I got a prompt on a website saying that I needed to download FlashPlayer 9 and
plug-in. I downloaded the installer and tried to install the application.
When I get the test page I also get the same prompt telling me I need the
plug-in and taking me back to the page where you download the installer. In
other words, I'm going in circles. Something is preventing the application
from installing. And most web pages have cube questionmark icons where I
should be viewing flash content.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

ive suffered the same fate . ive tried everything inclding uninstall which
doesnt do any good. have you tried unchecking flash in quicktime preferences
and MIME settings in advanced. That was what i was told but it didnt do any
good for mine

Have run into the same issue... it's a vicious circle. Install. Test the
player. "Error with the plugin, please reinstall player". Uninstall. Reinstall
player. Test the player. "Error with the plugin. Go here to reinstall player."
Uninstall. Reinstall player. Test the player. "Error with the plugin. Go here
to reinstall player." I received an email reply, but it did not address the
issue directly. Stuck, stuck, stuck. The error prompt reads, "Safari cannot
find the Internet plug-in. The page "Macromedia - Flash Player" has content of
MIME type "application/x-shockwave-flash", but you doin't have a plug-in
installed for this MIME tyoe. A plug-in should be available on this page..."
Then it sends me back to the download page, again. Are you getting the same
message?

I'm updating the necessary technote now, so I have some steps handy..

1. Delete the following files (or the entire folder):
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player Enabler.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt

2. Reinstall Flash Player 9.

This may be enough to resolve the problem. However, it may lead to a slightly
different problem. If you receive an error message when running the Flash
Player 9 installer read "Flash Player 9 installation fails on Macintosh"
(http://www.adobe.com/go/4aa64290)...

[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]dacfarm[/b][/b][/i]
Have run into the same issue... it's a vicious circle. Install. Test the
player. "Error with the plugin, please reinstall player". Uninstall. Reinstall
player. Test the player. "Error with the plugin. Go here to reinstall player."
Uninstall. Reinstall player. Test the player. "Error with the plugin. Go here
to reinstall player." I received an email reply, but it did not address the
issue directly. Stuck, stuck, stuck. The error prompt reads, "Safari cannot
find the Internet plug-in. The page "Macromedia - Flash Player" has content of
MIME type "application/x-shockwave-flash", but you doin't have a plug-in
installed for this MIME tyoe. A plug-in should be available on this page..."
Then it sends me back to the download page, again. Are you getting the same
message?[/q]

I'm having the exact same problem. I even tried installing the latest version
of Firefox and Safari. Doesn't do anything. :(

OK next step..

Would each of you kindly check permissions on this folder and post them here:

When I do "Get Info" on this folder, in the Ownership and Permissions area it
only says "You can: Read and Write" (I only have one account on my computer)

I'm not really comfortable working in Terminal (I never have before).. are
there any other alternatives?

Oh oh oh! I finally got it to work! Here's what you should try:

Go to your Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities). Select your start up volume
on the left and click the "first aid" tab. From there click the "repair disk
permissions" button. Then re-install.

That fixed it for me.

My Dear RMMiller,

Waheeeey you da daddy that worked thanks thanks thanks it saved a mac mini being thrown out of the window.... anyone else make sure you uninstall before repairing the disk permissions tho..

C'mon, RMMiller, gets all the credit? You're killing me here..

Actually I didn't want to mention disk repair because my goal was to confirm
that the manual repair steps would also work (the technote update's first
action will BE Disk Utility's Permission Repair, and I've mentioned that in a
number of other Mac threads...)

So i'd say it's safe for me to finish the technote now. Thanks for everyone's
help.

Ok since I though I was having the same problems I have tried what has been
suggested but still get the error code regarding permissions. But when I first
start the installer I get a pop-up telling me : This Flash Player install is
for the PowerPC-based Macintosh systems. to download the lastest Flas Player
for Intel-based Mac systems please visit....... with an open URL or Quit
option, quit stops the installer an Open URL takes me back to the download
page. which I immediately close since my iBook has a G4 PowerPC processor. The
installer goes throug the motions installing down to the last item
(ReplaceCR.sh) and thats when the "Error creating file. 1008:5,-5000 Access
deied error" pops up. I have done all the permissions repairs recommended here
and on http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=4aa64290 and due
to a suggestion to uninstall the previous version that I read somewhere now I
have no flash player, and way too many pages fail to load. This is really
frustrating, anyone have any suggestions? (iBook G4 1.07 GHz, 768 MB DDR SDRAM,
MacOSX 10.4.9) also running Firefox 2.0.0.3 ( tried removing and installing
flash, and reinstalling too, still no good)

first you have to go to adobe and get the uninstaller. make sure you uninstall
the flash player there already. Then go to disk utilities and click on repair
permissions. only when you have done this shhould you install flash 9. when
the adobe install page comes up make sure you install the player on the right
hand side of the page.
this should do it. I had the same problem but it wasnt until i repaired disk
permissions then did a clean install did it work. I know how frustratiing it
can be.

