A few days ago Facebook instituted a script that checked the version
of Adobe Flash Player before playing a flash video, and if the Flash
Player version was not the most current version, it would give an
error message saying you needed to update your Flash Player, and won't
allow the video to play.
I believe some other sites have also instituted this Flash Player
test. Since Adobe quit supporting PPC Macs at v.10.1.102.64, and the
current version is 11.1.102.55, it appeared that we PPC users were out-
of-luck and seeing our access to Flash content being curtailed.
Fortunately, there's a solution. This seems crazy, but they're saying
that the current version and all previous versions that were "Intel
only" actually work fine on PPC Macs, the problem is that Adobe's
installer won't allow the installation. You need to manually move the
current version of "Flash Player.plugin" into Library>Internet Plug-
Ins and then repair the permissions. You can trash the old version of
the file, or compress it and save it as an "old" version.
Once you manually install this and quit and relaunch your browser
you'll have the latest Flash Player and no websites including Facebook
will give you an error message about needing to update Flash Player.
It works fine.
The problem is you'd need an Intel Mac to get the current version
from, or you can download it ready to install manually from here:
<http://www.steelbin.com/FPforFBPPC.zip>
I think this is a Godsend. We PPC users have struggled with lack of
current Flash Player support long enough, I can't believe it's this
simple, but it works, I've tried it. You can check your Flash Player
version here:
<http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/>
After manually installing the current version, you'll see "You have
version 11,1,102,55 installed" and be able to play Flash content on
all websites without error messages.
I'm relating this which I found on a new, obscure Facebook page called
"PPC Macs" here:
<https://www.facebook.com/pages/PPC-Macs/196237210462236?sk=wall>
--
You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for
those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs.
The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette
guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml
To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
