Flash

13 Feb 2020 16:32:19

Douglas Cheney

Can you watch YouTube videos without flash now on Safari, if so how is it set up.

Can you watch it on an iPad? (An iPad has never used Flash). If so, switch on the Develop menu (under preferences>advanced) and then use it to change the user agent to iPad. The web site will think that's what you're using and deliver the HTML5 version it uses for iPads.

Re: Flash

13 Feb 2020 19:44:21

Douglas Cheney

Thank you Mick do I need to remove flash from the Preferences

Re: Flash

15 Feb 2020 10:52:10

Mick Burrell

It won't matter - you can if you wish. You can switch user agent to Safari for web sites that don't use Flash and iPad for any that still do.

Re: Flash

15 Feb 2020 13:46:46

Douglas Cheney

Thank you Mick

Re: Flash

16 Feb 2020 18:06:50

Tony Still

This may not help but... YouTube "just works" here on Safari/Mac and has for a long time. I thought they had long since re-encoded all their videos (probably driven by the whole iPad/iPhone thing).

I haven't had Flash installed for years: too much maintenance and too many security issues.

Re: Flash

17 Feb 2020 20:19:06

Douglas Cheney

Thank you Tony I will uninstall it