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  Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-09-30 10:09 -0700
    Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-30 18:01 +0000
      Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-09-30 13:56 -0700
        Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-30 21:21 +0000
          Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-03 12:33 -0700
      Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-01 16:13 -0500
        Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-01 21:18 +0000
          Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-01 21:40 +0000
            Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-01 18:57 -0500
              Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-01 17:16 -0700
                Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date "Mongoose" <mongoose@rikkitikkitavi.com> - 2016-10-03 15:57 -0400
                  Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-10-03 13:25 -0700
                    Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-03 16:14 -0700
                  Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-03 23:07 +0000
                  Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-03 16:12 -0700
            Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-02 01:32 +0000
              Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-02 07:24 +0000
                Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-02 17:56 +0000
                  Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-02 22:12 +0000
          Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-01 18:56 -0500
            Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-02 06:16 +0000
        Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-10-01 18:12 -0600
      Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date "Mongoose" <mongoose@rikkitikkitavi.com> - 2016-10-03 16:00 -0400
    Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-10-01 08:19 +1000
    Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-01 03:54 +0000
    Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Mandy Liefbowitz <mandyliefbowitz@the.port.side> - 2016-10-02 22:26 +0100
      Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Mandy Liefbowitz <mandyliefbowitz@the.port.side> - 2016-10-02 22:30 +0100
      Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-02 15:32 -0700
    Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-15 13:12 -0700
      Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-15 13:42 -0700
      Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> - 2016-10-15 16:50 -0400
        Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-15 14:22 -0700
          Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Martin Frost <nospam@Stanford.EDU.invalid> - 2016-10-16 19:00 -0700
            Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-16 23:38 -0700
              Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-16 23:39 -0700
      Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2016-10-15 23:28 -0700
        Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-16 12:12 -0700
          Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2016-10-16 14:08 -0700
            Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-16 14:39 -0700
            Re: Flash Player Not Out of Date Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2016-10-16 19:49 -0700

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#95057

Happy.Hobo <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> wrote:
> On 10-01-2016 16:18, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2016-10-01, Happy.Hobo <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> wrote:
>>> On 09-30-2016 13:01, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> It's a lie. You don't need Flash installed at all. From the Safari menu
>>>> bar, choose Develop > User Agent > Safari — iOS — iPad, and like magic
>>>> the videos will play.
>>> 
>>> Tried that today.  Still wouldn't play.
>> 
>> Works fine here on the vast majority of web sites that demand flash.
>> 
>> Which web page did you try, and with which version of Safari?
>> 
>> URL please.  : )
> 
> Probably something Facebook does that interferes.  Came from Youtube, 
> but I was unable to get past Facebook's usurpation of (apparent) 
> ownership to figure out the URI.
> 
> I've actually encountered very few videos I couldn't run; most of them 
> Facebook hijackings.  Sorry, I meant "shared" :-)
> 
> I have an extension that automatically figures out if HTML5 is available 
> and fetches it.

See if the video will play in Safari with extensions disabled using the
iPad user agent string.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#95048

Happy.Hobo <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> wrote:

> Tried that today.  Still wouldn't play.

I use Google Chrome to watch Flash videos. Safari's Develop menu has a
time-saving item that allows you to open a page with other web browsers.

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#95133

"Jolly Roger"  wrote in message news:e57njqF993vU1@mid.individual.net...

On 2016-09-30, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> I attempt to do streaming of one kind or other in Safari, for instance
> this one:
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=7&cid=HP_LB_THUMB
>
> And get a complaint that I must have Flash Player version 10.2.0 or
> greater.  I currently have 23.0.0.162 installed.  When I pop the same
> url into Firefox there is complaint.
>
> Any ideas on how to correct this?

>It's a lie. You don't need Flash installed at all. From the Safari menu
>bar, choose Develop > User Agent > Safari — iOS — iPad, and like magic
>the videos will play. (If you don't see the Develop menu, go to Safari
>Preferences > Advanced and enable "Show Develop menu in the menu bar"
>first.)


So very intuitive.  Just works. 

