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New Flash Player Closes Security Vulnerability
Adobe/Macromedia has released a new version (8.0.24.0) of their Flash Player for Mac OS X and Windows that closes a
security vulnerability found in
earlier versions. It is available from the Player Download
Center.You can find out what version of Flash player you have installed by visiting this Flash page. This is also useful for checking to make sure the most recent version installed successfully.
Adobe/Macromedia also updated the Breeze collaboration plug-in to version 5.1 and their Shockwave Player to version 10.1.1.016.
Important Note: This update is for only PPC Macs and seems to break the preview-version of Flash Player that ships with the Intel Macs. So, if you have an Intel Mac, do not install this!]
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Al said 6:11PM on 3-14-2006
anyone know if this is a universal binary version? if you have an intel mac and you update to a PPC version of Flash, you'll end up going insane (or so my doctor told me... wibble...) ;)
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dombi said 6:18PM on 3-14-2006
Al: according to some posts on Macupdate.com, this is not a Universal Binary and will only work under Rosetta. Actually if you install it on your Intel Mac it will break the currently working Flash Player in your Safari forcing you to launch Safari in Rosetta.
http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/4783
So Intel Mac users stay away from this still!
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Jason said 6:34PM on 3-14-2006
oops! this doesnt work if you're in Firefox.
wtg Adobe
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Charles Moore said 6:41PM on 3-14-2006
silly me, i assumed macromedia was aware that there are intel macs out there.
ok, so now that it's too late and i broken flash on safari trying to install the update on my macintel, what do i do?
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Damien said 8:42PM on 3-14-2006
If you've installed this PPC Flash version on your Intel Mac, you can use Pacifist to extract the Internet Plugins installer from the Installer/Restore DVD(s) that shipped with your computer. This will reinstall the Intel version of the Flash player.
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switcher scotto said 9:22PM on 3-14-2006
OUCH! That's the last time I'll jump quickly to install an update on my iMac before reading the whole blog entry to find out it's not Universal :(
Thanks for the tip Damien.
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david said 4:09AM on 3-15-2006
Installed and is working fine. I have no idea why other people are having problems. Firefox, comeon! Stay with apple. If you want a better browser use safari with saft.
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david said 4:10AM on 3-15-2006
Installed and is working fine. I have no idea why other people are having problems. Firefox, comeon! Stay with apple. If you want a better browser use safari with saft.
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david said 4:10AM on 3-15-2006
Installed and is working fine. I have no idea why other people are having problems. Firefox, comeon! Stay with apple. If you want a better browser use safari with saft.
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Aron Levy said 7:53AM on 3-15-2006
Ditto
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bretto said 11:42AM on 3-15-2006
Well so much for the flash player on my MacBook...
I can't grab my CD until later tonight, is there any way to fix this without them?
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mx3 said 3:03PM on 3-15-2006
Yeah, anyone want to send me the original package? I don't have my install discs with me and won't have them until Saturday... Blah, I hate it when I only read the article's title and then compulsively click the links ;)
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TexManhattan said 3:29PM on 3-15-2006
I haven't found anything close to "Internet Plugins" on either of the DVDs. Still looking, though.
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Damien Barrett said 5:18PM on 3-15-2006
Ok, here's what you do to get your Intel Flash player plugin back:
1) Download Pacifist from Macupdate.com.
2) Put the first Installer/Restore DVD into your optical drive.
3) Launch Pacifist. Consider paying Charles for his excellent software.
4) Use Pacifist to navigate to the Essentials.pkg and view the contents of the package. You'll see the standard OS X folder structure.
5) Arrow open the /Libary/Internet Plugins folder.
6) You'll see in there the Flash Player.plugin "folder". Remember that in OS X many programs are actually bundled folders of data.
7) Choose to extract the Flash Player.plugin to your desktop. You might optionally choose to install it from here, but I like extracting first.
8) Now move the wrong PPC version of the Flash Player.plugin you installed out of /Library/Internet Plugins. And move the newly-extracted one into this folder.
9) Restart any browsers you have running. You might also restart your computer or at least logout/back in. I'm not entirely sure when the Internet plugins load (though I suspect it's at browser launch, not login).
Note: I have not tested this. I'd be interested in knowing if it works. I don't believe Flash Player installer installs anything other than this plugin, so replace it above, as described, should work.
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Al said 5:19PM on 3-15-2006
Macromedia... sorry Adobe... have just released an update to the intel version.
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=2dda3d81
Apparently you still have to run Safari in Rosetta mode for it to work though. Works fine with Firefox :)
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Aron Levy said 5:51PM on 3-15-2006
You know it's funny. I remember when Adobe actually gave too monkeys about the Mac community. Shame on them. *shakes his head in disgust*
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Emmy Huang said 5:58PM on 3-15-2006
Hi,
You can run the Flash Player preview natively -- it works but remember it is pre-release software. You only need to run Safari in Rosetta if you encounter problems with your general internet surfing or you want to use Breeze Presenter.
Please read the provided FAQ for more information about Flash Player support for Intel-based Macs.
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/pdfs/flashplayer_intelmac_support.pdf
best,
Emmy Huang
Product Manager, Flash Player
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