macOS Sierra was launched yesterday, and with it came a new version of Safari, Safari 10.
Download HTML5 Video Player for Mac to encode and embed videos on your own Web site easily. HTML5 Video Player has had 0 updates within the past 6 months. If we talk about the Safari browser on your Mac running on Mac OS sierra, Apple want you to run the new and the safest way of browsing that is why it wants you to run on HTML5 therefore Safari disables Flash Player by default. Apple has recently joined this group and has just announced that once macOS Sierra comes, Flash Player will be disabled by default in Safari. According to the IT giant, those who will use the company's upcoming operating system, macOS, will see a pop-up window telling them that they need to install Adobe's product before accessing Flash content. If your Safari version is 11.0 or later, follow the steps in For Mac OS X 10.11, macOS 10.12, and later. Adobe Flash Player for Mac lets you access Flash content in Web sites when using browsers like OS X's Safari. The plug-in integrates seamlessly and through a. Adobe Flash Player Free Download; Flash Player For High Sierra. If your Safari version is 10.0 or later, follow the steps in For Mac OS X 10.10. Note: Adobe Flash Player For Mac Yosemite 10.10.5 High Sierra. Apple Safari version 14, released for macOS in September 2020, will no longer load Adobe Flash Player or play Flash content. Please visit Apple’s Safari.
Along with new features like Apple Pay, Safari 10 in Sierra introduces changes in the way it allows Flash content to run.
Flash is now off by default but it can be easily enabled for each site that needs it.
Flash content embedded through object/embed tags
Flash content embedded directly is replaced in the page by a Click to use overlay
If you include Flash content in the page directly, through the embed & object tags, without using any kind of Flash Player detection, a button labeled Click to use Flash will show up instead of the Flash content. Here’s the button showing up on the About Flash Player page on adobe.com
At this point the .swf file is not yet loaded. In our tests the .swf file was missing from both Safari’s Web Inspector > Network tab and Apache’s access logs.
Flash content can be enabled on a website Once or Every Time
Clicking the Click to use Flash button/overlay will bring up a Safari dialog box with 3 options:
The dialog box allows you to use Flash on the entire site:
- Every Time
- Once (default, highlighted)
- or Cancel
Flash Player For Safari Mac Sierra 10.13
Clicking Once refreshes the page with Flash Player turned on. Once also means that if you close the tab you will be prompted to run Flash content again on the same website.
Clicking Every Time adds the site to a list with all the websites allowed to run Flash content. The list can be accessed at
Safari > Preferences > Security > Plug-in Settings… > Adobe Flash Player
together with the default value (Off, On or Ask) to be used for all other sites.The user will be prompted to run Flash content on each subdomain or host
If you allow Flash content on www.example.com you will be prompted to allow it on example.com and/or forum.example.com.
Using Flash Player Detection Leads To A Bad Experience
Flash Player detection will lead users to download Flash Player (even if it’s already installed)
If you use any kind of Flash Player detection in place like SWFObject, Flash Player will NOT be detected – since Flash Player is now by default Off for all websites – leading your web page to show the alternate content/HTML version (if any).
Any link to download Flash Player is intercepted by Safari (only when you already have FP installed)
In most cases the alternate content is actually a link to download & install Flash Player from http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer.
When such a link is clicked and you have Flash Player installed, Safari hijacks the click (it happens with the https version too), and, instead of taking the user to the download page, it brings up the use Flash on “site.com” dialog box:
This link hijack is sure to create confusion among Safari users.
Since clicking the link doesn’t work, I tried typing it directly in the URL field. Going directly to http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer with Flash Player installed warns you that you already have Flash Player installed and offers you a shortcut enabling Flash for all sites:
Safari Power Saver
Safari Power Saver – pauses cross-site ad-like plugin (Flash) content – introduced as part of OS X Mavericks in 2013, is still present and enabled by default in Safari 10 on macOS Sierra. Chrome 45 also introduced cross site Flash content pausing in 2015 (here & here).
Chrome 55
Back in May 2016 Google outlined a plan named [HTML5 by default](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/106_KLNJfwb9L-1hVVa4i29aw1YXUy9qFX-Ye4kvJj-4/edit?pref=2&pli=1#slide=id.g1270f83468_0_30) to push HTML5 by default in Chrome in Q4 2016 in a very similar way to how Apple implemented it in Safari 10.
On August 9 2016 in a post titled [Flash and Chrome](https://chrome.googleblog.com/2016/08/flash-and-chrome.html), Google announced that Chrome 55, due this December, will indeed make HTML5 the default experience:
In December, Chrome 55 will make HTML5 the default experience, except for sites which only support Flash. For those, you’ll be prompted to enable Flash when you first visit the site. Aside from that, the only change you’ll notice is a safer and more power-efficient browsing experience.
Yesterday, in a new post on the Chromium-dev mailing list, Anthony LaForge revealed that Chrome 55 will indeed turn off Flash by default but only for sites that are not frequently visited (based on their Site Engagement score). A much less stricter approach than Safari’s.
