Objective
Nov 21, 2019 If Flash is not installed on your Mac already, you can install and enable Flash by following the steps below. First of all download Adobe Flash for Mac using this official link. Once Flash Player has downloaded locate the downloaded file and open it. Major desktop browsers are now discontinuing support for Adobe Flash, although you can manually re-enable Flash in Google Chrome. Why Flash Isn’t Supported on iOS and iPadOS Devices. Apple devices like iPhone and iPad never officially supported Adobe Flash.
If you have an earlier version of Safari, you'll still have to go through Safari's 'Preferences' to enable Flash Player. But instead of using the 'Websites' tab, toggle over to the 'Security' tab. Locating the Adobe Flash Player entry Click the check box to enable Flash Player. Tap on the “Go” button to open the website. The Flash site will now open, with all its components. You can tap on the Flash player part and then select “Fullscreen” to open the game or the player in the fullscreen view.
This is particularly useful for debugging recording issues from Adobe Connect perspective specially in few versions prior to 9.6 where recordings only have an option to launch in flash player mode. Could be used for debugging meeting issues as well if accessed in flash player mode.
Environment
- Adobe Connect Hosted/On-Premise
- Google Chrome with MAC OS client
Steps
Install the Flash Player Content Debugger
- Goto https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.html#fp15 and download the installer for appropriate Mac OS version
- Choose the PPAPI installer
Check the correct version is installed
- Open http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html
- Click Check Now, it should show the latest build installed.
- Alternately you can run chrome://version command from Chrome browser to verify the version.
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Note : It might not necessarily show that debug version is installed but the key is it should show the latest we added.
Enable logging
- Create mm.cfg file from sample instructions here : https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/configure-debugger-version-flash-player.html
- Place the file at <HOME>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/System/ folder.
- You might need to search the above folder location under User Library folder or System library depending upon where Chrome is installed or permissions.
- Note, if you find the correct Shockwave Flash path but you don’t see a System folder there, create it manually and copy the mm.cfg file.
- Ensure to delete any other copies of mm.cfg(mm.txt.cfg/mm.cfg.txt) file at any other location to avoid any conflicts.
Log file location
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- Open a recording or meeting in flash player to verify if logs are getting created
- They should be found under : <HOME>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/WritableRoot/Logs/flashlog.txt
Additional Information
Additional mm.cfg properties can be added from here if needed : https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/configure-debugger-version-flash-player.html