Frequent security updates to Flash prompted me to write this script to keep Flash current on Intel Macs that I manage. While more recent versions of Flash can be configured to notify end users of available updates, this script will silently check and upgrade to a newer version if one is available. It works by checking the installed version of Flash (if any) against the version number available for Mac Safari/Firefox/Opera on Adobe's About Flash page. If the two are different, it downloads the DMG of the latest Flash installer to the same folder where the script resides, silently mounts the DMG, and executes the installer package buried in the 'Install Flash' application.

Download free Adobe Flash Player software for your Windows, Mac OS, and Unix-based devices to enjoy stunning audio/video playback, and exciting gameplay. Hi- I need to download & install an adobe flash player for my imac 10.3.9- can you help thanks Ian. Ask Your Own Mac Question. Share this conversation. Answered in 4 minutes by: 9/14/2010.

It runs completely silently and will log all of its activities to a file for later review. If Flash is not present, it will be installed on the system. Mac nutrition university. In its current form it will not advise users to quit their browsers, because it was written to be run during off hours on machines sitting at the login window. To use it, save the script file wherever you like on your system (I make a directory called 'Management' in /Library), and make it executable. Run it manually via Terminal, or via a launchd item for 'set it and forget it' operation.

It needs to be run with root privileges, or the installation will fail. Here's the script. You can call me a chicken, but there are people out there who consider it no good advise at all to give a silent install script root privileges allowing it to install stuff around their machines without users even realizing it (especially when that stuff comes from a company infamous for their installation abominations). This is the fast lane to a completely messed up system.

I can't believe this got published without any warning words, so I'll add them here: do this if you must, but only do it, if you fully understand what you are doing and what the consequences might be. Better yet: don't do it.