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Flash Player is a free browser plug-in that is used across the BBC website for playing videos, animations and games. Find out here how to install the Flash Player plug-in on Safari for Mac.
Not your web browser? Go back to the Flash Player plug-in page to select your browser.
WebWise Team | 9th September 2010
Clicking the 'Download' link at the end of this guide automatically takes you to the Flash download page.
1. Agree and install
2. Thank you
A window appears telling you your download should start automatically.
If it does not, click on 'click here' for troubleshooting information.
3. The program downloads
You should now see the program downloading to your computer. This may take a few minutes.
4. Install Flash Player
Once the program has downloaded, the Flash installer icon appears.
Double-click the icon to proceed.
5. Continue
A dialog box will appear informing you that you have downloaded an application.
Click 'Open' to proceed.
6. License Agreement
A license agreement box will appear.
Click the 'I have read and agree to the terms of the license agreement' tick box.
Click 'Install'.
7. Authenticate
You may be asked to enter the username and password for your Mac to install Flash. Enter your details and click 'OK'.
8. Install
9. Flash is complete
Flash has been successfully installed.
Click 'Done'.
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Disclaimer
Certain services offered on the BBC website such as audio, video, animations and games require specific additional third party software (called 'plug-ins'). You may have such software already loaded onto your computer. If you do not then, should you wish to use these BBC services, you will need to licence and download such software from a third party software company.
We will direct you to the relevant pages of the software company website. The website will give a set of instructions that you will need to follow in order to download the plug-in. In particular you will be asked by the software company to agree to its terms and conditions of licence. Any such agreement is between you and the software company and the BBC does not accept any liability in relation either to the download or to the use of the plug-in.
The BBC does not use any plug-in that is not available FREE OF CHARGE. However most software companies will also offer versions of their plug-ins that require payment. We will always try to direct you to the free download pages of the software company site. You may of course choose to licence paid-for software from the third party. However if you only want to download the free plug-in you should not be asked for, nor give, any credit card or other payment details.
Finally, it is likely that you will be asked to enter personal details (name, address etc.) as part of the download process. If you do enter such information then it will be held by the software company subject to the Data Protection Act and other relevant privacy legislation. The company should therefore inform you what it intends to do with your data, and may direct you to its Privacy Policy. Please note that you will be submitting the data to the third party software company and not to the BBC and so the use of the data will NOT be covered by the BBC Privacy Policy.
Although the BBC uses third party plug-ins in order to provide the best possible web service, it does not endorse any third party software. If you choose to enter into an agreement with the third party and download the plug-in you do so at you own risk.
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Adobe Flash For Mac Safari
We often see the word flash video whenever we play or click on some video clips that we play online. Yet, do you know what flash video really is? This is actually the format of the video file that is being played via internet. However, if you want to play these videos offline, then you need to download them first. As I go along with this article, I will discuss some of the ways on how to download flash videos on Mac device.
Everything About Flash Video
Flash Video is a wrapper format file that allows the video to be delivered over the World Wide Web with the use of an Adobe Flash Player v6-11. There are two file formats that are known as flash video, these are FLV and F4V. However, most of the video hosting sites use FLV which is the most common, followed by the latter F4V. FLV files usually run under the HTTP protocol and was not supported under the new HTML5. Even though some sites starts to drop Flash Videos due to the new protocols, still majority of reliable video sites still uses FLV with Adobe Flash Player. Included in the notable array of Flash user includes: YouTube, Metacafe, Hulu, Yahoo video, VEVO, and so forth.
The Best Way to Save Flash Video on Mac
Download Videos Mac Free
Most of us have a concern regarding ways to download flash video on mac, since this device have patented system that cause compatibility issues. It is inevitable for us to download a flash video especially if they are important to us or will simply help us with our everyday task. There are different ways on the internet that show how it is done, but they are not that reliable and easy to use compared to the below introduced flash video downloader for Mac.
Video Grabber is surely one of the most talked about online application when in comes to grabbing video clips from the internet. You can use this tool for free, plus it provides you with the luxury of grabbing every single video that you want even if it is a flash video. To use this program the first thing that you need to do is to copy the URL of the video that you wish to download. Second, is to visit the Video Grabber site and post your copied URL in the box provided. And lastly, click Grab it button and your done. Simple and fast isn’t it?
Download flash videos on Mac with browsers
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Downloading a flash video using your browser is one of the hottest ways of getting a video clip out from the internet. How to do it depends on which browser do you use.
If you are using a Safari browser which is commonly used by Mac users here are the things that you need to do. When you play a flash video, go to the Window menu and click Activity. Then, look for the link of the video and choose the file that has the highest file size. Double click on it to download the flash video.
For those who use Firefox, you can install the extension which called Video DownloadHelper. The tool will detect downloadable video automatically, just choose your desire output format to begin the download job. Apart from being a good flash video downloader for Mac, it also can be used to convert flash videos. Chrome users are able to download flash videos by adding the FVD video downloader addon.
Professional Mac video downloader
Mac video downloader can download almost any video clip that you want. It is compatible with the system so you don’t have to worry about messing your OS. To use this program the first thing you need is to install it on your desktop. Then open the flash video, and a download icon is immediately shown in at the top of the video, just click the icon and your download will start.
How to Convert Flash Videos on Mac
After you save flash video on Mac, two ways will help you convert them to other formats.
The most convenient way is to use the Video Grabber’s video conversion function. Just go to the site, import your FLV file, choose the target file format and then start the conversion. There are many formats to choose from so you can convert a video that will suit any of your device.
Alternatively, you can use a powerful online video converter that you can find on Apowersoft homepage. It is totally free and safe.
There are varieties of ways to download flash videos on Mac. It only depends on your preference to which tool will you use. Just be sure that you use the most dependable and safe way to avoid messing up your OS.