[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]Bflowolf[/b][/b][/i]
(iBook G4 1.07 GHz, 768 MB DDR SDRAM, MacOSX 10.4.9) also running Firefox
2.0.0.3 ( tried removing and installing flash, and reinstalling too, still no
good)[/q]

Well, none of these steps have been tested (by me) on a non Intel mac.. So
maybe we need different steps for PowerPC processors, which wouldn't
necessarily make sense to me.

Can you try these steps in order please and let me know what happens?

1. Delete the following files (or the entire folder) if they exist:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player Enabler.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt

2. Repair disk permissions using the Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities/).
For details see Apple TechDoc "Troubleshooting permissions issues in Mac OS X".

3. Reinstall Flash Player 9.

THEN... if that fails do this:
1. Delete the following files (or the entire folder) if they exist *(again,
and yes I know it's repetitive...)*
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player Enabler.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt

2. Run Disk Utility's "Permission Repair" again..

3. Install FP9 as root:
a. Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal)
b. CAREFULLY type the following line, exactly as you see it here (there is a
space after cd):
for intel macs: cd /Volumes/"Adobe Flash Player 9"/"Install Flash Player 9
UB.app"/Contents/MacOS\
for powerPC macs: cd /Volumes/"Adobe Flash Player 9"/"Install Flash Player 9
OSX"/Contents/MacOSClassic

c. CAREFULLY type the following line (there is a space after sudo):
for intel macs: sudo "./Install Flash Player 9 UB"
for powerPC macs: sudo "./Install Flash Player 9 OSX"

Let me know if you see any path discrepances on the powerpc machine. I'm
looking at the paths on my macbook pro and trying to type them out correctly on
the XP box I'm doing this forum on..

I follewed all of the steps, none of the Flash files ever showed up in the
library/Internet Plug-Ins. Installing still gave me the message about the Intel
version and then I got the acces denied error.
I then followed the Root install instructions you gave me. After cd
/Volumes/"Adobe Flash Player 9"/"Install Flash Player 9
OSX"/Contents/MacOSClassic
I used the sudo "./Install Flash Player 9 OSX" and got the following statement.
sudo: ./Install Flash Player 9 OSX: command not found

[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]Bflowolf[/b][/b][/i]
I then followed the Root install instructions you gave me. After cd
/Volumes/"Adobe Flash Player 9"/"Install Flash Player 9
OSX"/Contents/MacOSClassic
I used the sudo "./Install Flash Player 9 OSX" and got the following statement.
sudo: ./Install Flash Player 9 OSX: command not found[/q]

It sounds like the first terminal line (switching to the mounted DMG for Flash
Player install) went fine... only the sudo failed.

Keep in mind, like I said, that I retyped those off my intel Mac. The path
may be different on your machine. Let me check my steps and I'll reply back
later..

Mr rmmiller...

I signed up to use this forum just to thank you ask you how the HELL you managed to work that out???

You are a total legend!

thank you Bentley Wolfe it did the job,

the disk utility permissions fix was ENOUGH on a mac osx 10.3.9 on a ppc

shaul.

[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]Bflowolf[/b][/b][/i]
Ok since I though I was having the same problems I have tried what has been
suggested but still get the error code regarding permissions. But when I first
start the installer I get a pop-up telling me : This Flash Player install is
for the PowerPC-based Macintosh systems. to download the lastest Flas Player
for Intel-based Mac systems please visit....... with an open URL or Quit
option, quit stops the installer an Open URL takes me back to the download
page. which I immediately close since my iBook has a G4 PowerPC processor. The
installer goes throug the motions installing down to the last item
(ReplaceCR.sh) and thats when the "Error creating file. 1008:5,-5000 Access
deied error" pops up. I have done all the permissions repairs recommended here
and on http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=4aa64290 and due
to a suggestion to uninstall the previous version that I read somewhere now I
have no flash player, and way too many pages fail to load. This is really
frustrating, anyone have any suggestions? (iBook G4 1.07 GHz, 768 MB DDR SDRAM,
MacOSX 10.4.9) also running Firefox 2.0.0.3 ( tried removing and installing
flash, and reinstalling too, still no good)[/q]

I'm having the exact same problem as Bflowolf - installer seems to think mine
is Intel-based (is definitely a PowerPC). Was a solution to this ever worked
out? If so, please post. Thanks!

