Having trouble installing Adobe Flash Player? Identify your issue and try the corresponding solution.

1. Adobe Flash Player Update For Mac
2. Install Adobe Flash Player Mac
3. Download Adobe Flash For Mac

Sep 07, 2011  Mac OS X hardware decoding support: On Mac computers, hardware decoding of H.264 video in Flash Player is available with Mac OS X 10.6.4 and later on hardware supported by the Mac OS Video Decode Acceleration Framework (such as the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, GeForce 320M, and GeForce GT 330M).

2. Are you being asked to close the browser?

On Safari, the installer closes the browser to proceed with the installation.

• Mac OS X hardware decoding support: On Mac computers, hardware decoding of H.264 video in Flash Player is available with Mac OS X 10.6.4 and later on hardware supported by the Mac OS Video Decode Acceleration Framework (such as the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, GeForce 320M, and GeForce GT 330M).
• If you installed Adobe Flash Player, but still cannot view online videos on certain websites, you need to check Adobe Flash Player on your browsers. How to set up Adobe Flash Player on various browsers. Launch Safari and go to the Apple menu bar and click Preferences.

Follow these instructions.

3. Have you checked if Flash Player is enabled in your browser?

For Firefox on any OS, see Enable Flash Player for Firefox.

For Safari on Mac OS, see Enable Flash Player for Safari.

For Google Chrome, see Enable Flash Player for Chrome.

For Opera, see Enable Flash Player for Opera.

4. Did the installer start installing?

You don’t know where the Flash Player installer has been downloaded.

By default, the files are downloaded and saved to the Downloads folder unless the 'save to' location is changed manually.

1. After downloading Flash Player, close all browsers.
2. Locate the Flash Player install file. Unless you have specified otherwise, the file is saved in your Downloads folder.
3. Double-click the installer file to begin the Flash Player installation.

Choose Window > Downloads or press Option+Command+L. Control-click the downloaded file and choose Show in Finder.

5. Are you unable to resolve the issue?

The rich-media content does not work, and you do not know what the issue is.

Uninstall Flash Player and perform a clean install of Flash Player.

6. Do you have password-related issues?

If you are unable to authenticate successfully, check your user name and password. Use your system credentials, not your Adobe ID.

Adobe Flash Player Update For Mac

Still having problems?

If you are still having trouble installing Adobe Flash Player, try downloading the installer directly from the following sites:

• Flash Player for Safari and Firefox - NPAPI
  
• Flash Player for Opera and Chromium-based browsers - PPAPI
  

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Download the most recent version of Adobe Flash Player.

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• Download older versions of Adobe Flash Player.

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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

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.