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First things first, info relating to my OP...
My computers' details:
Mac Mini: Late 2014 model - bought new, June 2016
Processor: 3 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel Iris 1536 MB
OS: macOS Sierra v.10.12.2
MacBook Air: 11-inch Mid 2011 - bought late 2011
Processors: 1.6 Ghz Intel Core i5
Memory: 2 GB 1333 Mhz DDR3
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 288 MB
OS: macOS Sierra v.10.12.2
Btw, I don’t turn off my computers at night. I let them go to sleep on their own, unless I’m away from home. Although, I do generally close the lid on the Air, which effectively puts it to sleep, even at home. I don’t shut them off, unless absolutely necessary, or when required after updates.
I'm not 100% sure what you mean by your first question, "Are you updating all the mandatory fields?", but if it's what I think you're asking, this is what I find and do on both my Macs everyday. Upon waking each computer in the mornings - generally between 4 and 6 am, I open the System Preferences to check the FP settings. I then put them back to what I want them at and close the System Preferences.
I check the FP settings a few times a day to verify my settings are still in place. They seem to stay as I set them throughout each day, but on the following day, I find they have reverted again to the default settings; so, I have to reset them once again. This was never an issue in any previous version that I'm aware of.
Yesterday, I tried to fix this problem by uninstalling FP and reinstalling it again on only my Mac Mini. I had hoped there was a newer build, or an older one I could go back to, but the beta version 24.0.0.186 is the only one that was offered to me, after choosing the Mac OS version I’m using.
Here are the details for each setting in System Preferences>Flash Player I find when I check in the mornings:
- • Under the Storage tab, the default is always chosen again as - Allow sites to save information on this computer. I choose - Block all sites from storing information on this computer. I know this is only for sites using Flash Player, but many websites I use require Flash Player for the videos to work, which include all the news sites I read, and the sites where I watch various videos - TV and/or movies. I don’t have a TV, so I watch programming on either of my computers.
- • Under the Camera and Mic tab, the default is always chosen again as - Ask me when a site wants to use the camera or microphone (recommended). I don't know why this is recommended, because anyone who would be interested in spying or listening in on others wouldn't ask for permission to use or take control of either of these. Not that I think anyone is spying on me, but you never know; hackers can do all sorts of things these days. Some are voyeurs, others want to take control of our devices for whatever reason, some want to steal money and/or IDs from unsuspecting others, etc.. I set it to - Block all sites from using the camera and mic.
- • Under the Playback tab, the default is always chosen again as - Ask me when a site wants to use peer-assisted networking. I choose - Block all sites from using peer-assisted networking. No site has ever asked me to use peer-assisted network, but I’ve always blocked them from doing it. Not really necessary for me.
- • Under the Updates tab, I just leave it at Notify me to install updates. I used to have it set to Never check…, but only because by the time I get a notification, I’ve already done the latest updates. I generally check for FP updates every week or so, because the notifications are quite late in coming from either Adobe or Apple. I usually find out there’s a new FP update from one of the news sites I read.
- • Under the Advanced tab’s Browsing Data and Settings, I usually choose to Delete All Site Data and Settings, once a day, or more, for security reason, and for saving on local memory space. However, I just read the entire sentence, “Delete all local storage, saved choices, settings, and other data used by Flash Player across all browsers on this computer.” So, now I’m wondering if by deleting all, I’m inadvertently resetting my FP settings on my computers. If this is the reason I have to reset my choices each morning, it’s a poorly designed. Each choice under this section should be separated. I delete the local storage daily for the same reason I clear the browsing histories, cookies, caches, etc., regularly, for each browser (Safari and Firefox). Sometimes that’s daily, sometimes not. So, I ran a test of this just now, on my MacBook Air...
- I logged in to the Air.
- Clicked System Preferences>Flash Player>Advanced>Browsing Data and Settings.
- Clicked Deleted All.
- Delete All Site Data and Settings was already ✓ .
- Clicked Delete Data.
- Waited a minute.
- Closed System Prefs.
- Rebooted the laptop and logged in.
- Opened System Prefs>Flash Player.
- Checked the previously chosen setting
My chosen settings had not reverted back to the default settings. So, I can only conclude that at some point during the night, or very early daytime, there is something in the most recent build of FP’s code that resets FP’s settings back to the defaults, almost as though it's got some sort of timer built into the code to do this.
This posting may look funny, because I was logged out while typing this up and had to cut and paste it into a Pages doc to complete it, then copy and paste it back on here. This forum site is terrible. Never have I been logged out so quickly of other forum sites while typing up a post or reply to one.
In my original post, I wrote that I had the beta release v. 24.0.0.189 on both my computers, which was true then, and I was having the settings issue on both computers too. So, that's all still true.
On Friday morning, Jan. 6, I wrote that I had uninstalled FP on my Mac Mini computer, and installed what you claim is a stable release v. 24.0.0.186. Later in the day, I also did this on my MacBook Air.
As of today, Saturday, Jan. 7, I'm still seeing the same problem on both computers - the FP settings reverted back to the default ones sometime this morning.
I can't edit the post(s) where I wrote FP v. 24.0.0.186 is a beta version. 6 of my 9 pervious posts (so, not including this one, which is post 10) appear to be locked! When I click on the Actions tab at the bottom of my posts, numbers 1 (the op), 2,4,5,6, and 8, I see the message, "No actions are available". I can neither edit nor delete those, only the other ones, as of today anyway. Why would that be the case?
Can you get them unlocked, so they can be edited?
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