“If you have been around these parts long enough, you probably already know about Apple’s aversion to Adobe’s Flash Player plugin. Ex-CEO Steve Jobs has gone on record to say that it is a ‘dying technology’ and the company actively prevents Flash in any form from appearing on its iOS-based devices,” Aayush Arya reports for TNW.
“In Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, the latest release of Apple’s desktop operating system, the company removed the Flash Player plugin from its privileged position of being a part of the default OS,” Arya reports. “If you visit a website like YouTube using Safari on a brand new installation of Lion, it will warn you to ‘upgrade your Adobe Flash Player to watch this video.'”
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Arya reports, “Should you, though? The answer depends on how often you intend to use the plugin and how resource-constricted, particularly in the CPU department, your Mac is. Here’s a look at three ways to block, or reduce, Flash usage on your Mac while still being able to take advantage of its perks.”
• Leave it uninstalled
• Use it on an as-required basis
• Block it whenever you feel like it
Much more in the full article here.