Thank you thank you thank you Bentley. You are my new hero! I had seen other
versions of this code elsewhere, but no one else did it right, or at least in
an understandable way for a completely computer-illiterate n00b such as myself.
Thank you a million times.

RE: Bflowolf 5/22/07 message
This is pretty much the same thing that is happening to me. I usually use a
PC. I use an old Mac Powerbook G3 to check websites on a Mac. (I'm a web
designer) I think it finally installed in Safari, but not in IE 5.2 (I think or
5.1). My client, who is on a Mac with IE 5.2, is having problems with a button
in a Flash movie I made and I can't check it here. Very frustrating! I went
through the steps of uninstalling and the First Aid thing, Maybe not in the
same order, but at least Safari is okay. I'm using OS 10.2.

Any suggestions for the IE problem?
-Sue

Well, I just went to the Flash Player download page again and noticed this in
the requirements:
Browser: Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, AOL, Opera, and Safari
So, I guess they aren't supporting IE for Flash Player 9 on a Mac. So, I guess
I'm cooked unless I run across a download for an older version of Flash Player
for the Mac!

-Sue

I've tried installing flash player 9 but am not able to do so. It will begin
installing but when it gets to 'items remaining: 4' the progress bar continues
to move and underneath says searching but nothing happens. I tried leaving it
on all night but same thing when I came back in the morning. When I close the
installer it then says 'stopping now may result in an incomplete set of
software' Also, when I tried uninstalling previous versions, the uninstaller
does nothing. It says 'items uninstalled: 0' and 'processing', but same
thing, the thing spins but nothing happens. i tried the other steps given to
see if that helped but nothing seems to work.

I have a G4 PPC 773mhz and i'm running osx 10.4 with the same install issue. I
recently resurrected this machine (power supply and hd were dead) and since I
installed the OS and got it back online, the player won't work. sites told me
i needed the player so i followed the link and downloaded flash player 9... but
i see no content. i've followed the instruction listed here... with mixed
results.

this excited me... because the descriptions of the problem here seem to be
exactly what i'm experiencing...
"Go to your Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities). Select your start up volume
on the left and click the "first aid" tab. From there click the "repair disk
permissions" button. Then re-install Flash Player."
... but didn't work.

i can go back to a version 7.xx and get "some" flash to work but not all. i
tried the terminal instructions but the sudo part didn't work. i have no idea
how to really use terminal but i put it in exactly as shown.

please help.

Awesome help here! I had this problem for two days and couldn't figure it out.

BTW, it started after I installed Firefox for the first time.

The Disk Utility / Repair Permissions worked for me.

thanks a million!

I am hoping someone can help me because I have spent DAYS and am ready to blow
my brains out. I did all the steps Bentley suggested to no avail. The only
thing I am confused about is is: when I typed the sudo stuff in Terminal, was
that spposed to install FP9 because nothing happened when I hit enter, I just
got this box thing. Of course I then tried to install fp9 again and got the
error and not enough access thing again. I am the only user on intel Mac. I
have repaired disk permissions more times than I can count. I have uninstalled
and (attemped) to install. Does anybody have a solution?

I have a PowerBook G4 that will not allow me to install Flash Player 9. when I
download the install from Adobe and run it it installs Flash Player 6. I have
uninstalled the Flash Player 6 with Adobes uninstall and have not had any
success. Any help would be appreciative. I have other macs and this is not an
issue, but I do not know where I would copy the files from the other machines
to over write this issue. That would be another fix. I am not a newbee when it
comes to macs and it is not a Intel version PowerBook.

THIS WORKED!!! BIG TIME!!!!!!!!

FROM THE FIREFOX WEBSITE FORUM:


PostPosted: Jul Fri 13th 2007 8:38am
The settings in the Quicktime System Pref pane is different in the later OSX
upgrades. In the pane, select the Advanced Tab. You will find a MIME settings
button, click this. Open up each one of the settings. Two of them (Images, and
Miscellaneous) have a selection for Flash. Deselect those two. After I did this
and restarted Firefox, the problem went away.

THIS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO WORKED IMMEDIATELY FOR BOTH SAFARI AND FIREFOX!!!!!
YIP-FRICKEN-EEEEEEE!!!

hi, i bought my macbook a few days and downloaded adobe flash player 9. when i
click on the icon to open a window it asks me for a url address. i don't know
what the url address is. if anyone knows it please, please, PLEASE help me!!!

