Chrome, meanwhile, automatically upgrades Flash Player in the background.
People running Mozilla's Firefox or Google's Chrome will have an edge during the interim.įirefox, for example, includes a plug-in checker that detects out-of-date add-ons, including Flash Player, and provides a link to Adobe's download site. The feature would be similar to what's now offered to Windows users. She urged Mac users to regularly monitor Adobe's security blog, which posts news of impending and available Flash updates, or subscribe to its RSS feed to stay atop fixes.Īdobe plans to produce an auto-update notification feature in a future release of Flash Player for the Mac but declined to set a release date. 'Adobe recommends that users download the most up-to-date version of Adobe Flash Player from ,' a spokeswoman said. Apple's not helping out,' Storms said.Īdobe said that with Apple not patching Flash, Mac users are on their own for now.
