Tomas Chlebek One of the key features of the OS X Mavericks push are the many tweaks to the system's functionality to improve its speed and battery life. One of the most problematic aspects of OS X is/was its (in)compatibility with Flash. Surely many will remember Steve Jobs' letter, in which his hateful relationship to this element is colorfully depicted, as well as the fact that for some time Apple has recommended not to install Flash on its computers, as it reduces battery life due to its demanding hardware.
With Mavericks, these issues should start to disappear. On the blog Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team appeared information mentioning App Sandbox, one of the new features of OS X Mavericks. This causes the application (in this case the flash component) to be sandboxed, preventing it from interfering with the system. Files that Flash can interact with are limited, as are network permissions. This prevents threats from viruses and malware.
Flash sandboxing is also a feature of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Internet Explorer, but App Sandboxing in OS X Mavericks provides more protection. The question remains whether Flash will remain a problem in terms of reducing the performance and battery life of MacBooks. The App Nap function, which was demonstrated so effectively at WWDC, will hopefully deal with these aspects, which puts to sleep applications/elements that we are not currently seeing and, on the contrary, assigns a larger part of the performance to the applications that we are currently working with.
it's quite nicely done, it doesn't overload the startup, it doesn't interfere in any way
does this mean that the flash can be completely removed from the system? google chrome has its own version of flash and that's why it worked in it even without flash being installed in OSX. does this also apply to safari 7?
It's a good idea from a security point of view, especially with flash. I just hope it doesn't continue like this for other "regular" apps and OS X "non-iOS"
do I understand that there is flash in safari now or that safari specifically limits the installed flash?
It works even without flash.
I have a MacBok Air, I often go to Youtube.
Unfortunately, the flash takes a lot of juice for me.
I found the solution:
1. just open Safari
2. in the upper left corner, the item: Safari, then the item: preferences
3. in the preferences there is another item: extensions
4. extension = menu: adding modules
5. there is an OFF / ON button in the modules menu (must be ON)
6. below in the modules menu there is a button: get extensions
7. the web pages of various add-on modules will open, I recommend: ClickToFlash
8. click to install ClickToFlash (to the right of the line)
9. ClickToFlash will be installed in the add-ons menu in Safari
10. it is necessary in Safari to enable the installed ClickToFlash from steps 1 to 4 in the add modules panel, just click on the whistle: ENABLE ClickToFlash
11. Now just turn off and on Safari and DONE
Goodbye Flash!!!!
Thank you so much for the tip!!! After updating the OS to Mavericks, I had problems downloading the new Flash Player. This is also how it works and it's more elegant and I save more battery!!! Thanks a lot!! MBA 2011