashplayer_11_sa_debug.exe and flashplayer_10_sa_debug.app.zip to Players/Debug/FlashPlayer.exe and Players/Debug/Flash Player.app in order to debug ActionScript 3.0 projects.

PlayerGlobal (.swc)

MACROMEDIA FLASH LOCAL CONTENT UPDATER

The Local Content Updater (LCU) is a free command-line utility that can add, remove, or check for local-with-networking privileges, operating on one or many SWFs. This tool allows you to change the security sandbox that the SWF file operates in when it is played as a local file in Flash Player 8 and above.

  • Download the Macromedia Flash Local Content Updater for Windows
  • Download the Macromedia Flash Local Content Updater for Macintosh
  • Download the Macromedia Flash Local Content Updater for Linux
Issues

C++ source code for the Local Content Updater is also available. Download the source code if you wish to see how the Local Content Updater works, port it to another platform, investigate bugs, integrate it into scripts, etc.

  • Download the Macromedia Flash Local Content Updater source for Windows
  • Download the Macromedia Flash Local Content Updater source for Macintosh/Unix

If you have suggestions, bug reports, or contributions regarding the Local Content Updater, send email to local_content_updater@macromedia.com. Please note that this email address is only for issues regarding the Local Content Updater itself, and not for general issues regarding security in the Flash Player.

ADOBE FLASH PLAYER UNINSTALLER

The Adobe Flash Player Uninstaller is a valuable tool for troubleshooting and testing detection schemes. The most current uninstallers and instructions for use can be found in this Tech Note.

The Adobe Flash Player browser plugin lets you view video and animated content in Firefox. This article has information about testing, installing, updating, uninstalling and troubleshooting the Adobe Flash plugin.

Note: The Firefox Software Update feature does not update installed plugins. See the Adobe Security bulletins and advisories page for information about security and stability issues affecting Adobe Flash Player and other Adobe products.

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  • 4Troubleshooting

Visit Adobe's Flash Player Help page to see if the Flash plugin is installed and working properly. If it tells you that Flash is not installed, see the next section on how to install the latest Flash plugin.

The Flash plugin automatically updates itself by default. If Adobe's Flash Player Help page says that Flash is outdated and you don't want to wait for the automatic update, you can update Flash manually by downloading and installing the latest version from Adobe.

To check if your installation of Flash is up to date, visit Adobe's Flash Player Help page. If it says that Flash is outdated, you can update Flash by downloading and installing the latest version from Adobe.

  1. Go to Adobe's Flash Player download page and download the Flash installer.
    Caution: Adobe's download page may include a checkbox for optional software (such as Google Chrome or McAfee Security Scan) that is selected by default. If you do not clear the checkbox before downloading, that software will be installed on your computer when you open the Flash installer.
  2. When the download has finished, close Firefox.

    Click the Firefox menu , then click Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen, then click Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu , then click Quit.

  3. Open the Flash installer file you downloaded and follow the instructions.
Note: If you are having problems with the Flash installer from Adobe's download page, you can use this Flash Player installer link to directly download the full installer.
  1. Go to Adobe's Flash Player download page and download the Flash installer.

  2. Click the Firefox menu , then click Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen, then click Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu , then click Quit.

  3. Open the file you downloaded (i.e. install_flash_player_osx_intel.dmg).
  4. In the Finder, open the Install Adobe Flash Player.app to run the installer, then follow the installer's instructions.
  1. Go to Adobe's Flash Player download page.
  2. When prompted, save the file (i.e. install_flash_player_'version'_linux.'processor'.tar.gz).

  3. Click the Firefox menu , then click Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen, then click Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu , then click Quit.

  4. Open a Terminal window (in Gnome, click on the Applications menu, select Accessories, and then select Terminal.)
  5. In the Terminal window, change to the directory where you saved the file you downloaded (e.g. cd /home/user/Downloads).
  6. Extract libflashplayer.so from the file you downloaded with the command tar -zxvf install_flash_player_'version'_linux.'processor'.tar.gz.
  7. As the super user, copy the extracted file, libflashplayer.so, to your Firefox installation directory's plugins sub-directory. For example, if Firefox is installed in /usr/lib/mozilla, use the command sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and then enter your super user password when prompted.

For instructions on uninstalling Flash, see Adobe's help page, Uninstall Flash Player - WindowsUninstall Flash Player - Mac OS.

Note: Running Adobe's uninstaller will remove Flash from all browsers where it is not built-in, including Internet Explorer. You will be prompted to reinstall Flash when you visit a page that requires it, such as Adobe's Flash Player Help page.

Flash plugin not working

If Adobe's Flash Player Help page does not show that Flash is working even though you have installed the latest version, your Flash plugin may be disabled in the Add-ons Manager. To make sure that Flash is enabled,

  1. Click the menu button , click Add-ons and select Plugins.

If Flash is disabled, select Ask to Activate in its drop-down menu.

Flash plugin not working on certain websites

Firefox can block the Flash plugin on certain websites, if using it would cause security, speed or stability problems. For more information, see The Flash plugin is blocked on some sites by default.

Flash works in Internet Explorer or Chrome but not in Firefox

There are three different types of Flash Players: an ActiveX version for Internet Explorer, a Chrome version built into the browser and a plugin version for Firefox and some other browsers. If you want Flash to work in Firefox you must install the plugin version, as explained above.

'Activate Adobe Flash' prompts

Adobe Flash Player For Mac Issues

The Flash plugin is set to 'Ask to Activate' in the Add-ons manager by default. Click on the 'Activate Adobe Flash' message to allow the Flash content to load (if it doesn't, reload the page and try again). For more information, see Why do I have to click to activate plugins?.

The Adobe Flash plugin has crashed

If you see this message instead of Flash content, see Adobe Flash plugin has crashed - Prevent it from happening again and Adobe Flash protected mode in Firefox.

Unresponsive plugin warning

Firefox will show you a warning dialog if the Flash plugin is taking longer than expected:

See the article Warning Unresponsive plugin - What it means and how to fix it for solutions and workarounds.

Adobe Flash Player For Mac Issues

Cannot view full screen Flash videos

See Flash videos won't play full screen.

Playing Flash videos makes Firefox hang

If Firefox stops responding or if the Flash plugin hangs or stops working when playing Flash videos or games, try these solutions:

  • Pause or stop Flash in other tabs. You may need to close those tabs.
  • Update Flash. See the Installing or updating Flash section above for instructions.
  • Disable hardware acceleration in Flash settings. See Disable hardware acceleration in Flash for details.
  • Update your graphics drivers. See Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL.

Adobe Flash Player Update For Mac

  • Disable Flash protected mode. See Adobe Flash protected mode in Firefox.

Other Flash problems and solutions

  • Your Flash issue could be caused by an extension, theme, or hardware acceleration in Firefox. See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems to narrow down the cause.
  • Other solutions for general audio and video problems are listed in the Fix common audio and video issues article.
  • If Flash content does not work, acts strangely, causes errors, or if you see a notice that you need to update Flash even after installing the latest Flash version, uninstall and reinstall Flash.


Based on information from Flash (mozillaZine KB)