Problem viewing flash in Safari. (used to work fine?)
Hi, I use Safari for most browsing, and it has been fine until the last few weeks, Now I cannot see the flash content on any site. I get a Quicktime Q with a ?mark in it. I cannot right click to get the Flash menu either.
When I test the same sites in Firefox they work fine.
I have updated my Flash from the adobe site and this has not worked either.
My recent downloads are to to with SWF file reader and a few for Rapidweaver.
Safari Version 2.0.4 (419.3). With all the latest updates installed.
Thought about deleting Safari and re-installing it with a new download. But I would rather find out what the real problem is, rather than this last resort option.
Thanks
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)
QuickTime System Preferences/Advanced tab
Open MIME Settings
Under Miscellaneous remove the check mark for Flash Media
Quit and relaunch Safari and try the Flash Site again.
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First, however, try adjusting the Power Management from 'Better Energy Savings' to 'Better Performance'. Flash runs fine on an iBook G3 whose disk is virtually filled (for momentary storage) connected to a 100 Mbps DSL, so something big (but likely easily fixed) is wrong.
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