Google/Youtube was giving this issue back with mountain lion. To me it seemed like google was saying use chrome or install flash if you want to see videos on YouTube from a Mac computer. This is either just a bug with YouTube or a way for Google to get more people to use chrome. That's been my thought.
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OS X Yosemite Users Experiencing Issues With YouTube Videos in Safari [Updated]
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Simply not true. I've had Flash problems with several websites that simply will not work in Safari, but will in every other browser.
Yet it works in all other browsers but Safari.
I have some other sites that don't work well with safari so is it Apple not sharing info with companies to make sure safari is compatible or is there something about safari that makes it difficult to be compatible?
In any case it's Apple's job to make sure all popular websites work well with their browser so hopefully Apple is in contact with them to fix the issue
Well then that's your issue, because everything is running great for me and many others.
It's Safari, Not YouTube
This problem truly is with Safari. I've tried to access the same video in Safari, Chrome and Firefox. Safari couldn't play the video, but Chrome and Firefox could. So, it's definitely Safari that's at fault, not YouTube.
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Chrome and Firefox both are able to play YouTube videos without any issues.
It really is just Safari that's having issues with YouTube.
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Try to watch a YouTube video in Chrome or Firefox. You'll discover that it actually is Safari that's at fault. As much as I like Safari, I'll have to use Chrome for watching YouTube videos until this issue is resolved.
This problem truly is with Safari. I've tried to access the same video in Safari, Chrome and Firefox. Safari couldn't play the video, but Chrome and Firefox could. So, it's definitely Safari that's at fault, not YouTube.
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Chrome and Firefox both are able to play YouTube videos without any issues.
It really is just Safari that's having issues with YouTube.
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Try to watch a YouTube video in Chrome or Firefox. You'll discover that it actually is Safari that's at fault. As much as I like Safari, I'll have to use Chrome for watching YouTube videos until this issue is resolved.
It seems like you don't know anything technical about the situation. It has nothing to do with Apple. It's an issue with the YouTube website. When I updated my Mac I didn't have any issues until yesterday. So you don't know what you're talking about.
Not Exactly
Actually, I can program in Java and I'm taking a networking class. I'm not ill-informed at all.
By the way, before writing anything here, I tested YouTube in Chrome and Firefox and was able to successfully watch a YouTube video without any issues. By the way, Chrome uses the same web engine (Webkit) as Safari. So, by deduction, it's Safari that's having an issue, not YouTube.
Actually, I can program in Java and I'm taking a networking class. I'm not ill-informed at all.
By the way, before writing anything here, I tested YouTube in Chrome and Firefox and was able to successfully watch a YouTube video without any issues. By the way, Chrome uses the same web engine (Webkit) as Safari. So, by deduction, it's Safari that's having an issue, not YouTube.
I can confirm that its also happening to me. Cant get Youtube to play anything. It freezes up with a black screen, audio cuts off and safari tries to do a force reload. Not happy about this.
You proved my point that you don't know anything about technical stuff too. Change your user agent detection to Chrome in Safari and it fixes the problem. All that this fix does is spoof the website to believe you're running Chrome and it does NOT change your browser into Chrome.
I've been in the game quite a while, and never ever have I ever heard of a thread where an issue was solved by 1. Resetting PRAM or 2. Clearing Cache.
Why are these two snakoil cures mentioned all the time? I'm beginning to think it's some sort of elaborate decades long joke.....
For those that aren't technical savvy and don't know how to fix the issue until YouTube fixes their problem see here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1821550/
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So I saw this post at work, came home, went straight to YouTube, tried to play Physical Graffiti but was getting all kinds of weird glitches. Then I remembered. Nice one powers.
So I saw this post at work, came home, went straight to YouTube, tried to play Physical Graffiti but was getting all kinds of weird glitches. Then I remembered. Nice one powers.
Man, thank god for this forum. I thought my mac was broken or something. Youtube was working perfectly fine for me until today. I haven't been able to load any videos all day. I tried clearing my cache and everything and nothing worked. I tried youtube on my ipad mini and (at the moment) it's working.