I've tried everything!! It's almost been a month since I updated QuickTime, and
my flash player died.
I followed Bentley's instructions, after initiating sudo, I get perhaps 50
error messages, one is as follows (too many to paste in):

2007-08-13 11:37:03.258 Install Flash Player 9 UB[599] CFLog (21): Error
loading
/System/Library/Components/PDFImporter.component/Contents/MacOS/PDFImporter:
error code 4, error number 0 (Symbol not found: _QTGetAtomTypeAndID
Referenced from:
/System/Library/Frameworks/QuickTime.framework/Versions/A/QuickTime
Expected in:
/System/Library/Frameworks/QuickTime.framework/Versions/A/QuickTime
)
Again, I've repaired permissions, both manually and by "repair disk",
uninstalled, repaired, re-installed, repaired, etc. Checked flash setting in
quicktime in system preferences etc. Nothing works...
I have 1.83 GHz macbook, v10.4.10... anybody else have the same problem? Am I
alone?

Did you try this? I had the same problem. Quicktime update (apparently)
couldn't see my Flash websites for a week!! Now, all better.....

THIS WORKED!!! BIG TIME!!!!!!!!

FROM THE FIREFOX WEBSITE FORUM:


PostPosted: Jul Fri 13th 2007 8:38am
The settings in the Quicktime System Pref pane is different in the later OSX
upgrades. In the pane, select the Advanced Tab. You will find a MIME settings
button, click this. Open up each one of the settings. Two of them (Images, and
Miscellaneous) have a selection for Flash. Deselect those two. After I did this
and restarted Firefox, the problem went away.

THIS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO WORKED IMMEDIATELY FOR BOTH SAFARI AND FIREFOX!!!!!
YIP-FRICKEN-EEEEEEE!!!

TMC, yes I tried that, and every combination of qucktime settings. Moved
quicktime plugins out of the folder in vain to see if it would make a
difference. (Just caused both flash and quicktime to not work)

I'm a flash programmer, and am not able to get flash to work on my mac, it's
pathetic. I've been using windows to program for the past month.

Seriously, is there any solution beyond:
1. Quicktime/Flash setting
2. Repair Disk Permissions

Tried and tried, nothing works. The only question mark is what are the funny
pdf errors when I run sudo?

Did you get any help with your problem, becaues i am having the same probleme with my PC. Please let me know if you did and what we can do to fix it.

Thank-you

jmiller, are you running Firefox under Rosetta? Flash 9 player doesn't work
under Rosetta. Navigate to your apps folder, click on Firefox and then
command-I to get info. Look for "Open using Rosetta"

Sox, I haven't fixed it, and am ready to take it back to the apple store...
I've spent literally days trying to get it working, it's been almost a month
since I ran software update and lost flash upon restarting.
I've tried all the advice I could find from a lot of message boards, maybe a
dozen different ways. I have not yet tried to revert QuickTime back by
re-installing from the install disk.
See:

http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2007/07/the_falling_myt.htm
l

I'm not running any browsers under Rosetta.
My specs: Intel 1.83 GHz Macbook, os 10.4.10 with 1GB RAM
Software update is all good, no new updates to be installed.

Does not work under Safari, Firefox 2, Camino, and Opera.

:confused;
Trying to follow instructions to install Flash 9 but when I go to 'repair
disk permissions' all I get is "DISK UTILITY INTERNAL ERROR
Disk utility has lost its connection with the disk management tool and cannot
continue. Please quit and relaunch Disk Utility" I have tried running Disk
Utility from the install disk and get the same error. Any ideas.
Redrooster!

[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]rmmiller[/b][/b][/i]
Oh oh oh! I finally got it to work! Here's what you should try:

Go to your Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities). Select your start up volume
on the left and click the "first aid" tab. From there click the "repair disk
permissions" button. Then re-install Flash Player.

That fixed it for me.[/q]

THANK YOU! rmmiller, Sir! I got flash now :) Your instructions did it for me.
Im using an Intel Mac | OS X 10.4.10

Thanks again! GodBless!

i've been attempting to get on yahoo messenger but since i don't have flash
player(currently i have falsh player 7 courtesy of MX flash 2004 from school).
so now my global communications part is stalled as it is because of this error
problem part. in addition, yahoo messenger is my only way to communicate with
my friends and cousins who doesn't live here in the united states. so can
anyone have a suggestion what do i need to do? i have attempted almost 10 times
to log-in on the messenger but since i dont have flash player 9, i cannot log
in. also, my hard drive had been fixed earlier this week and because of this,
after i re-installed my adobe software(i.e. illustrator and PS), i can't log in
at yahoo messenger just because i dont have flash player 9. YM also saves me
phone bill at the same time, too!:confused;

OK, I took my intel macbook to the local apple store to see what could be done
to get flash plugin working again.
If repair permissions does not fix the problem, nor does change any quicktime
settings, they suggested re-installing the OS from the original install dvd.

