QUESTION:
I need to use Mac OS X 10.6.8 in order to run software not supported in later versions of OSX. I cannot succeed in installing the new versions of Flash Player in the Mac mini I need to use for this work.
I have successfully installed the version 14 flashplayer on 10.9.3 systems running on the same Mac mini (on a different partition of the same HD). I have also successfully installed the new Flash Player on a 10.6.8 system running on an iMac. BUT I cannot do what I need: instal the new Flash Player on a 10.6.8 system running on my Mac mini (Serial # C07FC92JDD6H, build 10K549). I have tried to install 14.0.0.145 on this computer many many times, and the install always stops, freezing at precisely 95%. I have downloaded the 14.0.0.145 update from at least three different download sites, to deal with possibility of corrupted version. Repeated Google searches show many others had similar problems installing the new Flash Player versions (on different platforms and frequently with OS versions other than 10.6.8), and I have eagerly tried to learn from their successes but NONE have worked on my particular computer. (Nor have I seen any case of someone experiencing a similar problem on a Mac mini, either without success or with later success). When the latest version, 14.0.0.176 came out, I eagerly tried it again a few times, but also without success.
By the way, I should mention that my latest version of Flash Player on this Mac mini is 11.5.502. Would it shed any light on my problem if I try installing intermediate versions (Flash Player 12 through 13) on my computer, to see if they hang up? Is there any version other than 14 that would not be rejected on the web?
I have two earlier model Mac minis that I could try installing 14.0.0.?? on if you think my consistent failures might be an idiosyncratic feature of the Mac mini whose serial number I gave above (and that the Flash player updates could work on either of the other two Mac minis). I would gladly put the more recent model Mac mini aside if I could get the Flash Player install to succeed on one of my other Mac minis.
Thanks for any suggestions you can suggest.
Winston Salser, Professor of Molecular Genetics, UCLA
Phone 310-459-3554, iPhone 510-421-2735, email: salser@earthlink.net