Installing Adobe Flash Player™ Tutorial for Macintosh
Intro:
This tutorial will teach you how to install Adobe/Macromedia's venerable Flash Player™ on a Macintosh Computer. This browser plug-in is required for courses at CMA & AO, and is available free from Adobe.
The Tutorial:
To Begin:
- Open your internet browser (Safari or Firefox) to the Christa McAuliffe Academy Home Page
- Click on the Support Tab on the right of the main navigation bar.
- Under the heading "Common Downloaded Files" click,
Adobe Flash Player - A new window will open, revealing the Flash Player Download Center on Adobe's main site. Select (click) the option that matches your computer.
- A file download will begin.
- Confirm the download when it is finished by clicking
Continue - The disk image will mount, and a window will open with the
Install Flash Player 9Installer. Double click the icon to begin. - When the installer intro screen appears, click
Continue. - If you have any internet browsers (Safari or Firefox usually) open, close them before proceeding. Once this is done, click
Install - The installer will show a progress bar to represent how far it is in the install process.
- When the installer is finished, it will open your default web browser (Safari in this image) and give a confirmation message saying, "Adobe Flash Player is Installed.
- You may now eject the disk image (
Cmd-E or Ctrl-click and select eject) and delete the.dmgfile.
