Enable Flash Player On Mac



Flash

  1. How To Enable Flash Player On Macbook
  2. Allow Flash Player Safari
  3. Enable Flash Player On Macbook
  4. Enable Flash Player On Macbook Pro
  5. Adobe Flash Player For Mac
Player

Objective

  1. Change “Adobe Flash” from “Ask” to “Allow”, then close the popup. Click on “Refresh” when Chrome prompts; A new pop-up will open saying Flash is out of date. DO NOT UPDATE, click on “Run once without updating”. Leave a comment and let me know if it worked for you.
  2. Once installed, follow the directions below to enable Flash on Firefox. In your Firefox browser, type 'about:addons' in the address bar and press enter(1). Then on the addons page, locate Shockwave Flash (Adobe Flash Player) and select 'Always Activate' from the dropdown menu(2).

Many of the most prevalent Mac malware right now arrive on your Mac via a fake Flash Player download. Read more about the threat of viruses and malware on the Mac and how to protect yourself here. In today's lesson, you will learn how to enable flash player on Mac Safari web browser. Open your Safari web browser. Click on Safari at the top left corner.

This is particularly useful for debugging recording issues from Adobe Connect perspective specially in few versions prior to 9.6 where recordings only have an option to launch in flash player mode. Could be used for debugging meeting issues as well if accessed in flash player mode.

Environment

  • Adobe Connect Hosted/On-Premise
  • Google Chrome with MAC OS client

Steps

How To Enable Flash Player On Macbook

Install the Flash Player Content Debugger
Player
  • Goto https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.html#fp15 and download the installer for appropriate Mac OS version
  • Choose the PPAPI installer

Allow Flash Player Safari

Check the correct version is installed
  • Open http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html
  • Click Check Now, it should show the latest build installed.
  • Alternately you can run chrome://version command from Chrome browser to verify the version.

Note : It might not necessarily show that debug version is installed but the key is it should show the latest we added.

Enable logging
Enable Flash Player On Mac
  • Create mm.cfg file from sample instructions here : https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/configure-debugger-version-flash-player.html
  • Place the file at <HOME>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/System/ folder.
  • You might need to search the above folder location under User Library folder or System library depending upon where Chrome is installed or permissions.
  • Note, if you find the correct Shockwave Flash path but you don’t see a System folder there, create it manually and copy the mm.cfg file.
  • Ensure to delete any other copies of mm.cfg(mm.txt.cfg/mm.cfg.txt) file at any other location to avoid any conflicts.
Log file location

Enable Flash Player On Macbook

  • Open a recording or meeting in flash player to verify if logs are getting created
  • They should be found under : <HOME>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/Logs/flashlog.txt

Additional Information

Enable Flash Player On Macbook Pro

Additional mm.cfg properties can be added from here if needed : https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/configure-debugger-version-flash-player.html

Adobe Flash Player For Mac

Meeting, Recording