Current YouTube and Flash Error

[mandizzle]

I was trying to watch YouTube and the site told me to update Flash. okay. did it.

pulled Safari back up again after the update was complete and it still read that it needed to be updated. I closed all windows and re-started the Macbook.

it's been put through a re-boot and it STILL asks me to update Flash on YouTube.

anyone else experiencing this odd error, or am I being a total newb here? thanks in advance.

 

[MacDawg]

Well, you can always opt into the HTML5 beta which is better anyway

Opt in page

 

[mandizzle]

That, and I just found this. serves me right for not searching Google first:

http://help.youtube.com/group/youtube-issues/browse_thread/thread/2f8abe394dff348e

Thanks much! However would I have survived without my YouTube? LOL

 

[MacDawg]

What exactly do you watch on YouTube?
I have never understood the fascination for it

 

[mandizzle]

Opt in won't do anything for me either? what the poop?! Going to try the suggestions of the link I was given.

 

[mandizzle]

What exactly do you watch on YouTube?
I have never understood the fascination for it

I watch a very weird combination of things on YouTube. If you've seen my favorites list before, you'd understand LOL

 

[MacDawg]

Try installing the Adobe Flash Player 10.1.51.66 Beta when you reinstall

 

[mandizzle]

^ I'll give that a shot because I've tried Opting in, uninstalling and reinstalling, rebooting and nothing has worked. grrr

 

[mandizzle]

...it's seriously STILL not working. are you freaking kidding me?!

 

[MacDawg]

...it's seriously STILL not working. are you freaking kidding me?!

OK, what error is it giving you? What is happening?

Have you reset Safari from the Safari menu?

Have you tried Firefox or Chrome?

 

[NIPRING]

Thanks for those links, they helped me!

 

[mandizzle]

YouTube reads this error:

"Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player."

I think it may just be a momentary issue with YouTube, but I can't be too sure. My Facebook videos are playing, and to my knowledge, that uses Flash? I will try and reset Safari, but I don't really want to download any additional browsers to clutter up the Mac.

Perhaps someone can go and watch a YouTube video via Safari for me and see if they're experiencing the same problem? Thanks

 

[MacDawg]

Plays fine for me in Safari with the Flash beta

I can play with Flash and with the HTML5 opt in

 

[mandizzle]

I reported the bug to Apple and reset Safari. did the trick

I thought resetting was too drastic a step initially, but it worked. thanks!

 

[MacDawg]

I reported the bug to Apple and reset Safari. did the trick

I thought resetting was too drastic a step initially, but it worked. thanks!

Yay!!
Happy Amanda again

FWIW, I always keep at least 2 browsers to check against each other
I would recommend having either Firefox or Chrome handy

There are the rare times a website will work better with FF than with Safari

You can also download ClickToFlash to give you control over how Flash is managed in Safari

 

[creator2456]

Thanks for the all the posts. I was having issues with Flash + HTML5 + ClickToFlash, and the combination of removing Flash + removing ClickToFlash + reseting Safari before reinstalling the Beta Flash Player + ClickToFlash seems to have solved the problem.