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Find out here how to install the Flash Player plug-in on Safari for Mac. Clicking the 'Download' link at the end of this guide automatically takes you to the Flash download page. How to Enable Mac Flash Player? Start Downloading Mac Flash Player; Open Safari, and choose Safari Preferences; Click the Websites tab; Scroll down to the Plug-ins section; Click the checkbox to enable Mac Flash Player. Select a setting to use for Flash Player; After the Download and update then you can get access to all of the features on. So Flash does work in Catalina / Safari 13.0.2, just doesn't seem to have a current version download for Catalina. I turned Flash 'Off' for all Web sites upon installing Catalina in the first place. Can always Allow if a Web site just has to have it in Preferences. Find out here how to install the Flash Player plug-in on Safari for Mac. Clicking the 'Download' link at the end of this guide automatically takes you to the Flash download page.
Flash Player is a free browser plug-in that is used across the BBC website for playing videos, animations and games. Find out here how to install the Flash Player plug-in on Safari for Mac.
Not your web browser? Go back to the Flash Player plug-in page to select your browser.
WebWise Team | 9th September 2010
Clicking the 'Download' link at the end of this guide automatically takes you to the Flash download page.
1. Agree and install
2. Thank you
A window appears telling you your download should start automatically.
If it does not, click on 'click here' for troubleshooting information.
3. The program downloads
You should now see the program downloading to your computer. This may take a few minutes.
4. Install Flash Player
Once the program has downloaded, the Flash installer icon appears.
Double-click the icon to proceed.
5. Continue
A dialog box will appear informing you that you have downloaded an application.
Click 'Open' to proceed.
6. License Agreement
A license agreement box will appear.
Click the 'I have read and agree to the terms of the license agreement' tick box.
Click 'Install'.
7. Authenticate
You may be asked to enter the username and password for your Mac to install Flash. Enter your details and click 'OK'.
8. Install
9. Flash is complete
Flash has been successfully installed.
Click 'Done'.
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Certain services offered on the BBC website such as audio, video, animations and games require specific additional third party software (called 'plug-ins'). You may have such software already loaded onto your computer. If you do not then, should you wish to use these BBC services, you will need to licence and download such software from a third party software company.
We will direct you to the relevant pages of the software company website. The website will give a set of instructions that you will need to follow in order to download the plug-in. In particular you will be asked by the software company to agree to its terms and conditions of licence. Any such agreement is between you and the software company and the BBC does not accept any liability in relation either to the download or to the use of the plug-in.
The BBC does not use any plug-in that is not available FREE OF CHARGE. However most software companies will also offer versions of their plug-ins that require payment. We will always try to direct you to the free download pages of the software company site. You may of course choose to licence paid-for software from the third party. However if you only want to download the free plug-in you should not be asked for, nor give, any credit card or other payment details.
Finally, it is likely that you will be asked to enter personal details (name, address etc.) as part of the download process. If you do enter such information then it will be held by the software company subject to the Data Protection Act and other relevant privacy legislation. The company should therefore inform you what it intends to do with your data, and may direct you to its Privacy Policy. Please note that you will be submitting the data to the third party software company and not to the BBC and so the use of the data will NOT be covered by the BBC Privacy Policy.
Although the BBC uses third party plug-ins in order to provide the best possible web service, it does not endorse any third party software. If you choose to enter into an agreement with the third party and download the plug-in you do so at you own risk.
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While most websites are getting away from Flash, there are still certain websites that feature Flash Videos and you may feel like watching them. Hence, we are providing below the steps to fix the problem of Flash Videos not Playing on Mac in Safari and Chrome Browsers.
Flash Videos Not Playing on Mac
The problem of Flash Videos not playing on Mac is related to macOS not being readily compatible with Adobe Flash Player and it can be fixed by tweaking certain browser settings to make Flash Videos run on Mac.
In general, you should be able to fix the problem of Flash Videos not playing on Mac using the following methods.
- Install Adobe Flash Player
- Enable Flash in Web browser
- Enable JavaScript in Web browser
- Disable Popup Blocking
- Clear Browser Cache
- Uninstall/Reinstall Adobe Flash Player
Note: YouTube does not use Flash and you should not have any problem Playing YouTube Videos on Mac using either Safari or Chrome Browsers.
If there is problem playing YouTube Videos, make sure that you have the latest version of Safari and Chrome Browsers installed on your Mac.
1. Install Adobe Flash Player on Mac
In order to be able to play Flash Videos, you will need to download and Install the latest version of Adobe Flash Player on your Mac.
In case you haven’t done this, you can download and Install Adobe Flash Player by going to Adobe’s official Flash Player Page.
Note: Make sure you install Flash Player from Adobe’s official website and not from any other website.
2. Enable Flash in Safari/Chrome Browser
Even after installing Adobe Flash Player, you may still find Flash Videos not playing on Mac. This is due to the default setting in Safari, which only allows Flash to be enabled on a site-by-site basis.
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This can be fixed by going to Safari Preferences screen and enabling Flash Player Player in the Plug-ins section.
Click on Safari tab in the top menu bar of Mac and click on Preferences. Next, click on Websites and make sure that Adobe Flash Player Plugin is selected for the website (See image below).
At the bottom right corner, you will see the option to enable Flash when visiting other websites. For security reasons, it is recommended that you stick to the default option of enabling Flash on a Site-by-site basis.
In case of Chrome browser, you can enable Flash Player support by going to “Privacy and Security” section in Chrome Advanced Settings.
Click on 3-dots menu icon located at top right corner and click on Settings. Scroll down and click on Advanced. Scroll down again and click on Content Settings option located in “Privacy and Security” section.
Next, click on Flash and toggle ON the option for Ask First (recommended).
3. Enable Javascript in Safari and Chrome
In order to play Flash Videos, you also need JavaScript to be enabled in the web browser. Hence, make sure that JavaScript is enabled in Safari or Chrome Browser on your Mac.
Click on Safari tab in top menu bar of Mac and click on Preferences. Next, click on the Security tab and check Enable Javascript option.
In case of Chrome browser, click on 3-dots menu icon located at the top-right corner and click on Settings. Scroll down and click on Advanced. Next, scroll down to “Privacy and Security” section and click on Content Settings.
On the next screen, click on JavaScript and toggle ON the option for Allowed (Recommended).
4. Disable Popup Blocking in Safari/Chrome
Certain websites won’t allow you to play videos, unless you disable the option to block Popups in your web browser. You can try to disable popup blocking for that particular website and see if you are able to play Videos.
In Safari, you can disable Popup blocking by going to Security Section of Safari Preferences screen.
In Chrome, you can either toggle ON the option for Blocked (recommended) under Popups section or enable Popups for a particular website by adding the website to Allow list in Popups section.
Note: In above image, popups are allowed only for website mentioned in “Allow” section and disabled for All other websites.
5. Clear Browser Cache
If the Videos are still not working, it is likely that your web browser is loading old cached pages, instead of downloading the latest ones.
To clear Cache in Chrome, click on the 3-dots menu icon > More Tools and then click on Clear Browsing Data option.
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On the next screen, make sure that “Cached images and files” are checked and click on Clear Data button.
To clear Cache on Safari browser, you can take a look at this article: How to Clear Safari Browser Cache on Mac.
6. Uninstall/Reinstall Adobe Flash Player
This fix can work if the version of Adobe Flash Player as installed on your Mac has become corrupted or outdated.
Download Flash Player Uninstaller for Mac from Adobe’s official website and follow the instructions to uninstall Flash Player on your Mac.
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After removing Flash Player, Restart your Mac and download/install the latest version of Adobe Flash Player from Adobe’s official website.