This is what you get when attempting to watch YouTube videos in OS X Lion Safari. The 9KB download requires Safari 5 and works like a charm under OS X Lion, especially used with Click2Flash, a Flash-blocking plug-in for Safari. The FlashtoHTML5 extension is available here. One caveat: The extension depends upon whether or not YouTube has HTML5-friendly counterparts of Flash videos available on its servers. Of course, YouTube has had an experimental HTML5 video player available for some time now, but Vervuurt’s dedicated extension beats YouTube’s solution on ease of use and the ability to choose maximum video resolution (360p, 720p, 1080p and 4K), plus it works with Flash videos embedded on other sites. The extensions has a sole purpose: It replaces the CPU-hogging YouTube Flash Player with an HTML5 video player. That said, the FlashtoHTML5 extension from Joris Vervuurt was Godsent. I’ve vowed never to install anything from Adobe again on my brand spanking new MacBook Air as I only allow Adobe software on my Mac mini, which I relegated to my testing machine and media center. Support for Adobe Flash ends in December 2020.
The app is developed by Adobe Systems Inc and its. It is a perfect match for Browser Extensions in the Internet Tools category. If youre using Chrome, theres no need to install additional apps. The latest version of Adobe Flash Player is unknown on Mac Informer. If youre using Safari, youll need to download and install Adobe Flash Player from Adobes website.
ADOBE FLASH PLAYER FOR MAC OS X 10.3 9 HOW TO
This leaves us with three choices: Avoid Flash content altogether (possible, but hardly an option for mainstream folks), switch to Google’s Chrome browser that comes with the latest version of Flash Player built-in (a forced option for Safari fans) or just install the darn thing and deal with consequences later. This wikiHow shows you how to enable Flash Player on in Safari and Chrome for macOS. As you know, OS X Lion ships without Flash Player to the delight of fans in support of Apple’s ongoing argument against Adobe’s resource-hungry technology.