Chrome on Mac OX 10.5.x displays "Adobe Flash Player was blocked because it is out of date"

[teakster12]

Everytime I open up Chrome on my Mac laptop (version 10.5.8) I get a message on every new tab that say "adobe flash player was blocked because it is out of date". I keep having to click "Run This Time" - which is getting annoying.

I've tried downloading the update about 3 or 4 times and I'm still getting the warning when I open up an internet browser.

Can anyone help?!

Thanks a lot

[jeromiec83223024]

Chrome ships with it's own Flash Player version.

Make sure your chrome installation is up to date by doing the following:

Click Chrome > Preferences > Help

Does chrome indicate that it's up to date?

[teakster12]

Yeah, it's up to date but says "This computer will no longer receive updates of Google Chrome because it's running Mac OS X 10.5"

[brisbink]

I found a fix here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1445213

"To fix this, type in "chrome:plugins" into the address bar to bring up Chrome prefs.

The list of plugins should say "Flash - Version: 10.3.183.23 Download Critical Security Update".

With this version already installed, click "disable" on the toggle for Flash. It will go grey (inactive).

Try loading youtube..."

[teakster12]

I've just tried this, but a Youtube video now says "The Adobe Flash Player is required for video playback" and there's a link underneath.

But this link takes me to the update download page - which I've already tried.

[brisbink]

Which version of Chrome are you running? 21.0.1180.90?

[teakster12]

Yeah, 21.0.1180.90.

[brisbink]

Now that I've tested more youtube videos, I'm seeing the same error. It seems random, in my case, some videos work, some don't. I suppose one other option is to allow out-of-date plugins in Chrome:

http://secbrowsing.blogspot.com/2011/03/allowing-out-of-date-plugins-in-chrome.html

But, other ideas are appreciated.

[teakster12]

Okay great, that seems to be working for the mo. Thanks a lot!

[jeromiec83223024 · Accepted solution]

Apple is no longer maintaining OS X 10.5.x with security updates.

If you have an Intel machine, we would recommend that you upgrade to at least OS X 10.6, which continues to be supported by Apple and most browser manufacturers.

Because security updates for the OS are no longer available, most browser vendors have also followed suit:

http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2599452

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9230497/Mozilla_sets_end_of_Firefox_for_OS_X_Leopard

You can continue to run OS 10.5, but your system will be vulnerable to multiple, publicly-disclosed security issues at the OS, Browser and Flash levels.  We highly recommend that you update to the latest available OS version for your hardware.