Today, if users install Flash, it remains off by default. For the Mac, the transition from Flash began in 2010 when it was no longer pre-installed. iPhone, iPad and iPod touch never supported Flash. The company also confirmed plans to regularly continue supporting the Flash Player plug-in with security and compatibility updates.įollowing Adobe’s 2017 announcement, Apple wrote on its WebKit blog:Īpple users have been experiencing the web without Flash for some time. In July 2017, Adobe said it’d be discontinuing the Flash plug-in and stop development and distribution of the software by the end of 2020. Likewise, iPhone and iPad users won’t be affected because Apple’s mobile operating system has never supported Flash. The elimination of Flash support should not heavily impact users, given that most other popular browsers have already moved away from the format. This means that when the next version of Safari is released, users will no longer be able to install or use Adobe Flash in the browser.
MacRumors spotted yesterday that release notes for the most recent Safari Technology Preview 99 show support for Adobe’s Flash technology has been removed from the build. A variety of solutions are available to remedy these issues, including not using the plugin, only allowing specific sites only to use Flash, using a browser like Chrome, or, for users who don’t use the plugin at all, just keeping it uninstalled to help protect against potential risks.Apple’s latest Safari Technology Preview has dropped support for Flash, signaling that support for Adobe’s technology will likely be removed from Safari’s next stable version.
It also happens to be a common source of headaches for some Mac users, occasionally causing browser crashes, excessive resource usage, and potential security issues, which is what Apple is looking to address by disabling all but the most recent versions.
“APPLE-SA-1 OS X: Flash Player plug-in blockedĭue to security issues in older versions, Apple has updated the web plug-in blocking mechanism to disable all versions prior to Flash Player 14.0.0.145 and 13.0.0.231.”įlash is frequently used for web based video, music clients, interactive websites, banner advertising, animations, and a variety of other interactive web features. The change was noticed initially by MacRumors, with a note from Adobe about which versions of the Flash plugin were automatically disabled by Apple:
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