Flash Player to your Mac for Free Download!

 Flash Player to your Mac for Free Download!

Review Flash Player for Free Download!

What is Flash Player?

For years, Adobe Flash Player has been one of the most popular plug-ins used by web browsers to reproduce videos, web ads, and interactive animations. But now its position is rocked by some security concerns and safer alternative solutions.

Google Chrome and Firefox contain the built-in version of Flash running in the sandboxed mode. This method is safer than running Flash as a plugin. What about Safari, it disables Flash Player by default starting from macOS Sierra. The point is that Apple wants you running on HTML5 — the newer and safer way of browsing the web. It supports the same multimedia elements as Flash but without any security issues.

However, the reality is that you still may need the Adobe Flash Player on your Mac. Many websites will not work if you uninstall it completely. Live streams like BT Sport can only be delivered in Flash, so if you are the BT Sport customer, you’ll want to keep the Flash Player. In addition, a great number of gaming and education sites use Flash and until they implement the HTML5 standards, you’ll need the Flash Player.

Why watch out for Flash updates on Mac?

Adobe is always trying to push its technology further and release the Flash updates to enhance the user experience and security. However, attackers still find the ways to trick you into downloading adware and malware through the popups. That’s why you should know how to protect your Mac against the malicious attacks when you’re trying to update your Adobe Flash for Mac.

Fortunately, it’s easy to make sure that you are installing the real Flash for Mac and are not exposed to the vulnerable software. All you have to do is to be careful and don’t trust the automatic updates.

How to update Flash Player on Mac (if it’s already installed)

Instead of downloading anything from a popup, follow simple steps to check whether you really need to update Adobe Flash on Mac.

Go to the Apple menu and click System Preferences.

In the bottom left corner, choose Flash Player.

Choose the Updates tab.

Click the Check Now button.

If an update is available, click Yes to update. If no updates are available, you have the latest version of a Flash Player for Mac installed.

Sing up for Download!

With Channel 4's All4 on-demand service still using Flash, and some web services still using the plug-in, it may be the case that you need to install the software.

Here’s how to install Flash Player on your Mac:

Click the Missing Plug-In button.

Click on Download Flash.

This will take you to which is a legitimate site – if you ever get taken to a site that is clearly not Adobe be very cautious, it is likely you are being taken to a malicious site.

Click on Download Now. The download is ~18 MB.

Wait while the download is initialising.

You will then see the download appear in your Downloads folder.

Double click on the installer.

Click on Install Adobe Flash Player.

A window will appear warning you that the app has been downloaded from the internet - this warning appears whenever you download an app from the internet and is designed to protect you from app that might not be legitimate. Since you know that this is a legitimate download from Adobe. Click Open.

Next enter your password.

Wait for the program to install.

You will have to close any programs that also require Flash before you can install the update.