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#95011

In article <2016093010092482151-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

> I attempt to do streaming of one kind or other in Safari, for instance 
> this one:
> 
> 	http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=7&cid=HP_LB_THUMB
> 
> And get a complaint that I must have Flash Player version 10.2.0 or 
> greater.  I currently have 23.0.0.162 installed.  When I pop the same 
> url into Firefox there is complaint.
> 
> Any ideas on how to correct this?

I have no trouble on Snow Leopard, the Flash plugin (23.0 r0) seeming 
to work fine.

-- 
dorayme

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#95016

In message <2016093010092482151-xxx@yyyzzz> 
  gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> Any ideas on how to correct this?

Don't got to sites that lie and claim to require Flash.


Also, don't run Flash.

-- 
Han : You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake, well, this
could be it, sweetheart. Leia: I take it back.

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#95078

On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 10:09:24 -0700, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

>I attempt to do streaming of one kind or other in Safari, for instance 
>this one:
>
>	http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=7&cid=HP_LB_THUMB
>
>And get a complaint that I must have Flash Player version 10.2.0 or 
>greater.  I currently have 23.0.0.162 installed.  When I pop the same 
>url into Firefox there is complaint.
>
>Any ideas on how to correct this?

 The linky works for me. Firefox 43-ish, no Flash. Loads of "security"
stuff like Ghostery. 
 I see a wave hitting a beach in New Jersey, is that what I'm supposed
to see? 
                                   Mand.

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#95079

On Sun, 02 Oct 2016 22:26:27 +0100, Mandy Liefbowitz
<mandyliefbowitz@the.port.side> wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 10:09:24 -0700, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>
>>I attempt to do streaming of one kind or other in Safari, for instance 
>>this one:
>>
>>	http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=7&cid=HP_LB_THUMB
          
>>
>>And get a complaint that I must have Flash Player version 10.2.0 or 
>>greater.  I currently have 23.0.0.162 installed.  When I pop the same 
>>url into Firefox there is complaint.
>>
>>Any ideas on how to correct this?
>
> The linky works for me. Firefox 43-ish, no Flash. Loads of "security"
>stuff like Ghostery. 
> I see a wave hitting a beach in New Jersey, is that what I'm supposed
>to see? 
 
 Cool! I also get an underwater camera. It's so sweet.
 Thank you, lots. 


>                                   Mand.

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#95086

On 2016-10-02 21:26:27 +0000, Mandy Liefbowitz said:

> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 10:09:24 -0700, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> 
>> I attempt to do streaming of one kind or other in Safari, for instance
>> this one:
>> 
>> 	http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=7&cid=HP_LB_THUMB
>> 
>> And get a complaint that I must have Flash Player version 10.2.0 or
>> greater.  I currently have 23.0.0.162 installed.  When I pop the same
>> url into Firefox there is [NO] complaint.
>> 
>> Any ideas on how to correct this?
> 
>  The linky works for me. Firefox 43-ish, no Flash. Loads of "security"
> stuff like Ghostery.

So sorry for my mistatement above, please review. The problem was 
evidenced in Safari alone.

> I see a wave hitting a beach in New Jersey, is that what I'm supposed
> to see?

Sure; it is a webpage for providing live streaming. At the time, it was 
a UN official discussing UN issues.

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#95636

On 2016-09-30 17:09:24 +0000, gtr said:

> I attempt to do streaming of one kind or other in Safari, for instance 
> this one:
> 
> 	http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=7&cid=HP_LB_THUMB
> 
> And get a complaint that I must have Flash Player version 10.2.0 or 
> greater.  I currently have 23.0.0.162 installed.  When I pop the same 
> url into Firefox there is complaint.
> 
> Any ideas on how to correct this?

Though solving this issue with Safari was addressed by avoiding it, and 
changing my user agent to iPad, I still encounter this issue where iPad 
won't work.  Hulu, for instance: It wants me to download iPad software 
to view the movie.

When attempting to view a movie Hulu carps with this:

"Hulu requires Flash Player 11.0.1.152. Please download and install the 
latest version of Flash Player before continuing."  I now have 
v23.0.0.185, which is clearly much newer than 11.0.1.152.

