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arcadeelk
Participant
April 8, 2014
Question

todays Flash player release 13.0.0.182 fails completely on Mac OS X

  • April 8, 2014
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Todays Flash player release 13.0.0.182 for Mac OS X fails on my Mac 10.7.5 on all browsers (Safari and Firefox).

Instead of any flash animation I only get "Plugin-Error" (in German "Plugin-Fehler")

Previous flash player worked without a problem.

Any ideas ?

@Adobe: What's wrong with rel. 13.0.0.182 ?

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bbowens
Participant
April 17, 2014

the update is now live; I installed it via the normal update process, and flash is now working fine on my old 'puter

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arcadeelkAuthor
Participant
April 18, 2014

Yuppie, yesterday's update to 13.0.0.201 fixed the issue.

Thanks Adobe !

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BenderIsGreat
Participating Frequently
April 15, 2014

The 13.0.0.199 Beta just released on the Labs channel worked for me:

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer.html

Should hit all the other channels within 24 hours.

Happy Tax Day.

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Anonymous
April 15, 2014

Works on macbook 1,1.....3,1.....& 4,1(always worked)..........WORKS FOR ME!

David R. Purnell
David R. Purnell
Participating Frequently
April 10, 2014

I've encountered the same problem ("Failed plug-in") with Flash Player 13.0.0.182 on my 2007 Mac Pro 1,1 running OS X 10.7.5 Lion. Can't view any online videos; get error message "Missing plug-in" (on YouTube).

I had v12.0.0.44 on my Mac Pro, and had no problems with it.

So, I used the "Adobe Flash Player Install Manager.app" (in Utilities folder) to UNINSTALL v13.0.0.182, so that I could reinstall v12.0.0.4. The uninstall was successful.

But when I tried to reinstall v12.0.0.4, I got an error message that it failed to install.

So, I reinstalled v13.0.0.182 . . . with the same result as before. No videos will load; "Missing Plug-in."
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Situation update:


THE LINKS SHOWN BELOW WORKED FOR ME.

NOTE: After running the Flash v13 UNINSTALLER, I restarted my computer.
And then, after running the v12 INSTALLER, I again restarted my computer.
Gratefully, I am back to where I was prior to any involvment with Adobe Flash v13.0.0.182.

I found the following at: https://discussions.apple.com/message/25430515#25430515

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ATTENTION MAC CUSTOMERS - Flash Player 13 "Plugin Failure" Workaround

10-Apr-2014 08:30

We are aware that Macs created between 2006 and 2007 are currently running into problems using the latest release of Flash Player (version 13).  We apologize for the inconvenience that this is causing.  We are actively investigating the cause and hope to have a full solution to you shortly.  In the meantime, please follow this two step procedure which will revert you back to version 12.

  1. Download and run our uninstaller:http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/support/unins tall_flash_player_osx.dmg
  2. Download and run the version 12 installer from:http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/mac /install_flash_player_12_osx.dmg

I will continue to update this thread and post to twitter (@liquidate) when new information is available.

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BenderIsGreat
Participating Frequently
April 10, 2014

Oops, looks like you beat my reply and succeeded.  Very good.

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It sounds like the uninstaller ("Install Manager") did not really succeed, so try it again immediately after a reboot, to make sure nothing is running which might interfere.  If the Install Manager was uninstalled, get it  from the "Download and run our uninstaller" link.

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Bufftom
Inspiring
April 11, 2014

iMac 2009

10.9.2

Adobe Flash Player 13 install is different than before, it never asked me to download and open an installer, it just did it by itself.

Now, with 13, it wants me to download and open an installer.

When I do it initializes and downloads something else.

Then, I get an: Error: Unable to proceed with the installation

No options, no info, no nothing.

I feel lucky that it wouldn't even install compared to what I'm reading here.

Lame

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Anonymous
April 9, 2014

I have the same problem. my macbook pro won't open any youtube. stuck in the mud. tried deleting and re-installing multiple times. no luck. please help. thanks..

2.2 ghz intel core 2 duo / mavericks 10.9.2

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Flashy BB
Participant
April 9, 2014

I have had the same exact experience as you "arcadeelk"!  I have read through the entire forum.  Sounds like this is a big problem. Think I will attempt to reinstall 12.0.0.77 for now.  Chris Campell ~ please keep us updated!!! 

Just reinstalled 12 and still getting "Plug-in Failure".  So frustrating.  Any other ideas?

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Anonymous
April 9, 2014

Did you have any luck Flashy?  I've got this same problem after a pop up and told me to update my flash player... now nothing works - safari, firefox - utube nothing plays, face book games nothing loads...I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the earlier provided link by earlier poster, to version 12 but Mac won't let me - says I have a more current version installed and basically doesn't seem to want to let me revert... Mac Pro 10.6.8

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Anonymous
April 9, 2014

Ok - I finally got the old version that was posted on this forum on page one of this thread, installed and working again... I googled "how to get rid of flash player 13.0" and came across a link to uninstall 13.0 BETA version...?? tried that and then installed the 12.0 version and all is working again - utube, facebook etc...none of the other uninstalls of 13.0 mentioned the word BETA in them - and I've been trying to uninstall it all night and having no luck until I came across the beta uninstall version...

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Chris_N1
Participant
April 8, 2014

Same issue for me

13 inch late 2006

OSX 17.0.5

Re-install 2 times, cannot use flash anymore

Just broken after installation of 13.0.0.182

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ScottyD.
Participating Frequently
April 8, 2014

Same issue for me. Works in Chrome. no worky in Safari and Firefox.

Hopefully fix soon and repost installer?

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Anonymous
April 8, 2014

Same issue just arose today after update. No function with safari or firefox, works on crome. Disapointing.

C_F_McBlob
C_F_McBlob
Inspiring
April 8, 2014

NeuroImager wrote:

Same issue just arose today after update. No function with safari or firefox, works on crome. Disapointing.

Chrome uses "Pepperflash" which is embedded in the browser.

I just finished updating the beta on my Mavericks and Snow Loepard machines with no problems.

chris.campbell
Community Manager
chris.campbellCommunity Manager
Community Manager
April 8, 2014

If you haven't already, could you try doing an uninstall first, then reinstalling?

Uninstaller: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/support/uninstall_flash_player_osx.dmg

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Anonymous
April 8, 2014

I have done that 3 times already, but I keep getting a " plug-in failed" message een before leaving the Adobe website.

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MichaelPraschma
Participant
April 14, 2014

Could we get a few example URL's where this is occurring?  So far we've been unable to reproduce internally.


This is

  • from Austria
  • on Mac OS X 10.6.8
  • Browser Firefox 28.0
  • after updating to Flash Player 13.0.0.182, getting never before experienced flash player crash reports and trying unsuccessfully most of the so far recommended repair suggestions:

Flash Player crashes when loading

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