Although this is touched on briefly in other posts, I would like some report from those who were brave enough to do the update, and what were their experiences. Typically Adobe has conflicting information depending on where you look, and it was someone on another thread that actually pointed me to a statement that the update is supposed to apply for 10.5.8 and the latest Safari update, and pointed me to the proper update link. Elsewhere it seems like Leopard was left out altogether in the system requirements.
Based on my experience with Adobe on both Windows and Mac platforms, I am extremely reluctant to proceed as more often than not things don't work, and one has great difficulty in backtracking. In as much as Flash works perfectly now, security issue notwithstanding, I have to decide which is the larger threat: the security hole, or Adobe's wretched installation processes.
Comments most welcome.
Sometime in 2012, Adobe Flash asked me to update it. I tried, but it didn't work because my browsers (firefox and chrome) didn't support the newest flash. I tried to update my browsers, but neither firefox nor chrome supports mac os 10.5.8 anymore. Safari keeps telling me to update flash too. I know that using an older version of flash can be a security hazard, so I really want to update.
Flash is such a bundle of hurt Facebook’s chief security officer, Alex Stamos, this month said: 'It is time for Adobe to announce the end-of-life date for Flash and to ask the browsers to set. I can download the installer. I have been trying to download flash player now for about a week, it goes fine till MAC OS - Unable to download Flash Player Can't. To continue viewing Flash content, update to a later version of Adobe Flash Player: Click the Download Flash button. Safari opens the Adobe Flash Player page on the Adobe website.
My question: Are there any browsers (perhaps a firefox variant) I can use more safely now than the browsers that shipped with 10.5.8?
bmike♦9 Answers
You should try opera Opera 12 download it fast and works well.
Caveat: Opera only works on Macs with Intel-based processors. If you have a PowerPC chip (G5), good luck. Opera 12 won't work.
For the impatient:
You have two possibilities:
PowerPC-based Mac: TenFourFox and no Flash.
Intel-based Mac: Opera (thanks to Cybermatatu for this one!) with older Flash 10.3 (beware, Flash 10.3 is an archived version and is no longer supported nor updated with security fixes by Adobe).
Long version:
If you use an Intel processor you can use Opera:
Opera 12
OS X Leopard (10.5), or greater: 32-bit and 64-bit Intel systems supported
Opera supports Flash Player plug-in.
If you use a PowerPC processor you may want to try TenFourFox. TenFourFox seems to be actively developed (version 17.0.3 was released Feb 16 2013). TenFourFox supports add-ons, but not plugins, that is, you can't use Flash at all.
Please notice that Flash Player 11 only supports 10.6 and newer. You can still download version 10.3 for 10.5 Intel (beware, Flash 10.3 is an archived version and is no longer supported nor updated with security fixes by Adobe).
As for other browsers:
Firefoxno longer supports PowerPC processors (PowerBook, PowerMac):
Firefox 3.6.28 is the last version of Firefox that works with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) on a computer with a PowerPC processor.
Firefox 16 is the latest version that supports Leopard on Intel-based Macs as Firefox 17 requires 10.6 or newer.
Apple no longer releases Safari updates for Mac OS X 10.5 (as stated here).
Chromedoesn't support Leopard, either:
Google Chrome on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) will stop receiving any updates following Chrome 21.
I have had some success in a Flash-less world by using Safari, and enabling the Develop menu. Then when I get to a page that requires Flash, I can set the User Agent to report as an iPad and I will get videos streamed in a QuickTime player rather than Flash-based.
beroe
beroeI really like the following 2 browsers. They work even on 10.4.11
nohillside♦SeaMonkey. Still works with my old Salad bowl PPC iMac (1 GHz, 768 MB RAM), and supports flash.
M KThe build requirements for firefox indicate that it should build on your setup. Might be worth a try.
Anyway going without flash is definetly the future.
bdecafbdecafGoogle Chrome v15 still works on Intel Leopard 10.5.8,IF, you can find a copy..PS.. I'm using it now.
Adobe Flash For Mac Sierra
I'm using iCab 5.1.1, it's working where Firefox won't.
grg♦Install Adobe Flash For Mac
Tenfourfox fpr4 is the latest Tenfourfox version for your PowerPC MAC's running Mac OS 10.5.8.
It is a Feature Parity Release 4 is a feature, performance, bugfix and security update incorporating security and stability patches from Firefox 52 ESR and new features from recent versions of Firefox
at http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/