Macromedia Flash Player, what am I doing wrong?

Question

I'm a simp and I'm stumped! I used to be able to watch videos on youtube but now when I go there I get the message: "Hello, you either have Javascript turned off or an old version of Macromedia Flash Player". I have no idea (and I've been looking) how to get info on turning on Javascript and when I go to the link and try to download a newer version of Flash Player it goes to a page saying: "Not found - The requested URL/flashplayer etc., was not found on this server". What did I do to screw things up? What am I doing wrong? What can I do to fix this so I can watch videos again?

Answer 1

Hi, Jupie -
Re Sherlock, it sounds like you may be activating a network search instead of searching on your hard drive.
Check which of the icons in the upper section of Sherlock's window is highlighted - has a greenish border added to it. If your search is to be of the local volume(s) (drives), be sure the icon that looks like an external hard drive case is the one highlighted. If the one that looks like a globe is highlighted, Sherlock will attempt a network search.
Re increasing the memory allocation for a program - it really isn't difficult, nor should it be risky in any way. Here's how to do it -
First, quit the program if it's running.
Then click once on the icon of the program itself, not on an alias to it. If you customarily use an alias to activate the program, a quick way to het to the original is to click once on the alias, then press Command-R (Show Original from the File menu). This will open the folder containing the original, no matter how deeply it is buried, and highlight the original. Then all you need do is press Command-I (Get Info from the File menu).
Select Get Info from the File menu (if you've not already done that), and then select Memory from the pulldown menu in the Get Info window.
In the new pane, at the bottom, are three boxes with numbers in them - the one you want to change is the last one, labelled Preferred.
For most programs, an increase of 50% is a good starting point; for small apps like control panels and printing software, doubling is okay; for browsers, email apps, and graphics apps, try at least doubling or tripling the original Preferred amount to start with.
Replace the old number in the box with the new one - no commas - close the window, and you're done.
There are a few tricks you can do with Sherlock - for example, restricting its search to just a single folder. This can be very handy to save time when doing a Find By Content search.