Hulu doesn't (easily) provide support, so any ideas about what might be 
causing an errant indication of my less-than-up-to-date version of 
Flash Player?

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#95637

On 2016-10-15 20:12:41 +0000, gtr said:

> On 2016-09-30 17:09:24 +0000, gtr said:
> 
>> I attempt to do streaming of one kind or other in Safari, for instance 
>> this one:
>> 
>> 	http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=7&cid=HP_LB_THUMB
>> 
>> And get a complaint that I must have Flash Player version 10.2.0 or 
>> greater.  I currently have 23.0.0.162 installed.  When I pop the same 
>> url into Firefox there is complaint.
>> 
>> Any ideas on how to correct this?
> 
> Though solving this issue with Safari was addressed by avoiding it, and 
> changing my user agent to iPad, I still encounter this issue where iPad 
> won't work.  Hulu, for instance: It wants me to download iPad software 
> to view the movie.
> 
> When attempting to view a movie Hulu carps with this:
> 
> "Hulu requires Flash Player 11.0.1.152. Please download and install the 
> latest version of Flash Player before continuing."  I now have 
> v23.0.0.185, which is clearly much newer than 11.0.1.152.
> 
> Hulu doesn't (easily) provide support, so any ideas about what might be 
> causing an errant indication of my less-than-up-to-date version of 
> Flash Player?

Called Hulu and went through a 20 minute elimination process.  In the 
end it wouldn't load with Firefox either, though without the Flash 
complaint.  It simply gave me a black screen. It did operate correctly 
with Chrome which I installed solely to test it.  So; unresolved.

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#95638

In article <2016101513124127726-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

> On 2016-09-30 17:09:24 +0000, gtr said:
> 
> > I attempt to do streaming of one kind or other in Safari, for instance 
> > this one:
> > 
> > 	http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=7&cid=HP_LB_THUMB
> > 
> > And get a complaint that I must have Flash Player version 10.2.0 or 
> > greater.  I currently have 23.0.0.162 installed.  When I pop the same 
> > url into Firefox there is complaint.
> > 
> > Any ideas on how to correct this?
> 
> Though solving this issue with Safari was addressed by avoiding it, and 
> changing my user agent to iPad, I still encounter this issue where iPad 
> won't work.  Hulu, for instance: It wants me to download iPad software 
> to view the movie.
> 
> When attempting to view a movie Hulu carps with this:
> 
> "Hulu requires Flash Player 11.0.1.152. Please download and install the 
> latest version of Flash Player before continuing."  I now have 
> v23.0.0.185, which is clearly much newer than 11.0.1.152.
> 
> Hulu doesn't (easily) provide support, so any ideas about what might be 
> causing an errant indication of my less-than-up-to-date version of 
> Flash Player?

Gtr-

Check to see if the user agent setting might have somehow been changed.

The numbering difference between your Flash Player and Hulu's seems 
strange, like they might be on two different "tracks".  When you get the 
Hulu error message, does it give you an option to download the "newer" 
version of Flash Player?

Fred

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#95640

On 2016-10-15 20:50:49 +0000, Fred McKenzie said:

> In article <2016101513124127726-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> 
>> On 2016-09-30 17:09:24 +0000, gtr said:
>> 
>>> I attempt to do streaming of one kind or other in Safari, for instance
>>> this one:
>>> 
>>> 	http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=7&cid=HP_LB_THUMB
>>> 
>>> And get a complaint that I must have Flash Player version 10.2.0 or
>>> greater.  I currently have 23.0.0.162 installed.  When I pop the same
>>> url into Firefox there is complaint.
>>> 
>>> Any ideas on how to correct this?
>> 
>> Though solving this issue with Safari was addressed by avoiding it, and
>> changing my user agent to iPad, I still encounter this issue where iPad
>> won't work.  Hulu, for instance: It wants me to download iPad software
>> to view the movie.
>> 
>> When attempting to view a movie Hulu carps with this:
>> 
>> "Hulu requires Flash Player 11.0.1.152. Please download and install the
>> latest version of Flash Player before continuing."  I now have
>> v23.0.0.185, which is clearly much newer than 11.0.1.152.
>> 
>> Hulu doesn't (easily) provide support, so any ideas about what might be
>> causing an errant indication of my less-than-up-to-date version of
>> Flash Player?
> 
> Gtr-
> 
> Check to see if the user agent setting might have somehow been changed.

