Flash Player 9 INSTALL FAILURE on INTEL MAC, OSX, Firefox

Eureka! I have resolved my problem~

However, it occurred to me that there must have been others before me with the same or similar setup, who went through the very same frustration and then finally resolved it, and after hours or days of sheer aggravation or near resignation, were so relieved at having resolved things, that they had no further desire to spend one single second more of their time at Adobe and the forums to have to type out a layperson's step-by-step version of how they resolved this issue.

Cuz, that's where my head was at after 5 days without access to video until I figured things out! But then I started thinking about the next frustrated Mac user cursing Adobe under their breath as to why there was nothing in the forum which addressed this specific setup.

That said, the following instructions resolve the problem for my specific setup: Intel Mac, OSX (10.4.10), Firefox (2.0.0.5):


Prior to downloading AND installing Flash Player 9, do the following:

Print Out The Instructions In This Post!

** U P D A T E

Somewhere in the Support section of this site, I read that " many issues are related to a problem with a previous installation of Flash Player or to browser configuration.".

After many failed attempts to install Flash Player 9, chances are that the Adobe Flash Player plug-in is still probably sitting there in your Internet Plug-ins Folder.

So Before Proceeding to Step [1] :

UNinstall Flash Player 9. This willl download a file named " uninstall_flash_player_osx.dmg" onto your computer. Once downloaded, click on it to initiate the uninstall, and it will remove Adobe Flash Player from all browsers on the system.

[1] Quit all your applications and your browser(s).

[2] Locate your Internet-Plugins folder
You will find it here: Hardrive-> Library folder-> Internet Plug-Ins folder.

[3] Then: Highlight the Internet Plug-Ins folder and do a Get Info on it (Command+I or Apple+I)

[4] Click on Ownership & Permissions or on the triangle to the left of Ownership & Permissions

[5] From the pulldown menu to the right of the words " You can", select " Read & Write"

[6] Click on the word Details or on the triangle to the left of Details

[7] From the pulldown menu to the right of the word " Owner", make certain that your name, or whatever the designated name it is that you assigned as the owner of your computer when you first purchased it and set it up, has been selected.

[8] Below the Owner section, you will see a pulldown menu to the right of the words " Access". From the pulldown menu, select " Read & Write"

[9] Directly below the Owner & Access section, you will see a pulldown menu to the right of the words " Group". From the pulldown menu, select " Admin"

[10] Below the Group section, you will see a pulldown menu to the right of the word " Access". From that pulldown menu, select " Read & Write"

[11] Directly below the Group & Access section, you will see a pulldown menu to the right of the word " Others". From that pulldown menu, select " Read only"

[12] At the very bottom of your Internet Plug-Ins Info window, Click on the button which reads "Apply to enclosed items...".

[13] Close your Internet Plug-Ins Info window.

[14] Restart your Mac.

[15] Open your Firefox browser and go to the Go to the Adobe Flash Player Download page and click the download link to begin downloading Flash Player 9 Universal Binary for Intel-based Macs (Option 1 for Intel-based Mac).

[16] Once downloaded to your computer, make sure to first quit your browser(s) and then proceed with the Flash Player 9 Install.

[17] Once installation is completed, quit all your applications and Restart your Mac.

[18] Open Firefox, and go to the Adobe Flash & Shockwave Test page to test and verify that you have successfully installed Flash Player 9.

That's it. Hopefully, this works for you too :-)

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