Use the "install and archive" option.

I did this, and flash is back again after a month since I updated to QuickTime
7.2.
This actually reverted QT 7.2 back to QT 7.0.4

Everything is working fine now, and I'm not about updated to QT 7.2 anytime
soon.

[Q]'ve tried installing flash player 9 but am not able to do so. It will begin
installing but when it gets to 'items remaining: 4' the progress bar continues
to move and underneath says searching but nothing happens. I tried leaving it
on all night but same thing when I came back in the morning. When I close the
installer it then says 'stopping now may result in an incomplete set of
software' Also, when I tried uninstalling previous versions, the uninstaller
does nothing. It says 'items uninstalled: 0' and 'processing', but same thing,
the thing spins but nothing happens. i tried the other steps given to see if
that helped but nothing seems to work.[/Q]


TModoono,
Identical thing is happening w/my iMac. Were you able to fix it?

YES! the utility repair of the permissions on the mac works and flash
installs....

adobe could have told us this but didn;t.. thanks for nothing!
and apple... they told me that if i just installed quicktime i wouldn;t need
flash... liars or idiots?:grin;

:brokenheart;
So now the flash player will not stay installed.
If you restart the computer or sleect a new browser or just restart the same
browxer flash is gone... it will reinstall but it won;t stay...
What a crappy product... I thought we were making progress... this is like the
old days with a 286 computer and crashes happened every 10 minutes...

Did you try this? I had the same problem. (I did all the permissions repairing
mumbo jumbo and the "remove "this's" and "thats"......) I didn't have any
problem installing Flash, no error messages or anything. Like you, it wasn't
"staying" after installation.

THIS WORKED!!! BIG TIME!!!!!!!! IMMEDIATELY!! EASY!!

..... In the system preferences pane, select the Advanced Tab. You will find a
MIME settings button, click this. Open up each one of the settings. Two of them
("Images", and "Miscellaneous") have a selection for Flash. Deselect those two.
After I did this and restarted Firefox, the problem went away. (for me, it also
went away in Safari, Opera and Netscape)

Sorry if after this, it doesn't work, I just hate to see people suffer like I
did when this is such an easy and immediate fix.

Good luck!

yes this works flash came back on line with no other action by me...

woops, I left out the first sentence in my original post above: (thanks for the
heads up)

"The settings in the Quicktime System Pref pane is different in the later OSX
upgrades. In the pane, select the Advanced Tab. You will find a MIME settings
button, click this. Open up each one of the settings. Two of them (Images, and
Miscellaneous) have a selection for Flash. Deselect those two. After I did this
and restarted Firefox, the problem went away."

I am just so glad it works!! :)

yes, i too am experiencing this frustrating situation, any solutions yet?

randymc,
re-install the os from archive. It fixes all problems, takes about 2 hours,
and you don't lose any data. Installing from archive just resets your system
files, seems to fix the un-fixable problems.
This is the advice I received at the "genius bar" at Tampa apple store.

I am having a similar problem but with a DELL XPS 710 PC. I go to update FLASH
player and allow ActiveX control to run and then install. The splash screen (?)
says it was successfully installed, but when I go to a site that requires FLASH
it says I still need to install the update. So, I go back to the Adobe page to
see if it is still indeed installed and it is not. I have tried to install
three separate times with no luck. I bet I have spyware... my computer is
filled to the gills and I am doing back-ups and cleaning PC as we speak. Any
suggestions?

Here is a site I am trying to use the FLASH player with... I am attempting to
make a FLASH badge for my puppy...
http://www.dogster.com/badge/
When I click on "show my badge code" I get nothing.

Thanks to all in advance!

I did as TMC Design did 08/01/2007...BUT... after changing te QT pref pane and
before the FP9 download which worked (before I hand and error 1008:5,-5000
access denied error) I quit my browser..
Than went in the QT Pref Pane and DISabled the MIME settings for FP in Images
and Misc.
I restarted my browser and everything is working;

I'm on Safari and an Intel based Macbook Pro with OS 10.4.10