Yes, it changed back "Default", which is where it always changes back 
to.  Nevertheless, I changed it to iPad, which demands I download the 
iPad software.  I can change it to Chrome - Mac, Firefox - Mac, Firefox 
- Windows--it really doesn't matter; they all give the same wacky error.

> The numbering difference between your Flash Player and Hulu's seems
> strange, like they might be on two different "tracks".  When you get the
> Hulu error message, does it give you an option to download the "newer"
> version of Flash Player?

No, as indicated above it tells me to install the latest version, no 
more.  I have, of course.  The cserve guy at Hulu new less than I did 
about all related matters.  I have the feeling that it's checking the 
Flash version by some antiquated method that doesn't recognize anything 
over 20 or some such.

In any case, I logged in to my computer as a "guest user" and tried it 
there.  Same result.

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#95705

gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> writes:

> On 2016-10-15 20:50:49 +0000, Fred McKenzie said:
>
>> In article <2016101513124127726-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2016-09-30 17:09:24 +0000, gtr said:
>>>
>>>> I attempt to do streaming of one kind or other in Safari, for instance
>>>> this one:
>>>> 	http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=7&cid=HP_LB_THUMB
>>>> And get a complaint that I must have Flash Player version 10.2.0 or
>>>> greater.  I currently have 23.0.0.162 installed.  When I pop the same
>>>> url into Firefox there is complaint.
>>>> Any ideas on how to correct this?
>>> Though solving this issue with Safari was addressed by avoiding it,
>>> and
>>> changing my user agent to iPad, I still encounter this issue where iPad
>>> won't work.  Hulu, for instance: It wants me to download iPad software
>>> to view the movie.
>>> When attempting to view a movie Hulu carps with this:
>>> "Hulu requires Flash Player 11.0.1.152. Please download and install
>>> the
>>> latest version of Flash Player before continuing."  I now have
>>> v23.0.0.185, which is clearly much newer than 11.0.1.152.
>>> Hulu doesn't (easily) provide support, so any ideas about what
>>> might be
>>> causing an errant indication of my less-than-up-to-date version of
>>> Flash Player?
>> Gtr-
>> Check to see if the user agent setting might have somehow been
>> changed.
>
> Yes, it changed back "Default", which is where it always changes back
> to.  Nevertheless, I changed it to iPad, which demands I download the
> iPad software.  I can change it to Chrome - Mac, Firefox - Mac,
> Firefox - Windows--it really doesn't matter; they all give the same
> wacky error.
>
>> The numbering difference between your Flash Player and Hulu's seems
>> strange, like they might be on two different "tracks".  When you get the
>> Hulu error message, does it give you an option to download the "newer"
>> version of Flash Player?
>
> No, as indicated above it tells me to install the latest version, no
> more.  I have, of course.  The cserve guy at Hulu new less than I did
> about all related matters.  I have the feeling that it's checking the
> Flash version by some antiquated method that doesn't recognize
> anything over 20 or some such.
>
> In any case, I logged in to my computer as a "guest user" and tried it
> there.  Same result.

Flash 23.0.0.162 has been superceded by 23.0.0.185.  Make sure you
have that version, as Apple disabled older versions with security
issues.  Go to System Preferences -> Flash -> Check Now (for latest
version).

Also make sure that Flash is enabled: Safari -> Preferences
-> Security -> Plug-In Settings -> Flash.  If that's on, also make
sure that any websites you want Flash on are listed as ON or that
"OTHER WEBSITES" for Flash says ON.

This all changed in a recent Safari update.

