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Want Flash Player On a MacBook Air? Download It Yourself

Posted by timothy on from the how-can-I-download-a-computer dept.

AmiMoJo writes "MacBook Airs are no longer shipping with Flash. Apple spokesperson Bill Evans said: 'We're happy to continue to support Flash on the Mac, and the best way for users to always have the most up to date and secure version is to download it directly from Adobe.'"

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  1. So? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    So what? Just like windows, Linux ...

  2. What's new? by Jugalator · · Score: 3, Informative

    Windows doesn't include it either.

    Maybe some Linux distros (?), but in that case, it would be pretty ironic.

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  3. Re:Lies. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, Flash does not auto-update on a Mac. Never has. I keep having to remember to install an updated version every couple of months. Firefox is frequently warning me about it.

    It's not because Apple don't allow it, or didn't ship it, or any of that nonsense. It's because Adobe couldn't be bothered to write one or use an existing one.

    There IS an auto-updated for Flash. On Windows. And it only updates the ActiveX control used by Internet Explorer, and not the NPAPI plug-in used by all other web browsers. It also doesn't seem to work - I have plenty of machines around here with out-of-date Flash ActiveX controls.

    Oddly, they did bother providing an apt repository for Ubuntu, so at least you can get automatic updates on that platform...

  4. Re:Lies. by tysonedwards · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apple doesn't ship the "Adobe Flash" Package in OS X... They ship the Browser Plugin as a part of their Safari web browser.

    The Adobe Auto-Updater is not included.

    Apple only updated the Flash Plugin via Safari updates.

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  5. Re:Lies. by bsDaemon · · Score: 3, Informative

    If it were not for OS X, I would not use a Mac. All the style and design is nice, but if I were on MacOS 7 or MacOS 8, all the shiny in the world wouldn't help. Or maybe I'd use A/UX. I don't know. OS X gives me all the parts of UNIX I need, all the parts of NeXT I want, and the ability to do "normal user stuff" as well, without having to go out of my way.

    I, too, have never met a Mac fanboy stereotype either, just a lot of Unix admins who don't want to have to work when they're not at work.