I’m not sure exactly when Apple began bundling Flash Player as a standard component in Mac OS, but it was long enough ago that it was not a mistake that I didn’t include the “X” in the name of the OS.
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With Mac OS X, users are free to download Flash Player from Adobe and install it themselves.Īpple spokesperson Bill Evans told me: “We’re happy to continue to support Flash on the Mac, and the best way for users to always have the most up to date and secure version is to download it directly from Adobe.” With iOS, Flash not only isn’t preinstalled, it can’t be installed, period. To be clear, this is a significantly different situation than with iOS. Existing Macs currently in the retail channel naturally still have Flash Player preinstalled, but in the coming weeks, all new Macs will begin shipping without Flash Player. I asked Apple whether this change would be applied across the entire Mac product line, and they confirmed to me that it would. How so? Because the new MacBook Air models ship without Flash Player installed.Īnd the new Airs are not alone. One, however, was not: a system that ships without Flash Player. Several of those ideas were mentioned during the event.
The gist of the “Back to the Mac” theme of Apple’s press event this week is that the iPhone was derived from Mac OS X, the iPad from the iPhone, and now some of the good ideas from iOS are going back to the Mac. Apple Is No Longer Bundling Flash Player With Mac OS X Friday, 22 October 2010
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