That pesky QuickTime 7.2 is causing trouble again, this time with Adobe Flash. Turns out that in some cases, QuickTime hijacks playback of Flash content, even though it’s not compatible with all the different types of embedded Flash media. Say it with me now: “doh!”
Fortunately, the fix, courtesy of the always excellent MacFixIt is pretty simple. Fire up the QuickTime preference pane, and navigate your way over to the “Advanced” tab. You’ll see a checkbox that reads “Enable Flash.” Silly rabbit! Flash is for kids, you might think—and you’d be right. Uncheck that little box, and then hit the “MIME Settings…” button below it. Under “Miscellaneous” you’ll see a “Flash media” checkbox; make sure that one is deactivated too (there’s some suggestion that you should also uncheck “QuickTime HTML,” but I and other users have found that, for some bizarre reason, you don’t appear to be able to uncheck it, so, oh well).
Hopefully that gets Flash shaping up. And, needless to say, if you’re not experiencing difficulties playing back Flash media, you can pretty much ignore this whole post. Good for you!
