Flash Has Finally Arrived on Google Chrome for Mac
Google chrome for Mac finally has the capability to show flash content. Currently it is in a very rough state and hence not enabled by default. Flash videos that auto play should play(youtube will work) but mouse events are not captured and hence you can’t pause the video or drag the slider.
To view flash on Mac Chrome
- Download a recent build of Mac Chrome
- Extract the chrome-mac.zip file, which should give you chrome-mac folder.
- Assuming you have placed the download in the downloads folder type this command in Terminal
~/Downloads/chrome-mac/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium --enable-plugins
Don’t forget the ~ (tilda) at the beginning. Adjust the path according to where you have placed the chrome-mac folder. - Enjoy a youtube video
Youtube on Mac Chrome
There is a reason, this is not enabled by default. The feature is quite unstable and clicking on the video is a sure way to crash your chrome. And once the plugin/tab crashes you might have to go to Activity Monitor to Force Quit the offending chrome processes. Keep in mind that quitting the chrome browser is not enough to kill the offending processes. So always check your Activity Monitor for any run-away, cpu-eating chromium processes if you enable flash.
Crashed Chrome Processes
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You are referring to Chromium as Chrome which is incorrect.
But thanks for the tip, it's really useful
I know the difference :). But most people don't and get confused over
the differences between chromium and chrome. SO i have chosen to use
chrome instead of chromium everywhere.
you missed a dash out it should be ~/Downloads/chrome-mac/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium –enable-plugins
you are correct. While pasting it i think wordpress ate the double dashes
Dear Chrome enthusiaste! I am a non-technical girl from Sweden trying to install the latest build on my PowerBook G4.
The string ~/Downloads/chrome-mac/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium –enable-plugins
generates: No such file or directory.
Can U tell me what I am doing wrong?
@Therese youve saved chrome in a different place other than downloads
The error you are getting means your path is wrong. That is, you have saved the chrome-mac folder some where other than Downloads
Even if you get the path right, as far as I know chrome runs only on intel macs. Did you try running just the chrome app ? It should fail
Thanx for that tweak to chromium. Its working. I would like to know if it could be made a permanent so that i dont have to type these commands ever now and then. Another detail that i want is there any tweak to change the font size
Thanks for the post. Been using the Chromium builds for 6 weeks now and have been waiting for flash support. Doesn't seem to work well with certain flash games though.
Good tip.
For those who want to know how to enable this by default, you can try writing your own AppleScript to launch the application with this extra command line option, or perhaps a shell script. The AppleScript goes something like:
do shell script “/Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium –enable-plugins”
the shell script:
#!/bin/bash
Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium –enable-plugins
Make sure you name the shell script file as NAMEHERE.command
The .command makes it so the terminal autolaunches the script when you double click it.
That's all if Chromium lives in the Applications folder. If not, put the correct path there.
Also, I posted a script on my blog which automatically downloads and installs the latest build into the Applications folder.
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