Vicki,
The most current version of the Mac OS is 10.7.4 - I have never found a problem
in upgrading Mac's and it really doesn't take very much time as it's basically
automatic. You are correct in your observation that that if you don't keep your
operating software up-to-date then things can get sticky. But with that said
being to fast to upgrade your Mac OS can result in the reverse problem in which
the off-brand software does not recognize the newer OS - so its a balancing
game - my solution is to keep one computer running on the latest - but one OS,
and my main one using the latest.
Probably does not help much but it's what's worked for me.
Aloha from Kona
Reg.
Reginald David
Rana Biological Consulting, Inc.
P. O. Box 1371
Kailua, Kona, Hawaii 96745-1371
329-9141 Phone
937-0124 Cell
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On Jun 17, 2012, at 2:05 PM, vickipowys wrote:
> All,
>
> This is slightly off-topic but in order to listen to wildlife sound
> tracks on Soundcloud I need to have a flash player.
>
> And having that flash player, I need a web browser that recognises it
> as a plug-in. I've been using the web browser Firefox, and it worked
> just fine with Adobe Flash Player.
>
> But then a couple of weeks ago Firefox updated itself automatically
> then told me it would not work with OSX 10.4 (which I use) and
> demanded 10.5 as a minimum. There is no such thing as an old version
> of Firefox. Exit Firefox.
>
> Back to Safari and Opera, updated Safari, updated Adobe Flash
> Player. Safari would not recognise it at all, Opera only did sometimes.
>
> Looked at forums, this is a recognised issue, but Camino browser was
> recommended.
>
> Downloaded and installed Camino, and as of today, it will play
> Soundcloud tracks and seems to recognise Adobe Flash Player v 10.3.1.
>
> I mention all of this in case anyone else is having the same problems.
>
> But it looks like I will soon be forced to upgrade to Mac OSX 10.5 or
> 10.6 -- however I am in the middle of another project with my
> computer full of sound files and do not wish to upgrade just yet.
>
> Seems if you don't keep up with upgrades, even if your computer is
> working perfectly, some functions will be withdrawn by the forces
> 'out there'.
>
> Vicki Powys
> Australia
>
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