Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from May, 2009

Slow Flash on Mac

I recently got a chance to play with a Apple Macintosh PowerBook and I have noticed that while everything else is so smooth and cool, Adobe Flash Player (previously known as Macromedia Flash) performs poorly on both Firefox and Safari. After researching the Internet, I came to the conclusion that there is no real solution to this problem. However, there are some measures you can take to minimize the problem. Set your power options to run your Mac at Better Performance or at least Normal . Other options reduce the processor speed drastically, affecting Flash Player’s performance. Update your Safari and Mac OS X with the latest updates and upgrades. To do this, click the Apple Logo in menu bar and select Software Update . Update your Firefox with latest version if you use Firefox. Update your Flash player by visiting this link which is Apple’s official page for downloading and installing Flash player. (Don’t ask me why, but somehow going through the Apple site seemed