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sam.d
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April 14, 2006
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Some Flash files not appearing

  • April 14, 2006
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For the past couple of days, some Flash files have not been appearing, while others have.

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I'm using Mac OS 10.3.9, G3 processor, Flash Player 8, and Safari.

Reinstalling the player doesn't work.

I've had this problem before. It went away eventually last time, but it'd be nice to not have to wait a week or so.

When I scroll on a page with a gap where Flash content should be, it still shows the weird "laggy" effect that also happens with QuickTime movies.

This site works.

This site does not work.

This site originally worked, but now it has also stopped working.

The test animation suggested in the support FAQ does not work.

Right-clicking on an area where there should be Flash content (but isn't) displays a Flash menu.


I hope there's some sort of solution for this. Thanks.
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    Correct answer sam.d
    I've figured out a way to fix the problem, but it's a bit of a kludge. When you are on a page with a non-functioning Flash file, go to the "User Agent" submenu of the Debug menu and choose any user agent besides "Automatically Chosen" (I suggest "Windows MSIE 6.0").

    If you don't have the debug menu, you can enable it. First, quit Safari. Then, open Terminal and input the following (without quotes): "defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1". Open Safari again, and it should be there.

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    sam.dAuthorCorrect answer
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    April 16, 2006
    I've figured out a way to fix the problem, but it's a bit of a kludge. When you are on a page with a non-functioning Flash file, go to the "User Agent" submenu of the Debug menu and choose any user agent besides "Automatically Chosen" (I suggest "Windows MSIE 6.0").

    If you don't have the debug menu, you can enable it. First, quit Safari. Then, open Terminal and input the following (without quotes): "defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1". Open Safari again, and it should be there.
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    Anonymous
    April 25, 2006
    I have the same problem that sam.d has. I am running Mac OS 10.3.9 G5 processor. I changed the user agent on one of the pages that wasn't displaying the Flash file. And it worked momintarily. Once the Flash started playing Safari "unexpectedly quit". I tried it a few times now and the same thing happens. Also, when I went to one of the sites that originally worked, the Flash file was no longer visible. So now that I have changed the "User Agen" sites that worked before, don't anymore and sites that didn't work originally work for about 2 seconds and then Safari quits. Whats going on?
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