The 'initial' release of OS X 10.6 includes an earlier Flash player version than the latest version, which is 10.0.32.18, according to an Adobe blog post on Wednesday.
Adobe issued a warning last week to Mac users who installed the Mac OS X 10.6.4 update, saying that Apple shipped an outdated Flash Player with the operating system update. Adobe’s software engineer Wendy Poland wrote in a blog post this past Tuesday that Apple released both the Security Update 2010-004 and Mac OS X 10.6.4 with an outdated Flash Player:
- Learn more about an issue with high CPU usage on Adobe Flash Player 10 for Mac OS X. Flash Player. Learn & Support Flash Player 10 and high CPU usage on Mac OS X. Flash Player User Guide Select an article: On this page. This occurs with both OS X 10.5.7 and earlier and the new OS X 10.6 ('Snow Leopard').
- Adobe® Flash® Player is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and exciting gameplay.
This update includes an earlier version of Adobe Flash Player (version 10.0.45.2) than available from Adobe.com.
Neither update will downgrade users who have already upgraded to Flash Player 10.1, Adobe confirmed. Everyone else should download the latest Flash Player from Adobe’s download page. Alternatively, users can check their Flash Player version number by visiting this page or by choosing the “About Adobe Flash Player” in a menu that appears when you right-click on Flash content.
Apple posted Mac OS X 10.6.4 this past Tuesday, five days after Adobe released the final version of Flash Player 10.1 The Snow Leopard update patched a number of system bugs and a bunch of issues related to Adobe’s Creative Suite 3. It also fixed an annoying issue that could make Apple-branded keyboards and notebook trackpads unresponsive.
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The 316MB download also includes Safari 5, the latest version of Apple’s browser that features a 25 percent speed increase for Javascript code, the latest HTML5 support, and the new Reader feature that strips away all HTML formatting and graphics for better readability.
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The recently released Flash Player 10.1 for Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops supports hardware accelerated H.264 video decoding, multitouch input surfaces, better HTTP streaming, multicasting, and a new buffering system. The software is also more resources-savvy and it honors the rules of a browser’s private browsing mode by not caching any data.
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Read more at the Adobe blog