Flash + Safari or FF = Slowwwww

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cjddrum1

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Aug 20, 2007

• #1

Why is it that whenever im running some sort of flash media the entire computer haults to a crawl? Its fast when im not running it but jeez I would think it should be able to handle flash 🙁

 

clevin

macrumors G3

• Aug 20, 2007

• #2

flash is slow....

my suggestion

install an extension called "flash block" for firefox, set it to "block all by default", you can enable the one you want when necessary.

 

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HoosierInFL

macrumors regular

• Aug 20, 2007

• #3

cjddrum1 said:

Why is it that whenever im running some sort of flash media the entire computer haults to a crawl? Its fast when im not running it but jeez I would think it should be able to handle flash 🙁

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Make sure you are using the latest version of Flash. If you are using an Intel Mac and are using a non-universal version, it will run slow.

As for Flash running slow, that is not my experience. It runs just great on mine.

 

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dirtyhand

macrumors newbie

• Aug 21, 2007

• #4

It's pretty well known that flash sucks in OS X. After a lot of testing, I'm 100% sure that Safari beta 3 runs flash sites a lot better than Firefox. Also you should download the Flash beta player http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/ . It runs even better with Safari, and according to the release notes, it increases performance in OS X.

 

JB413

macrumors newbie

• Feb 15, 2008

• #5

I have a 1.3 Ghz Powerbook G4 and have had the same problems you described.

I recently used a program called "Safari Speed".

Safari now runs flash programs without and slowdown.

Hope this helps!!!