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Hello.
I noticed my Macs' (Mac OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 and Yosemite v10.10.5) 64-bit Chrome v47.0.2526.106's Flash players are still at v20.0.0.228. Accordng to Adobe - Flash Player, I should have b267. Checking Chrome's Help About say they are updated. And yes, I restarted Chrome web browsers and machines a few times. What's up? I never had this problem before. Did Google forget to update its Chromes on their ends?
Thank you in advance.
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My understanding is that it's a method Google uses to roll-out an update without doing a complete Chrome update and the component update eventually happens automatically. This method is only required if a user wants to update the component prior to the automatic update happening. More information is available here, Manage Chrome updates on Windows - Chrome for Work and Education Help‌. While this page is for Windows, the 'Chrome Component Updater' section is applicable to both Mac and Wind
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Hi,
It appears Google is updating Flash Player via component updates, as opposed to an update to Chrome itself. To update Flash Player, do the following:
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m_vargas wrote:
Hi,
It appears Google is updating Flash Player via component updates, as opposed to an update to Chrome itself. To update Flash Player, do the following:
- Launch Chrome and navigate to chrome://components
- In the list of components search for pepper_flash
- Click the Check for Update button
- Chrome will check for and install the update.
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So, how are Chrome users supposed to update without doing this when they have automatic upgrades?
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Hi,
My understanding is that it's a method Google uses to roll-out an update without doing a complete Chrome update and the component update eventually happens automatically. This method is only required if a user wants to update the component prior to the automatic update happening. More information is available here, Manage Chrome updates on Windows - Chrome for Work and Education Help‌. While this page is for Windows, the 'Chrome Component Updater' section is applicable to both Mac and Windows.
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m_vargas wrote:
Hi,
My understanding is that it's a method Google uses to roll-out an update without doing a complete Chrome update and the component update eventually happens automatically. This method is only required if a user wants to update the component prior to the automatic update happening. More information is available here, Manage Chrome updates on Windows - Chrome for Work and Education Help. While this page is for Windows, the 'Chrome Component Updater' section is applicable to both Mac and Windows.
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Maria
Thanks Maria. I just noticed my Chrome's Flash players plugins were finally updated!
I wonder why Google took so long to release the security fixes.
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AntD00d wrote:
m_vargas wrote:
Hi,
My understanding is that it's a method Google uses to roll-out an update without doing a complete Chrome update and the component update eventually happens automatically. This method is only required if a user wants to update the component prior to the automatic update happening. More information is available here, Manage Chrome updates on Windows - Chrome for Work and Education Help. While this page is for Windows, the 'Chrome Component Updater' section is applicable to both Mac and Windows.
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Maria
Thanks Maria. I just noticed my Chrome's Flash players plugins were finally updated!
I wonder why Google took so long to release the security fixes.
According to https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/chrome/vPXw3G5GizI/chkbhugpDQAJ thread, Paula said it is a slow rollout. How slow is that? Like a week?
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Thanks for the link to that thread. It's up to Google to decide if they want to release a Flash Player update via a Chrome update or a component update, and I've them update Flash Player via both mechanism. It's been my experience that component updates seem to take a bit longer to update than a complete Chrome update. Unfortunately, I wouldn't have any insight as to how they decide which update mechanism to use and how quickly to roll out the update.
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m_vargas wrote:
Thanks for the link to that thread. It's up to Google to decide if they want to release a Flash Player update via a Chrome update or a component update, and I've them update Flash Player via both mechanism. It's been my experience that component updates seem to take a bit longer to update than a complete Chrome update. Unfortunately, I wouldn't have any insight as to how they decide which update mechanism to use and how quickly to roll out the update.
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Maria
I would assume we could get it fast if it was a security update. Google sure took its sweet time. 😕