Martin

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#95711

On 2016-10-17 02:00:10 +0000, Martin Frost said:

> Flash 23.0.0.162 has been superceded by 23.0.0.185.

I do.

> Also make sure that Flash is enabled: Safari -> Preferences
> -> Security -> Plug-In Settings -> Flash.

I have!

> If that's on, also make sure that any websites you want Flash on are 
> listed as ON or that
> "OTHER WEBSITES" for Flash says ON.

BINGO!  You win the prize.  Many thanks indeed.  I'll contact Hulu who 
doesn't have the slightest clue.

I am and will remain deeply in your debt.

> This all changed in a recent Safari update.
> 
> Martin

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#95712

On 2016-10-17 06:38:32 +0000, gtr said:

> On 2016-10-17 02:00:10 +0000, Martin Frost said:
>> If that's on, also make sure that any websites you want Flash on are 
>> listed as ON or that
>> "OTHER WEBSITES" for Flash says ON.
> 
> BINGO!  You win the prize.  Many thanks indeed.  I'll contact Hulu who 
> doesn't have the slightest clue.

Damn, I love usenet.  When this thing poops out there will be a lot of 
problems I'll just have to give up on!  When usenet works, it works 
really really good!

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#95650

Many years ago when I still had Flash installed on my computer I had a 
similar problem with CBS. When trying to view 60 Minutes, it would 
complain that it needed at least Flash 9. I had Flash 10 at the time. I 
re-installed Flash 9 as a test, and then it worked. But I did not want 
an outdated version of Flash; an up-to-date version is bad enough. I 
went in with Property List Editor and made Flash 10 lie and claim to be 
Flash 9. That worked. Eventually when Flash got up to maybe 13 or so CBS 
realized that 10 was not less than 9 just because it started with a 1.

Try it. It might work.

-- 
David Ryeburn
david_ryeburn@telus.netz
To send e-mail, change "netz" to "net"

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#95665

On 2016-10-16 06:28:04 +0000, David Ryeburn said:

> Many years ago when I still had Flash installed on my computer I had a
> similar problem with CBS. When trying to view 60 Minutes, it would
> complain that it needed at least Flash 9. I had Flash 10 at the time. I
> re-installed Flash 9 as a test, and then it worked. But I did not want
> an outdated version of Flash; an up-to-date version is bad enough. I
> went in with Property List Editor and made Flash 10 lie and claim to be
> Flash 9. That worked. Eventually when Flash got up to maybe 13 or so CBS
> realized that 10 was not less than 9 just because it started with a 1.
> 
> Try it. It might work.

Interesting.  But I'm not quite sure what it is I'm supposed to try.  
Editing the Property List for version 23.x.x.x to read as 12 or some 
such?

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#95680

In article <201610161212356795-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

> On 2016-10-16 06:28:04 +0000, David Ryeburn said:
> > I went in with Property List Editor and made Flash 10 lie and claim to be
> > Flash 9. That worked. Eventually when Flash got up to maybe 13 or so CBS
> > realized that 10 was not less than 9 just because it started with a 1.
> > 
> > Try it. It might work.
> 
> Interesting.  But I'm not quite sure what it is I'm supposed to try.  
> Editing the Property List for version 23.x.x.x to read as 12 or some 
> such?

Yes. Look at
Library/Internet plug-Ins/FlashPlayer.plugin/Contents/Info.plist.
You have to right-click on FlashPlayer.plugin and select "Show Package 
Contents" to get there.

Edit this with Property List Editor (if you have it) or with any text 
editor.

The version of Flash I found most quickly in my old backups was pretty 
ancient, but only the numbers will be different in your version. In 
mine, opposite "Get Info string" it reads: "Adobe Flash Player 10.3r183 
Copyright (c) 1996-2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights 
reserved." Change the 10.3r183 part (or whatever you have there) to a 
string in the same format but matching the number the website wanted to 
see. For example if they insisted you must have at least Flash 15 then 
change the 10.3r183 part to 15.3r183.