What to do about it
My recommendation is to remove any kind of Flash Player detection and directly embed the Flash content.
When Flash content is embedded using object/embed tags Safari 10 will show the Click to use overlay, and correctly instruct the user to install Flash Player if its actually missing.
That’s builds up to a much better experience than the one in which Flash Player detection is involved.
When detection is involved, via SWFObject or other scripts, users are forced into a corner of confusion with the following scenario most likely to take place:
- Flash Player is reported as missing (even if it is present)
- User clicks link to download and install
- Safari hijacks the link and presents a dialog box with a contradictory message (use Flash)
2.1M websites are affected [AT LEAST]
Flash Player Safari Mac 10.15
The Click to use overlay is an elegant solution but not advertising Flash Player’s presence will affect visitors of at least 2.1M websites who use SWFObject for Flash Player detection, sites that are now forced to change their code to avoid a bad user experience.
Safari is thus taking a rather hard stance on Flash despite the fact that many (big) sites still use Flash and the fact that Safari doesn’t support many of the HTML5 features that are possible with other browsers including WebRTC and MediaRecorder API, thus leaving developers and users with no solutions for some use cases.
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In this step-by-step guide, learn how to enable Adobe Flash Player in the Safari web browser.
Before you start, check the version of Safari running on your Mac. To display the version number, choose Safari > About Safari.
- If your Safari version is 11.0 or later, follow the steps in For Mac OS X 10.11, macOS 10.12, and later.
- If your Safari version is 10.0 or later, follow the steps in For Mac OS X 10.10.
Note:
Adobe Flash Player For Mac Yosemite 10.10.5 High Sierra
Apple Safari version 14, released for macOS in September 2020, will no longer load Adobe Flash Player or play Flash content. Please visit Apple’s Safari support for more information.
- Click the Websites tab and scroll down to the Plug-ins section. Locate the Adobe Flash Player entry.
- Select a setting to use for Flash Player when you visit other websites.
- You can configure Flash for individual websites (domains). Select a website listed in this window, and choose Ask, Off, or On.
- Exit Preferences after you finish configuring Flash Player.
- Note:If you are viewing Safari in full-screen mode, mouse over the top of the browser screen to see the menu.
- Click the Security tab. Ensure that Enable JavaScript and Allow Plug-ins are selected. Click Plug-in Settings.
- From the When visiting other websites menu, choose On, and then click Done.
Adobe and Apple have worked closely together to test Adobe Creative Cloud applications for reliability, performance, and user experience when installed on Intel-based systems running Mac OS X Yosemite (version 10.10). The latest versions of all Adobe Creative Cloud products are compatible. In addition to the current Photoshop CC release (2014.2), the Photoshop team has also tested Photoshop CC 2014 (2014.2), Photoshop CC (14.2.1), and CS6 (13.0.6; 13.1.2) for compatibility.
Adobe Flash Player For Yosemite 10.10.5
As with any new release of an operating system, unexpected issues could arise that were not discovered during testing. If you encounter any issues, report them using the bug reporting form.
Apple has improved security by introducing their new 'V2 code signing' (it is a way to guarantee that the application came from the developer and has not been altered, infected with a virus, or damaged in any way). While Adobe is signing future updates with V2, some applications that are signed with the older V1 code signing may issue a warning: '<Adobe application> can’t be opened because the identity of the developer cannot be confirmed.' Learn more.
When using Mac OS X 10.10 with Safari 8, PDFs do not open using the Adobe Acrobat or Reader PDF browser plug-in. When opening a PDF in a browser, Safari's PDF Preview is the default PDF viewer. Explicitly set the Adobe plug-in as the default PDF viewer. Learn more.
In our testing, we found no other significant issues with running Creative Cloud products with Mac OS X Yosemite.
When using Lightroom with Mac OS X 10.10, the Map module loads slowly or partially on some low-bandwidth Internet connections or the following error appears: 'Sorry, we have no imagery here.' Learn more.
When updates for Mac OS X Yosemite compatibility with Creative Cloud products are required, you are notified of any updates with the Creative Cloud desktop application or through the app itself.
Customers are encouraged to check plug-in compatibility by contacting the plug-in vendor before upgrading to Mac OS X Yosemite. For third-party products, contact the manufacturer for guidance.
Adobe offers support to customers running Mac OS X Yosemite in accordance with Adobe's standard customer support policies. Visit the support page for additional information about complimentary and paid support programs.
Adobe recommends following your company’s internal guidelines to manage updates. You may want to contact the IT person who manages your Adobe licenses for information about your corporate policies on updating software. For volume licensing customers, IT admins should visit Creative Cloud Packager to learn how to package updates for silent deployment of Creative Cloud and CS6.
Yes. If a full version of a product is compatible with Mac OS X Yosemite, then the trial version of that product is compatible as well. Any known issues described in this document also apply to the trial versions.