On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Kris Tilford <ktilfo...@cox.net> wrote:
> 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<http://www.steelbin.com/FPforFBPPC.zip> > > > If you read the ReadMe file which comes with the referenced Zip, then you get a slightly different version of what is going on. According to the file, the Zip actually contains a copy of the last PPC-compatible version which has then been hacked to report a later version number as required for the Facebook test. I think the assumption here is that while sites may look for a later version, they really only use features from the older version. John -- 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
