I can install flash on the mac

[digitalrec]

I downloaded the file seven or eight times. Every time I try to open it, it fails to install. On ANY browser, whether it be Firefox, Chrome, or Safari.

WHy is that happening? It is enabled on settings/preference on the browser.

The message I keep getting is

The Application Install Adobe Flash Player quit unexpectedly

Mac OS X and other applications are not affected.

Click Relaunch to launch the application again. Clink

Report to see more details or send a report to Apple.

----------

So if I click on relaunch the same thing happens.

If I click on report I get the following unknown error message:

Process:         Adobe Flash Player Install Manager [50198]

Path:            /Volumes/Flash Player 3/Install Adobe Flash Player.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Flash Player Install Manager

Identifier:      com.adobe.flashplayer.installmanager

Version:         ??? (???)

Code Type:       X86 (Native)

Parent Process:  launchd [115]

Interval Since Last Report:          43 sec

Crashes Since Last Report:           1

Per-App Interval Since Last Report:  0 sec

Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   1

Date/Time:       2014-08-07 23:00:51.175 -0700

OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)

Report Version:  6

Anonymous UUID:  2EC79C5B-5CD9-4C34-AD0F-AF895C7C3CD4

Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)

Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000

Crashed Thread:  0

Dyld Error Message:

  unknown required load command 0x80000022

Again, Does anybody know WHY this is happening?

RB

[pwillener · Accepted solution]

I see that your Mac OS is 10.5.8; does that code type 'x86' mean it's an Intel?

If so, you need to download version 10.3.183.90 from http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html#Flash%20Player%20archives

[jeromiec83223024]

You can download MacOS 10.9 from Apple for free: Apple - OS X Mavericks - Do even more with new apps and features.

The oldest version of MacOS we support is 10.6, and the vast majority of our effort and testing is happening on 10.9 and 10.10.  I'd highly recommend taking advantage of the free upgrade, as Apple is pretty aggressive about dropping support for older operating systems in their development tools and SDKs.  This makes it very difficult to support older Macs indefinitely.

[jeromiec83223024]

As Flash Player 10.3 is literally missing hundreds of security fixes, I would not recommend that anyone use it.  We provide it for developers testing their applications for backward compatibility, but our strong recommendation is to run a current version and set your system to always accept updates from Adobe.  If you're not automatically accepting updates, you could be leaving yourself exposed to security threats that we've addressed in the latest versions.