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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Getting Flash to run on Tor for Mac

UPDATE: In OS X Mavericks, these steps aren't required. Tor automatically locates and configures the plugins. You only have to enable it in the Settings (see Step 3 below)

Tor, by default does not support third party Firefox plugins such as Flash and Javascript and this makes it difficult to view websites such as YouTube and other sites that require flash. This tutorial aims to address the issue for Tor Browser running on Mac OS X.

 We already assume that you have Tor browser installed and running. If you don't have it installed, you can download it from here and follow the installation instructions. 

 Step 1: Download and install Flash Player for Mac.


 This tutorial uses Adobe Flash Player v11.10 (Download link - here). If you are using Google Chrome, you might see the window below. Click on "Do you have a different browser or operating system?"


At the next window, choose the appropriate version of 'Mac OS X' as the operating system in Step 1 and 'Flash Player 11 for Mac' in Step 2. 




After downloading the .dmg package, install it as usual by running the Adobe installer from the package.  




Step 2: Copy the two required files

Once the installation completes, navigate to the following path:
Applications/Install Adobe Flash Player.app/Contents/Resources/Adobe Flash Player.pkg/Contents/Library. 

From the Library folder copy the two files: 

1. Flash Player.plugin.lzma 
2. flashplayer.xpt  

Paste these two files in the extensions folder of the Tor Browser (Firefox) at the following location: /Applications/TorBrowser_en-US.app/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/profile/extensions

Step 3: Restart Tor Browser and enable Add-ons

Restart the Tor Browser and open the Add-ons Manager at Tools->Add-ons and enable the Shockwave Flash add-on. 




Now, the Tor Browser is ready to use and supports websites that require flash player. 

Note: You may have to repeat Step 3 everytime the Tor Browser is started. 
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8 comments :

  1. AnonymousMay 9, 2013 at 2:36 AM

    I can't find the /Library folder at the end of the line? I get to the second Resources but there's no Library folder there?

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  2. AnonymousJuly 7, 2013 at 1:15 PM

    This didn't work!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 9, 2013 at 9:30 AM

    Would it be possible to have an update on how to find the Adobe files to copy as its different with the new MAC OS. Thanks

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  4. AnonymousNovember 6, 2013 at 4:30 AM

    I have Mavericks. Tor found the plugin automatically You just had to enable it on the Tor settings.

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  5. AnonymousNovember 17, 2013 at 12:05 PM

    worked flawlessly for me. After spending hours looking for workarounds, messing with proxies and much more, this worked great.
    I couldn't find the two files in the directories you listed, but a quick finder search for "Flash Player.plugin" and "flashplayer.xpt" did the trick.

    Thanks for sharing this with us!

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  6. UnknownJanuary 19, 2014 at 1:17 AM

    Thanks for shearing this great information .After many hours i found it but i did not remember how i found this but this file is now in my folder.It is helpful for Graphic designer’s community.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2014 at 4:24 PM

    Thanks!

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  8. diegoMarch 29, 2014 at 6:30 PM

    oh thanks so much!
    my directory paths happened to be different (flash 12, mac osx 10.7.5) but it still works, just searched for flashplayer.xpt, opened the enclosing folder and found the other one, then searched for extensions within the tor application folder.

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