Opposite "Bundle version string, short" mine reads "10.3.183.11" If you 
want to claim to have Flash 15, make that 15.3.183.11. (Just change the 
10 part of the string, or the 23 you probably have there, to 15. Keep 
the rest of the string whatever your real 23 version has there. Do the 
same thing for the Get Info string of course. Just change 10, or in your 
case 23, to 15, or whatever the website wants. Leave the rest of the 
string, including the "r" if it appears as it does for the "Get Info 
String", alone.)

Opposite "Bundle version" mine reads "10.3.183.11" and that should be 
changed too in the same way.

Opposite "WebPluginDescription" mine reads "Shockwave Flash 10.3r183" 
and you'll want to change that similarly. Keep the "r" of course. Just 
change the "23" you'll no doubt have there to "15" or whatever the 
website wants.

It wouldn't hurt to duplicate the original Flash plug-in before you 
start editing it, in case you want the original back.

And make sure the ownership and permissions business after you finish 
editing is what it was before you began.

-- 
David Ryeburn
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#95684

On 2016-10-16 21:08:41 +0000, David Ryeburn said:

> In article <201610161212356795-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> 
>> On 2016-10-16 06:28:04 +0000, David Ryeburn said:
>>> I went in with Property List Editor and made Flash 10 lie and claim to be
>>> Flash 9. That worked. Eventually when Flash got up to maybe 13 or so CBS
>>> realized that 10 was not less than 9 just because it started with a 1.
>>> 
>>> Try it. It might work.
>> 
>> Interesting.  But I'm not quite sure what it is I'm supposed to try.
>> Editing the Property List for version 23.x.x.x to read as 12 or some
>> such?
> 
> Yes. Look at
> Library/Internet plug-Ins/FlashPlayer.plugin/Contents/Info.plist.
> You have to right-click on FlashPlayer.plugin and select "Show Package
> Contents" to get there.
> 
> Edit this with Property List Editor (if you have it) or with any text
> editor.
> 
> The version of Flash I found most quickly in my old backups was pretty
> ancient, but only the numbers will be different in your version. In
> mine, opposite "Get Info string" it reads: "Adobe Flash Player 10.3r183
> Copyright (c) 1996-2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights
> reserved." Change the 10.3r183 part (or whatever you have there) to a
> string in the same format but matching the number the website wanted to
> see. For example if they insisted you must have at least Flash 15 then
> change the 10.3r183 part to 15.3r183.
> 
> Opposite "Bundle version string, short" mine reads "10.3.183.11" If you
> want to claim to have Flash 15, make that 15.3.183.11. (Just change the
> 10 part of the string, or the 23 you probably have there, to 15. Keep
> the rest of the string whatever your real 23 version has there. Do the
> same thing for the Get Info string of course. Just change 10, or in your
> case 23, to 15, or whatever the website wants. Leave the rest of the
> string, including the "r" if it appears as it does for the "Get Info
> String", alone.)
> 
> Opposite "Bundle version" mine reads "10.3.183.11" and that should be
> changed too in the same way.
> 
> Opposite "WebPluginDescription" mine reads "Shockwave Flash 10.3r183"
> and you'll want to change that similarly. Keep the "r" of course. Just
> change the "23" you'll no doubt have there to "15" or whatever the
> website wants.
> 
> It wouldn't hurt to duplicate the original Flash plug-in before you
> start editing it, in case you want the original back.
> 
> And make sure the ownership and permissions business after you finish
> editing is what it was before you began.

This sounds thoroughly feasible.  I use to have to do this with Pith 
Helmet long ago (IIRC) and precious few others.  Duly stashed for 
future application.  Thanks.

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#95706

In article
<david_ryeburn-34BB2C.14084116102016@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>, David
Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> wrote:

> It wouldn't hurt to duplicate the original Flash plug-in before you 
> start editing it, in case you want the original back.

Rule #1.0: Always backup your computer/device before jacking around
with software or hardware even if you know what you're doing.
Rule #1.01: Always work with a software copy.

leo

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