My Mac Won't Let Me Download Adobe Flash Player 2017

1. Inside, you should find the 'Install Adobe Flash Player.app' installer. Double-clicking this should start the installer and load the latest version of Flash onto your system. If the install seems to complete without errors, go to the test page below. Can you see the animated movie under section 5?
2. Adobe Flash Player is a free software plug-in used by web browsers to view multimedia, execute rich Internet applications, and stream video on your Mac. Adobe Flash Player is the most popular multimedia player plug-in available. However, recently there have been security concerns which has threatened its popularity as users seek safer alternative solutions.

Then click again on the Install Flash Player icon on your desktop. It should work after a try or two (it almost worked for me, then said there was an error, but I clicked on the Install Flash Player icon yet again and it finally installed properly, and I can use Flash Player now).

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Having trouble installing Adobe Flash Player? Identify your issue and try the corresponding solution.

2. Are you being asked to close the browser?

On Safari, the installer closes the browser to proceed with the installation.

Follow these instructions.

3. Have you checked if Flash Player is enabled in your browser?

For Firefox on any OS, see Enable Flash Player for Firefox.

For Safari on Mac OS, see Enable Flash Player for Safari.

For Google Chrome, see Enable Flash Player for Chrome.

For Opera, see Enable Flash Player for Opera.

4. Did the installer start installing?

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You don’t know where the Flash Player installer has been downloaded.

By default, the files are downloaded and saved to the Downloads folder unless the 'save to' location is changed manually.

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1. After downloading Flash Player, close all browsers.
2. Locate the Flash Player install file. Unless you have specified otherwise, the file is saved in your Downloads folder.
3. Double-click the installer file to begin the Flash Player installation.

Choose Window > Downloads or press Option+Command+L. Control-click the downloaded file and choose Show in Finder.

5. Are you unable to resolve the issue?

The rich-media content does not work, and you do not know what the issue is.

Uninstall Flash Player and perform a clean install of Flash Player.

6. Do you have password-related issues?

If you are unable to authenticate successfully, check your user name and password. Use your system credentials, not your Adobe ID.

My Mac Won't Let Me Download Adobe Flash Player

Still having problems?

If you are still having trouble installing Adobe Flash Player, try downloading the installer directly from the following sites:

• Flash Player for Safari and Firefox - NPAPI
  
• Flash Player for Opera and Chromium-based browsers - PPAPI
  

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Adobe/Macromedia Flash is and probably will always be an inefficient resource hog. However, sometimes there really is no other choice since some websites won't make an alternate version available if you're on a computer vs maybe a tablet

Simply having it installed probably isn't going to slow down your system any more than any other plug-in if it's not being used. But displaying Flash content is going use a lot of CPU resources. The worst is when you're viewing a web page with several ads (especially 'floating' ads) that each have their Flash content.