In 2010, Apple stopped bundling Flash with Mac OS X, although users still have the ability to install it in order to run those Flash animations on websites that haven’t been updated since 2006… Since Flash has been and still is a relatively easy way for hackers to exploit vulnerabilities, and since most modern sites have done away with Flash, it may be time to remove it from your Mac.Īpple hasn’t been thrilled about Flash for years, and the multimedia player is still responsible for a hacker attack. Along came HTML5, and suddenly Flash didn’t seem so flashy. For years, it was one of the few ways that you could view multimedia content in a web browser. Adobe Flash has had a checkered history, at least for Mac users.
