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drew4444
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March 14, 2015
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Using Flash Player on OSX 10.4.11

  • March 14, 2015
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I have an old PowerBook G4 17" Laptop with OSX 10.4.11 installed. Flash player 10,1,102,64 installed (latest avail update for my platform)  works perfectly with most websites including Vimeo and Youtube but on Facebook and worldsufleague.com and few other sites it will not work at all. I get a error message. "you are trying to install flash player on an unsupported operating system" I have checked the Adobe technote and all information that follows on from there. I am supposed to be able to disable the Global notifications (which i think might sort it out) but the link to that page no longer exists. If anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.

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    Correct answer jeromiec83223024

    Sorry if I wasn't explicit enough.  There's no way to get around this and safely surf the web.  While you could potentially run an ancient version of Flash Player (Archived Flash Player versions), most interesting commercial content is going to require a version that's newer than what is available for your system, and the version that works on your system will be vulnerable to several years worth of security issues that have since been fixed and reverse-engineered by the malware community for use against unpatched systems.

    The PowerPC CPU is incompatible with the Intel binaries that we currently ship, and it's been that way for a couple of years at least, so there's zero way to get a version with any of the modern features.  FWIW, while not free, a $250 Chromebook would offer you a far superior experience.

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    jeromiec83223024
    jeromiec83223024
    Inspiring
    March 14, 2015

    We don't support PowerPC anymore. 

    Adobe Flash Player | Tech specs

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    drew4444Author
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    March 15, 2015

    I am aware of the fact that Adobe don't support this platform any longer. All I'm asking is, is there a way around this issue. if someone knows a way around this issue I would greatly appreciate their feedback

    jeromiec83223024
    jeromiec83223024Correct answer
    Inspiring
    March 16, 2015

    Sorry if I wasn't explicit enough.  There's no way to get around this and safely surf the web.  While you could potentially run an ancient version of Flash Player (Archived Flash Player versions), most interesting commercial content is going to require a version that's newer than what is available for your system, and the version that works on your system will be vulnerable to several years worth of security issues that have since been fixed and reverse-engineered by the malware community for use against unpatched systems.

    The PowerPC CPU is incompatible with the Intel binaries that we currently ship, and it's been that way for a couple of years at least, so there's zero way to get a version with any of the modern features.  FWIW, while not free, a $250 Chromebook would offer you a far superior experience.

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